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Southampton, England, October 24, 2001 2200 GMT
First Leg, Second Place, Third Child
Finish Time Amer Sports One: 22.20.56 GMT
Even though the second place is more than the crew around Grant Dalton on Amer Sports One ever expected, victory would have been sweeter. The last hours were extremely hard racing as Amer Sports One suffered under the loss of some sail and damage to their mast earlier in this leg. Therefore the yacht could not be sailed on her full potential and had finally hand over first place to the most consistent yacht in the race, the German entry illbruck. Arrival in Cape Town will be sweetened for Grant Dalton, as his wife gave birth to their third child, a girl, yesterday.
Once on the dock, the shore crew will immediately lift the yacht out of the water. After the shortest preparation time of all syndicates before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race, the job list to be finished before the restart will be one of the longest of all teams. Apart from repair jobs, there will be some optimisation to be done to increase the performance on the next leg, starting in little more than two weeks.
Right after illbruck has finished, in flying spray and 30 knots of wind, a support boat handed a waterproof Ericsson mobile phone on board the yachts for an interview, so the assembled crowds at Cape Town’s waterfront could share the excitement of the sailors for finishing:
Ian Moore - Navigator
"It was one of those situations where the rich get richer, we just clawed back our lead - mile after mile after mile. the boat was on fire."
"Nearing the finishing line, the wind was blowing dogs off chains, it was fantastic."
"We convinced ourselves we were gonna win, and then John came on deck yesterday morning and said "guys, there's a new leader". At that point we just dug in and it was great."
John Kostecki - Skipper

"The other guys managed to sail extremely well, I'm sure they would also admit they had a little bit of luck. But as soon as things equalised we just managed to make some small gains, and pass them by."
"We kept fighting and never gave up. The whole team is great, its so positive."
"I know Dalton's had a few breakages, so the Southern Ocean is going to be interesting to watch."
The next yacht due to finish is Team News Corp, being expected at 1800 tomorrow. Tyco and ASSA ABLOY are on the wind, riding in rough conditions. SEB, djuice and Amer Sports Too are still more than 1200 miles away and they could be out there for another week.

Elapsed times:
Illbruck: 31d 06h 19m 49s
Amer Sports One: 31d 08h 20m 56s

Southampton, England, October, 2001 2130 GMT
illbruck Conquers Cape Town
Finish Time illbruck: 20:19:49 GMT
illbruck finished first in the first leg of the first ever Volvo Ocean Race. When German illbruck with skipper John Kostecki from the United States crossed the line the second boat Amer Sports One with Grant Dalton still had 13 miles to sail, having lost one mile to the leader during the past hour.
Even though Amer Sports One was in a safe distance, the illbruck crew did not back off, but kept pushing till the very last minute, close reaching in more than 30 knots of wind and two meter waves. Then the yacht came out of the darkness, as shiny in green and white as she left Southampton more than a month ago.

Right after crossing the finish line, illbruck’s support boat with syndicate head Michael Illbruck on board approached the racing yacht to celebrate this victory.
Earlier John Kostecki wrote in his last email: “We always believed we could catch Amer Sports One. The question was how? We were able to do it by having better reaching boat speed and great crew manoeuvres changing sails in the shifty southwesterly breeze. “
Another hour, and she will hit the dock too, with 12 smelly guys longing for beer and all sorts of food.
When illbruck crossed the line, Amer Sports One, the second place had 16 miles to go.

Pressemitteilung 2 der illbruck Challenge, 32. Tag der 1. Etappe des Volvo Ocean Race
24. Oktober 2001
Beide Crews kämpfen bis zur Erschöpfung um den ersten Etappensieg
Die Landmannschaften haben alles gerichtet: Champagner, Bier und ein Hamburger-Grill stehen bereit. Die Trophäe für den Sieger auch. Gegen 22 Uhr wird in der südafrikanischen Hafenstadt Kapstadt der Zieleinlauf der ersten Etappe des Volvo Ocean Race Round the World 2001-2002 erwartet. In Führung lag um 18.30 Uhr weiterhin die Leverkusener Hochseeyacht „illbruck “, die ihren Vorsprung gegenüber der „Amer Sports One“ auf zwölf Seemeilen ausgebaut hatte. Obwohl der Wind auch an der Küste stark aufgefrischt hatte, wollte niemand im illbruck Challenge-Team der erträumten Sieg vorwegnehmen.
„Im Sport und gerade beim Regattasegeln ist bis zum Ziel vieles möglich“, meinte Firmenchef und Chairman des Syndikats, Michael Illbruck (41), als er ein wenig nervös an der Pier der Victoria & Alfred Wharf an der Waterfront auf und ab lief. Der schönste Stadtteil Kapstadts hat sich mächtig herausgeputzt, um die Teilnehmer der härtesten Segelregatta der Welt zu empfangen. Am Abend füllten sich die Kneipen und Restaurants mit segelinteressierten Zuschauern, die das große Finish nicht verpassen wollten.
An Bord der Yachten hatten die Segler kaum Zeit, an das süße Leben an Land zu denken. Starke Winde erforderten einen harten Einsatz. „Wir haben alle Mann Deck, um die Manöver bestens absolvieren zu können“, so „illbruck “-Skipper John Kostecki. Durch drehende, böige Winde waren ständig wieder Segelwechsel notwendig. Auch die Verfolger unter Skipper Grant Dalton gaben alles, um der grün-weißen von Farr Yacht Design gezeichneten „illbruck“ vielleicht auf den verbleibenden Seemeilen doch noch den Sieg abjagen zu können.

