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Aboard the one and only German Volvo Ocean Race Winner

• September 9th, 2020
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It was a hot summer´s day back in June this year when I visited Oliver Schmidt-Rybandt in Rostock at his “Speedsailing”-base near the city center. I went there to take a closer look at Dehler´s new 30 OD One Design which had already caught my imagination back in Cannes on her world premiere. Upon walking along the pontoon I noticed three large sailing yacht. True racers for which Speedsailing initially was best know for: Prior to becoming a Sales Agent for Dehler 30 OD this company was founded to keeping alive legendary racing yachts and offer a true racing experience to people. Their crow jewel of course is the GLASHÄGER, better know under her previous name, ILLBRUCK.

After Oliver showed me around on the Dehler 30 OD for more than two hours in detail, we walked back to the shore and came by the yacht. “Wanna take a look inside?”, he offered. Well, what a question? Of course I wanted! So I climbed aboard that 60 feet behemoth and instantly felt kind of being drawn into the amazing story of that yacht. For me as a German the name ILLBRUCK has a very special tone to it: She is the first, one and to date only German boat to ever win the Volvo Ocean Race. As I said: A true legend.

Inside ex-ILLBRUCK

The boat has been drawn as part of the one-design V.O.60-class and was built prior to the 2001 race. The campaign however was financed by German businessman Michael Illbruck who in turn is the son of Wilhelm Gustav Illbruck, a sailing legend and sponsor of Admiral´s Cupper PINTA who won the race in 1983. So, here we are aboard that classic. When I went down into what on other yachts is called the “saloon” it was almost like a magic moment: How many hundred times must have the crew of 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race come down and up the Kevlar-made “steps” of the companionway?

Down below the boat shines in yellow. The unmistakable hint of the boat´s prime material: Kevlar. Before the Carbon fibres became common sense in boat building it was a class rule of the V.O.60-boats to be built with Kevlar. This was the state-of-the-art stuff as it had a much higher impact resistance – back in those days there haven´t been any route-limitations for the crews, called “ice gates”, and so the boats were made as strong as possible to withstand possible impacts with growlers. The ex-ILLBRUCK weighs in 13.5 tons which is half the displacement of the Oceanis Yacht 62 ! Her bulkheads cling, making a strange sound when I knocked on it. Like being under some kind of tension. The strange yellow color of the unpainted, bare material instills a feeling of raw, naked power. Made for one sole purpose: Going fast.

The ILLBRUCK – now re-christened GLASHÄGER in honor for her new sponsor, a German mineral water brand – had the top-equipment available back in the days. The early 2000 years, sounds as if they had been passed by just the other day, in reality, that´s twenty years ago. In 5 years that will be a quarter century! A modern boat of her time, the pinnacle of yacht design and materials, today a slight scent of being antiquated – in the best sense of the word!

Unimaginable living conditions

Just like humans in a WW2 uboat , the crew of ILLBRUCK was not the primary concern when the yacht had been conceived. Everything on this boat seems to be envisioned and then made to make her go fast. Living conditions, human demands, comfort – these are words which did not play a single role in construction phase. Simple lightweight, slim and most certainly uncozy berths made of pipes plaster the hull walls.

A net makes the mattress. That´s it. A simple lashing can adjust the berth to the heeling and tack of the boat, that´s it. The crew probably had simple sleeping bags, most certainly wet and cold, a makeshift pillow, maybe the oilskin . There is no privacy here whatsoever, no cabins nor simple curtains or blankets. It must have been a hard trial being part of ILLBRUCK´s crew for sure.

I contemplate the water closet, cramped in a somewhat shadowy corner, half shadowed by a bulkhead, recessed into the hull. The ceramics would have been adjusted to counter the heeling as well and – although I cannot see one – I hope the crew would had made up for a blind, a curtain or something: As a guy obsessed with having at least two closed doors between me and civilization when taking a dump, this WC would most certainly have been my “Nope, thanks!” when being asked to join the crew.

