2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race

For the 2001 to 2002 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.

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 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race that begins on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day).

Contents

Participants

Boat Nation Designer Builder Skipper
Amer Sports One  New Zealand Mani Frers[1] Dalton, GrantGrant Dalton
Amer Sports Too  United States
 United Kingdom		 Farr Yacht Design[2] McDonald, LisaLisa McDonald
Assa Abloy  Sweden Farr Yacht Design McDonald, NealNeal McDonald
Djuice Dragons  Norway Laurie Davidson[1] Frostad, KnutKnut Frostad
Illbruck Challenge  Germany Farr Yacht Design Kostecki, JohnJohn Kostecki
Team News Corp  Australia Farr Yacht Design Fanstone, JezJez Fanstone
Team SEB  Sweden Farr Yacht Design Krantz, GurraGurra Krantz
Team Tyco  United States Farr Yacht Design Shoebridge, KevinKevin Shoebridge

Legs

Event Starting date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 1 September 23, 2001 Southampton, United Kingdom Cape Town, South Africa 7,350 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 2 November 11, 2001 Cape Town, South Africa Sydney, Australia 6,550 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 3 December 26, 2001 Sydney, Australia Auckland, New Zealand 2,050 Assa Abloy
Leg 4 January 27, 2002 Auckland, New Zealand Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6,700 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 5 March 22, 2002 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Miami, USA 4,450 Assa Abloy
Leg 6 April 14, 2002 Miami, USA Baltimore, USA 875 Team News Corp
Leg 7 April 28, 2002 Annapolis, USA La Rochelle, France 3,400 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 8 May 25, 2002 La Rochelle, France Gothenburg, Sweden 1,075 Assa Abloy
Leg 9 June 8, 2002 Gothenburg, Sweden Kiel, Germany 250 Djuice Dragons

Results

# Boat Total
1 Illbruck Challenge 61
2 Assa Abloy 55
3 Amer Sports One 44
4 Team Tyco 42
5 Team News Corp 41
6 Djuice Dragons 33
7 Team SEB 32
7 Amer Sports Too 16
Full details of finishing positions can be found in: Media Guide: 5. History

References

  1. ^ a b Jobson, Gary. "Fighting Finish: The Volvo Ocean Race, Round the World 2001-2002." Nomad Press, 2002.
  2. ^ "Farr Yacht Design. Design List". http://www.farrdesign.com/designs_full.htm. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 

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