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2001–2002 Volvo Ocean Race

Field	Value
year	2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race
alt	Volvo Ocean Race logo
edition	8th
dates	23 Sept 2001 – 9 June 2002
competitors	8
yachts	Volvo Ocean 60
winner	Illbruck Challenge
prev	1997–98
next	2005–06

''Team SEB'', ''Team Tyco'' and ''News Corp'' in Kiel

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.

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	Designer	Skipper
Amer Sports One	Mani Frers	NZL
Amer Sports Too	Farr Yacht Design	GBR
Assa Abloy	Farr Yacht Design	Netherlands
UK
Djuice Dragons	Laurie Davidson	NOR
Illbruck Challenge	Farr Yacht Design	USA
Team News Corp	Farr Yacht Design	GBR
Team SEB	Farr Yacht Design	SWE
Team Tyco	Farr Yacht Design	NZL

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

Route

Event	Start date	Finish date	Start	Finish	Distance (nmi)	Winner
Leg 1	23 September 2001	23 October 2001	UK Southampton	ZAF Cape Town	7,350	Illbruck Challenge
Leg 2	11 November 2001	4 December 2001	ZAF Cape Town	AUS Sydney	6,550	Illbruck Challenge
Leg 3	26 December 2001	3 January 2002	AUS Sydney	NZL Auckland	2,050	Assa Abloy
Leg 4	27 January 2002	19 February 2002	NZL Auckland	BRA Rio de Janeiro	6,700	Illbruck Challenge
Leg 5	22 March 2002	27 March 2002	BRA Rio de Janeiro	USA Miami	4,450	Assa Abloy
Leg 6	14 April 2002	17 April 2002	USA Miami	USA Baltimore	875	Team News Corp
Leg 7	28 April 2002	11 May 2002	USA Annapolis	FRA La Rochelle	3,400	Illbruck Challenge
Leg 8	25 May 2002	31 May 2002	FRA La Rochelle	SWE Gothenburg	1,075	Assa Abloy
Leg 9	8 June 2002	9 June 2002	SWE Gothenburg	GER Kiel	250	Djuice Dragons

Leg Results

#	Boat	Leg 1
GBR
ZAF	Leg 2
ZAF
AUS	Leg 3
AUS
NZL	Leg 4
NZL
BRA	Leg 5
BRA
USA	Leg 6
USA
USA	Leg 7
USA
FRA	Leg 8
FRA
SWE	Leg 9
SWE
GER	Total
1	Illbruck Challenge	8	8	5	8	7	5	8	5	7	61
2	Assa Abloy	4	3	8	5	8	6	7	8	6	55
3	Amer Sports One	7	4	7	4	3	7	4	4	4	44
4	Team Tyco	5	1
DNF	6	6	6	3	6	7	2	42
5	Team News Corp	6	6	4	3	4	8	3	6	1	41
6	Djuice Dragons	2	5	3	7	2	2	2	2	8	33
7	Team SEB	3	7	1
DNF	1
DNF	5	4	5	3	3	32
8	Amer 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	References:
1	GER 4014	Illbruck Challenge	GER Germany	Farr Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	John Kostecki	61
2	SWE 1645	Assa Abloy	SWE Sweden	Farr Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	Roy Heiner
Neal McDonald	55
3	EUR 1	Amer Sports One	ITA Italy	Frers Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	Grant Dalton	44
4	BER 2001	Team Tyco	BER Bermuda	Farr Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	Kevin Shoebridge	42
5	AUS 9011	Team News Corp	AUS Australia	Farr Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	Jez Fanstone	41
6	NOR 2	Djuice Dragons	NOR Norway	Davidson Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	Knut Frostad	33
7	SWE 20001	Team SEB	SWE Sweden	Farr Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	Gunnar Krantz	32
8	EUR 2	Amer Sports Too	ITA Italy	Farr Volvo Ocean 60	19.40	Lisa McDonald	16

References

Jobson, Gary. "Fighting Finish: The Volvo Ocean Race, Round the World 2001-2002." Nomad Press, 2002.
"Farr Yacht Design. Design List".
"Assa Abloy axes skipper Roy Heiner - Australian Sailing".
(10 March 2002). "His and Hers Yachts For Married Skippers".
Histoiredeshalfs. "WOR60-VOR60-VO70=V065 Alphabetic List".
(2001). "Heading for Hobart". CYCA.
Volvo Ocean Race. "Results and Leaderboard".

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