Im weißen illbruck Challenge-Zelt wurden die letzten Vorbereitungen für die Ankunft der Race Crew getroffen. Eine Grillparty hatten sich Skipper John Kostecki und seine Crew gewünscht – und wenn es mitten in der Nacht werden sollte. 32 Tage waren sie nun auf See, „nur“ zwei mehr, als vorher für die längste der neun Etappen veranschlagt worden war. 7.350 Seemeilen dauerte sie von Southampton in Südengland um zwei brasilianische Inseln herum als Wendepunkte bis zum Tafelberg, dem Wahrzeichen Kapstadts.
An dritter Stelle lag die „News Corp“ (Australien) deutlich vor der „Tyco“ (Bermuda) und der „Assa Abloy“ (Schweden), die alle erst in den nächsten Tagen erwartet werden. Für die letzten drei, der insgesamt acht Boote wird die Tour zur Tortour werden. „SEB“ (Schweden), „djuice“ (Norwegen) und die Frauencrew der „Amer Sports Too“ haben noch mehr als 1.200 Seemeilen nach und könnten bis zu einer Woche länger brauchen als die Sieger. Das Essen ist auf diesen Booten längst rationiert. Neben der körperlichen Belastung müssen die Mannschaften auch noch hungern.
Weitere Informationen:
Andreas Kling
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(0172/2578817)
akling@illbruck-Challenge.com
http://media.illbruck-Challenge.de

Southampton, England, October 24, 2001 1600 GMT
High Anticipation
Cape Town is ready for the fleet and the fleet is ready for Cape Town.
With just 55 miles away from the leading yacht illbruck, the Waterfront in Cape Town and huge crowds are waiting to welcome the eventual winner of this first leg in the Volvo Ocean Race 2001 - 2002. On a perfect day, under blue skies and with a strong breeze from the southeast, spectators enjoyed the life at the Volvo Ocean Race Village. Gospel singer, a Jazz band and street artists offered various distractions to spectators, families and shore crews. The first spectator boats are preparing to go out, to see illbruck and Amer Sports One finishing with top speed and witness a sailing spectacle, even if it will be dark when the yachts finally cross the line.
Third placed News Corp, Tyco and ASSA ABLOY are close reaching at the moment and will make it hard on the wind in up to 30 knots or breeze toward the finish. SEB, djuice and Amer Sports Too are tacking every two to three hours into 13 knots of headwinds.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 32, 1552 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO
1 ILBK 34 10.28S 017 24.88E 00055 073 13.9 356 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 19:54 8
2 AONE 34 07.72S 017 08.08E 00067 078 12.8 309 12 -01.8 24 OCT 01 21:15 7
3 NEWS 35 30.56S 011 37.68E 00351 073 14.3 313 296 00.3 25 OCT 01 17:52 6
4 TYCO 35 09.40S 007 30.28E 00547 096 11.3 263 492 -02.7 26 OCT 01 13:26 5
5 AART 33 50.04S 003 08.92E 00762 100 10.1 246 707 -03.7 27 OCT 01 13:11 4
6 TSEB 27 04.00S 005 07.12W 01283 083 09.2 222 1228 -05.7 30 OCT 01 09:52 3
7 DJCE 27 55.28S 005 55.92W 01302 150 07.1 217 1247 -08.0 30 OCT 01 11:56 2
8 ATOO 27 23.44S 007 24.48W 01387 161 08.2 223 1332 -08.3 30 OCT 01 21:02 1