A racing veteran

Apart from that, the ILLBRUCK has some pretty impressive features still valid. The nav station for example. Navigation back in the day already had been satellite-driven and digital, weather routing and evaluating weather data the digital way by means of a computer was available. So the navigator had his dedicated “nav station” in front of a screen rather than sitting on an old-fashioned chart table .

The Diesel-tank which makes up for the seating of the navigator are tilted in a way that when sailing heeled the navigator would sit upright. I took the seat and closed my eyes for a short minute: I tried to imagine the sound of the waves smashing against the hull, the flow of water alongside – ILLBRUCK´s speed record still stays at whopping 39 knots, which is 72 kilometres per hour. Just try to imagine the sound, roaring winds in the rigging from above, crashing waters from below. Around the world!

Carbon indeed was part of the boat. I spotted the typical matte-black color in form of the power train from the huge grinders to the winches. Again I tried to imagine the sound when two people turn the winches with full power and the clacking and cracking noise of the tubes transmit throughout the boat. It´s a loud awkward sound in normal cruising yachts, just think of it manyfold stranger on this racing machine!

Keeping the legend alive

Oliver is seemingly proud: Along with ex-ILLBRUCK the company owns two more V.O.60, which is ex-SEB (now OSPA) and ex-TOSHIBA (which is now ROSTOCKER). Three V.O.60 yachts identical in construction: The boats can be chartered and match raced under real conditions, skippered by the Speedsailing team. The spirit of racing lives inside the boats, the team around Oliver is creating this worldwide unique atmosphere of high-class offshore racing – and it´s just a one hour drive from my home town!

When I left Oliver after thanking him for his time, I looked back onto this proud fleet. Well maintained and often raced, these veterans of offshore racing are not rusting on a pier or being put on dry stand, de-masted, de-capitated. They keep the spirit alive and – by judging from the atmosphere I was able to grasp there among the Speedsailing-staff – they all love what they do in providing a unique experience. Sitting in my car, driving back home I make a not to myself: “Ask the boss if we could do a match race on these as a big event for our staff.” Maybe as a company´s birthday present.

ILLBRUCK at her big time has been under the command of legendary U.S.-skipper John Kostecki. The first, one and only German boat to ever win this highly well endowed race sported a crew of 12 people of which just one had been German. Nobody cared whatsoever: After setting up a world record of 484 miles in 24 hours and winning the toughest offshore race to date, the boat arrived in Kiel in 2002, being frantically greeted by a fascinated nation. I thought I had heard an echo of this down in her hull. What a chilling cool experience!

Thanks for the tour, Oli!

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2002: Die "Illbruck" gewinnt das Volvo Ocean Race

Das Ocean Race gilt als eins der härtesten Abenteuer auf hoher See - eine Regatta voller Strapazen und Entbehrungen. Am 9. Juni 2002 gelang der "Illbruck" Historisches: Zum ersten und bislang einzigen Mal gewann eine deutsche Hochseejacht die Hatz um den Globus.

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"Das war gigantisch, was Kiel damals aufgefahren hat. Als hätte Deutschland die Fußball-WM gewonnen." Auch 20 Jahre später ist Tony Kolb noch schwer beeindruckt. Der kernige Bootsbauer und Vorschiffsmann ist seinerzeit der einzige deutsche Segler an Bord der "Illbruck", die sich 2001/2002 mit einer internationalen Crew den Gesamtsieg beim Volvo-Ocean-Race sichert. Einer spektakulären Weltumseglung über 32.700 Seemeilen, knapp 61.000 Kilometer, in 9 Etappen um die Welt. Zielhafen ist Kiel.

Am Sonntag, den 9. Juni 2002, kocht die Kieler Innenförde. Zehntausende sind auf und am Wasser, bereiten der "Illbruck" einen triumphalen Empfang. "Für uns war das eine Mondlandung. Es war irre, etwas ganz Besonderes", beschreibt Michael Illbruck den Moment, als sein Schiff die "Sailing City" erreicht.

