2001-02 Official Film | Volvo Ocean Race

The 2001-02 race was the first to be run as The Volvo Ocean Race 🚘🇸🇪, with the Swedish company taking ownership of the event for a tenure that would extend through the 2017-18 edition. It would also be the last race to start in the UK.

Eight highly prepared and professional teams took the start in Southampton, and there was drama nearly immediately, with the highly touted Assa Abloy team changing skippers in Cape Town after a disappointing fifth place result on the first leg. Neal MacDonald would take over for Roy Heiner.

American John Kostecki led the Illbruck Challenge to victory with Assa Abloy making a late charge.

Grant Dalton was at the head of the two-boat effort of Amer Sports, and his team rounded out the podium, an impressive result given the late start to the campaign. The second boat in stable, Amer Sports Too was an all female effort skippered by Lisa MacDonald, who, along with husband Neal, made for a unique husband/wife skipper duo in the race. 👫

[honkhrrrk]

I still have the photo of Illbruck on my wall i shot that very day in Kiel from 10 meters away on the water. What a Party....

[mcduck]

I still love the 'they realized they where sinking'

[HenkieHeadache]

Too bad the music is too loud, so it's sometimes hard to hear the voice-over.

[stuarth]

I was in shocked disbelief when I saw these boats with no solid dodger

[zonzeven]

The narration is drowned in the 'background' (NOT) music. Why is the music so loud ?

[ХренМоржовый-фя]

Hi! I really like your channel! But I don't know its history. The company Volvo is funding these races? PS greetings from Moscow Russia!!

[ryan]

I hate how it completely skips the legs to and from Miami

[operatorjeffdeathstar]

Sir Peter Blake (53) murdered by Black pirates in the Amazon...