Pressemitteilung der illbruck Challenge am 32. Tag der 1. Etappe des Volvo Ocean Race
24. Oktober 2001
5 Seemeilen Vorsprung vor „Amer Sports One“ / Noch rund 200 Seemeilen
Die Leverkusener Hochseeyacht „illbruck“ hat in der Nacht zu Mittwoch die Führung beim Volvo Ocean Race übernommen. Kurz nach 2 Uhr morgens passierte Skipper John Kostecki mit seiner internationalen Crew den Kontrahenten „Amer Sports One“ (Finnland/Italien) und setzte sich an die Spitze der ersten Etappe der härtesten Segelregatta der Welt. Der Positionsreport von Mittwoch Morgen wies bereits fünf Seemeilen Vorsprung aus. Da hatte das deutsche Boot nur noch 212 der 7.350 Seemeilen vor seinem bis dahin größten Erfolg in der nunmehr vierjährigen Dauer des Projekts illbruck Challenge. Mit dem Zieleinlauf wird für den späten Abend gerechnet.
„Es ist wie eine Erleuchtung, wenn vor Dir im Dunklen plötzlich ein Punkt am Horizont auftaucht“, berichtete Wachführer Mark Christensen von Bord der „illbruck“. Es war die „Amer Sports One“, die sie seit acht Tagen seit der brasilianischen Insel Ilha de Trinidade gejagt hatten. „In dem Moment merkst du erst, dass es kein Phantom ist, das auf den Computer- und Radarbildschirmen existiert.“ Das rote Boot unter dem erfahrenen Skipper Grant Dalton hatte der „illbruck“ vor gut einer Woche die Führung abgenommen.
Bis in den Vormittag hinein hatten die beiden Spitzenreiter noch ideale Segelbedingungen bei frischem Südwind. Mit etwas günstigerem Windeinfallswinkel und der ausgefeilteren Segelgaderobe – der Gegner hatte außerdem schon zwei Spinnaker verloren – lief die „illbruck“ 15 Knoten im Durchschnitt; 1,3 mehr als die „Amer Sports One“. Allerdings kann der Wind direkt vor dem Ziel in Kapstadt noch deutlich abnehmen, so eine detaillierter Wettervorhersage von illbruck Challenge-Meteorologe Chris Bedford. Deshalb muss die Crew auf der Hut bleiben, um den Vorsprung bis über die Ziellinie direkt vor dem Hafenbecken der Victoria & Alfred Wharf zu verteidigen.

Hinweis: Einen aktualisierten Positionsreport gibt es gegen 12.30 Uhr!
Die ersten Fotos vom Zieleinlauf und der Ankunft im Hafen werden am Donnerstag im Laufe des Vormittags unter http://media.illbruck-Challenge.de verfügbar sein.
Weitere Informationen:
Andreas Kling
0027/82/858-0016
(0172/2578817)
akling@illbruck-Challenge.com
http://media.illbruck-Challenge.de

Southampton, England, October 24th, 2001 Day 32
Waiting On The Dock Of The Bay
After thirty two days at sea, the signature green and white Farr designed Volvo Ocean 60, illbruck, has a seven mile lead over Grant Dalton’s underdog grey Frers, Amer Sports One.
With their present positions and speed, illbruck is likely to cross the finish line in table Bay as winners of leg one at around 20.00hrs hours GMT (22.00hrs local) this evening.
As soon as both teams hit the dock this evening and the champagne celebrations have quietened down, another well-oiled team ashore will take over and neither will be resting on their laurels for a second.

The rule for the illbruck and Nautor Challenge shore crews over the next two to three weeks is simply ‘even if it’s not broken, still check it, thoroughly’. “We will run full structural checks over the entire boat and rigging. We’ll inspect the hull with a fine tooth comb, check for any delamination and make sure the bottom is 100% smooth again. At present the list isn’t too long but we may notice small things the crew might not necessarily have seen,” explained illbruck’s shore manager Tom Faire.
The illbruck Challenge have seven shore crew on the dock in Cape Town that are “prepared to work twenty four hours a day, seven days a week to get the job done if it’s required,” continued Tom.
While John Kostecki’s crew have not listed any significant damage, only five days out from the start they reported a minor sinking feeling. “The sewing machine came loose from its stowage on a particularly savage wave and severed the standpipe from one of the sea cocks,” explained co navigator Ian Moore.
“Thankfully it severed the pipe just above the waterline but every time we dropped off a wave we had a miniature Trevi Fountain in the forepeak. Waffler (Stu Bettany), our resident rigger come plumber, was able to rebuild it in typical Kiwi “she'll be right” bodge it fashion”.
Grant Dalton is also happy with the condition of his new boat, boasting, “The yacht could carry on sailing past Cape Town, although we have run out of food”.
But the Nautor syndicate have double the logistical challenge of the others as they have two yachts to service. Fortunately they have a week to process the first before the second arrives but then time will be crucial and 20-hour days not unexceptional. “We have less time for turn-around, as soon as the boats arrive we will have a very tight schedule, especially with two boats. We must be very organized to get the first boat hauled out, repaired, and back in the water before the second boat arrives,” explained Nautor shore manager Herve Le Quilliec.
It seems the sail programme has been the Achilles Heel of the Nautor campaign as Dalton and Lisa McDonald’s crew have blown several key sails.
“For the boys, half way through the leg, the Code three [asymmetric] was broken in half and a couple of days ago the code four [spinnaker] was broken, and half of it lost in the sea. The girls broke their code three right on the start line, which was a shame,” commented Gerry Moosbrugger, shore side sailmaker for the Nautor Challenge.
In a game where momentum is everything, the illbruck and Nautor teams will be working double time, and then some, so Kostecki and Dalton can carry their edge into the Southern Ocean.
But the first priority is still to be first to the dock.

