2001–2002 Volvo Ocean Race

The 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race was the eighth edition of the around-the-world sailing event Volvo Ocean Race, and the first under the name Volvo Ocean Race. For the 2001–02 the sponsorship of the race was taken over by Volvo and Volvo Cars. The race was renamed the Volvo Ocean Race. Stopovers were added in Germany, France, and Sweden being the Volvo's three biggest car markets in Europe. In addition the points system had been modified significantly in an effort to keep the race competitive until the final leg. The previous "points" race having been effectively won two full legs before the final gun.

2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race
Event title
Edition8th
Dates23 Sept 2001 – 9 June 2002
YachtsVolvo Ocean 60
Competitors
Competitors8
Results
WinnerIllbruck Challenge
Illbruck Challenge in Kiel
Illbruck Challenge in Kiel
Team SEB, Team Tyco and News Corp in Kiel

John Kostecki, who had co-skippered with George Collins on Chessie Racing in the 1997 to 1998 Whitbread to great effect, captained his first Volvo Ocean race winner in 2002. Assa Abloy's new composite mold technique proved very quick, but not quite quick enough, while long time Whitbread skipper Grant Dalton's two boat syndicate suffered badly from a lack of preparation time (the Amer boats were last in the water).

For Leg 3, yachts joined the iconic Australian 2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race that begins on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day).

Participants
Boat Nation Designer Skipper
Amer Sports One New ZealandMani Frers[1]New Zealand Grant Dalton
Amer Sports Too United KingdomFarr Yacht Design[2]United Kingdom Lisa McDonald
Assa Abloy SwedenFarr Yacht DesignNetherlands Roy Heiner[3]
United Kingdom Neal McDonald
Djuice Dragons NorwayLaurie Davidson[1]Norway Knut Frostad
Illbruck Challenge GermanyFarr Yacht DesignUnited States John Kostecki
Team News Corp AustraliaFarr Yacht DesignUnited Kingdom Jez Fanstone
Team SEB SwedenFarr Yacht DesignSweden Gurra Krantz
Team Tyco BermudaFarr Yacht DesignNew Zealand Kevin Shoebridge

Lisa and Neal McDonald, skippers of rival boats, are husband and wife.[4]

Route
Event Start date Finish date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 123 September 200123 October 2001United Kingdom SouthamptonSouth Africa Cape Town7,350Illbruck Challenge
Leg 211 November 20014 December 2001South Africa Cape TownAustralia Sydney6,550Illbruck Challenge
Leg 326 December 20013 January 2002Australia SydneyNew Zealand Auckland2,050Assa Abloy
Leg 427 January 200219 February 2002New Zealand AucklandBrazil Rio de Janeiro6,700Illbruck Challenge
Leg 522 March 200227 March 2002Brazil Rio de JaneiroUnited States Miami4,450Assa Abloy
Leg 614 April 200217 April 2002United States MiamiUnited States Baltimore875Team News Corp
Leg 728 April 200211 May 2002United States AnnapolisFrance La Rochelle3,400Illbruck Challenge
Leg 825 May 200231 May 2002France La RochelleSweden Gothenburg1,075Assa Abloy
Leg 98 June 20029 June 2002Sweden GothenburgGermany Kiel250Djuice Dragons

Leg Results
#Boat Leg 1
United Kingdom
South Africa		 Leg 2
South Africa
Australia		 Leg 3
Australia
New Zealand		 Leg 4
New Zealand
Brazil		 Leg 5
Brazil
United States		 Leg 6
United States
United States		 Leg 7
United States
France		 Leg 8
France
Sweden		 Leg 9
Sweden
Germany		 Total
1Illbruck Challenge 8 8 5 8 7 5 8 5 7 61
2Assa Abloy 4 3 8 5 8 6 7 8 6 55
3Amer Sports One 7 4 7 4 3 7 4 4 4 44
4Team Tyco 5 1
DNF		 6 6 6 3 6 7 2 42
5Team News Corp 6 6 4 3 4 8 3 6 1 41
6Djuice Dragons 2 5 3 7 2 2 2 2 8 33
7Team SEB 3 7 1
DNF		 1
DNF		 5 4 5 3 3 32
8Amer Sports Too 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
DNF		 1 5 16

Overall Results
Pos Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres)		 Skipper Points
1 GER 4014 Illbruck Challenge Germany Germany Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 John Kostecki 61
2 SWE 1645 Assa Abloy Sweden Sweden Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Roy Heiner
Neal McDonald		 55
3 EUR 1 Amer Sports One Italy Italy Frers Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Grant Dalton 44
4 BER 2001 Team Tyco Bermuda Bermuda Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Kevin Shoebridge 42
5 AUS 9011 Team News Corp Australia Australia Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Jez Fanstone 41
6 NOR 2 Djuice Dragons Norway Norway Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Knut Frostad 33
7 SWE 20001 Team SEB Sweden Sweden Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Gunnar Krantz 32
8 EUR 2 Amer Sports Too Italy Italy Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Lisa McDonald 16
References:[5][6][7]

References
  1. Jobson, Gary. "Fighting Finish: The Volvo Ocean Race, Round the World 2001-2002." Nomad Press, 2002.
  2. "Farr Yacht Design. Design List". Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  3. "Assa Abloy axes skipper Roy Heiner - Australian Sailing". www.sailing.org.au. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. "His and Hers Yachts For Married Skippers". The New York Times. 10 March 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. Histoiredeshalfs. "WOR60-VOR60-VO70=V065 Alphabetic List".
  6. "Heading for Hobart" (PDF). CYCA. 2001. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  7. Volvo Ocean Race. "Results and Leaderboard". Archived from the original on 2002-10-12. Retrieved 2023-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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