Michael Illbruck against the best sailors

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13.03.2017
Michael Illbruck: "I love competing against the best sailors
in the world, driven not by an engine, but by nature!"

Michael Illbruck is not only the leader of the team Pinta but also an amazing sailor himself. He has an impressive amount of regattas, victories, trophies and awards.
And it could not be any other way, especially if you were born in the family of great Wilhelm Gustav "Willi" Illbruck. He gathered one of the most successful and important teams in the history of sailing, awarded with the most meaningful German sailing award Silberne Lorbeerblatt in 1994. He not only made a huge contribution to the development of sailing but was a truly devoted sailor himself. Pinta now as we know it – the work of Illbruck-father. However, it would not be so famous without Michael, who was leading the team during one of the most important campaigns – victorious Volvo Ocean Race.

Foto: Illbruck

On the internet we can probably find technical data, results, short news, and protocols, rather than actual stories from people about how was it. It is mostly “start-finish-award ceremony” but we desire memories, thoughts, feelings, and insides of the whole process. Last year Michael Illbruck successfully returned into sailing and won the Melges 20 World Championship, after participating in the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring for years.
After being strict and serious onboard, he turns into an attentive, delicate and frank person, who is ready to tell all the stories. So, we offer you not the ordinary question-answer interview, but rather Michaels reminiscence about sailing in the Illbruck family, about Pinta’s moments of glory, and about his father, of course.

Continue reading the interview on our website Barracuda.news. https://barracuda.news/article/michael-illbruck-i-love-competing-against-the-best-sailors-in-th

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