Southampton, England, October 24th, 2001 10.00hrs GMT
Will It Be illbruck’s Day?
The long awaited result for the opening leg of the Volvo Ocean Race is now less than 12 hours away, with illbruck leading on the final 130 odd mile dash to Cape Town.
After 32 days at sea, John Kostecki’s crew are seven miles ahead and 14 miles to the south of Grant Dalton’s Amer Sports One. Both yachts are pointing their bows at the finish line, broad reaching along at a steady 15 knots in the 18 knot southerly breeze.
Team News Corp seem to have locked up third position, barring breakage, as they have a 179-mile buffer over Tyco.
Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 32, 10.00hrs GMT PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO
1 ILBK 34 35.52S 015 51.68E 136 074 12.9 350 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 8
2 AONE 34 27.60S 015 39.20E 143 080 12.4 310 7 -00.3 24 OCT 01 7
3 NEWS 35 59.16S 010 01.28E 433 077 14.1 306 297 01.3 25 OCT 01 6
4 TYCO 35 02.88S 006 09.40E 612 106 10.7 269 476 -02.3 26 OCT 01 5
5 AART 33 38.04S 001 59.80E 821 096 09.9 251 685 -03.0 27 OCT 01 4
6 TSEB 27 10.08S 006 08.56W 1330 129 06.8 223 1194 -06.0 30 OCT 01 3
7 DJCE 27 35.68S 006 37.12W 1344 142 07.2 220 1208 -06.7 30 OCT 01 2
8 ATOO 26 31.04S 007 41.16W 1422 103 07.7 223 1286 -05.4 30 OCT 01 1

Southampton, England, October 24th, 2001 04.00hrs GMT
Dalton Unable To Stop illbruck Challenge
Just after midnight GMT and with less than a day’s sailing to the finish of leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race to Cape Town, Grant Dalton’s Amer Sports One relinquished the lead to John Kostecki’s illbruck Challenge.
Dalton has had his nose out in front of the pack for exactly eight days, since just past the final waypoint of Ilha Trindade off Brazil. At one point, Amer Sports One held a 40-mile advantage that has gradually been eroded.
illbruck, to the south of the Nautor Challenge yacht, now has a five mile lead with a little over 200 miles to sail to the finish line. Both yachts are power reaching at a steady 15 knots in a 20 knot southerly breeze.
At their current speed, illbruck is expected into Cape Town at 19.40 hours GMT today, (21.40 hours local time).
Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 32, 04.00hrs GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO
1 ILBK 34 53.64S 014 21.40E 212 076 15.0 337 0 00.5 24 OCT 01 8
2 AONE 34 41.24S 014 10.96E 217 072 13.7 312 5 -00.8 24 OCT 01 7
3 NEWS 36 14.32S 008 22.00E 515 090 12.0 296 303 -02.8 25 OCT 01 6
4 TYCO 34 44.68S 004 52.56E 675 103 10.5 280 463 -04.2 26 OCT 01 5
5 AART 33 32.68S 000 49.24E 880 100 10.3 260 668 -04.2 27 OCT 01 4
6 TSEB 26 35.72S 006 38.24W 1369 083 09.2 222 1157 -06.6 30 OCT 01 3
7 DJCE 27 25.12S 007 22.76W 1385 097 07.3 214 1173 -07.5 30 OCT 01 2
8 ATOO 25 58.16S 008 09.88W 1459 118 06.1 225 1247 -08.5 30 OCT 01 1