Vier Jahre Vorbereitung unter strengster Geheimhaltung

Michael Illbruck, Kunststoff-Fabrikant aus Leverkusen, ist der Initiator der deutschen Kampagne. Vier Jahre dauert die Vorbereitung. Unter strengster Geheimhaltung wird in Leverkusen die High-Tech-Jacht gebaut.

An der spanischen Atlantikküste findet im Rahmen eines mehrwöchigen Trainingslagers eine knallharte Auslese statt. Es gilt eine geeignete Crew zusammenzustellen, die unter Führung des US-amerikanischen Skippers John Kostecki die Hatz um den Globus in Angriff nimmt.

Am Ende gehen zwölf Segler aus sieben Nationen auf die strapaziöse Reise. "Du musst auch mal als Erster um die Tonne segeln. Nicht nur darüber reden, du musst es auch mal machen", erklärt Illbruck, der sich an den jeweiligen Etappenzielen mit seiner Crew trifft.

Wassereinbruch, Twister und Kollision mit einem Hai

Dort erfährt er auch aus erster Hand von den Schreck-Momenten auf den Ozeanen. Vom Wassereinbruch im Vorschiff, als die "Illbruck" zu sinken droht. Von dem Twister, der sich auf der dritten Etappe zwischen Sydney und Auckland bis auf 200 Meter nähert. "Eine unglaubliche Wassersäule. Wie in einem schlechten Film. Der Twister kam immer näher, dieser Lärm, der Wind, ein unwirklicher Moment", so schildert Skipper Kostecki die lebensgefährliche Situation. Von dem Hai, der bei 25 Knoten Boat-Speed gerammt wird und sich um den Kiel gewickelt hat.

Weltrekord für Kolb und Co.

Stolz ist Michael Illbruck auf diese Crew, die alle Gefahren-Momente professionell umschifft und das Geschwindigkeits-Potenzial der puristisch ausgestatteten 20-Meter-Jacht ausschöpfen kann. Auf der Nord-Atlantik-Etappe von Baltimore nach La Rochelle stellen Kolb und seine elf Mitsegler einen Weltrekord für Ein-Rumpf-Boote auf, schaffen 484 Seemeilen, also 896 Kilometer, innerhalb von 24 Stunden.

Das letzte Teilstück führt von Göteborg nach Kiel, wo die "Illbruck", die heute unter anderem Namen in Rostock liegt und gemietet werden kann, als die Schnellste von insgesamt acht gestarteten Jachten feststeht. "Es war phantastisch, in Kiel reinzukommen. So viele Fans, so viele Menschen, einfach nur phantastisch", schwärmt Kolb, der noch am selben Abend seine spätere Frau Kim kennenlernt.

Mit Kim und den vier gemeinsamen Kindern wandert er nach Südafrika aus, lebt dort auf einer Farm in der Nähe von Kapstadt. Der ehemalige Bootsbauer sitzt inzwischen als Bauer auf dem Trecker. Widmet sich dem Oliven- und Weinanbau, aber die atemberaubenden Bilder dieses spektakulären Abenteuers hat er immer noch im Kopf.

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Legends Race : The "illbruck" has not forgotten how to win...

Tatjana Pokorny

 ·  23.06.2018

Parallel to the last spectacular leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, the Legends Race brought former participant yachts to the course from Gothenburg to The Hague. The result was not only a kind of exciting and attractive class reunion for boats and crews old and new who were successful in the race around the world decades ago, but also an exciting race and lots of fun for the crews at sea and in the Volvo Ocean Race finish harbour of The Hague. The Legends Race was and is a really good idea! Oli Schmidt-Rybandt, Speedsailing partner and skipper of the "Glashäger", reports on his experiences.

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I keep muttering to myself: "Oh man, what have we experienced?" The race of the legends as part of the last stage of the current Volvo Ocen Race was a kind of compulsory programme. As we run three of these legends in a species-appropriate manner, of course we have to be there when it really comes down to the wire. Two boats from the fleet are entered. "Ospa" (formerly "SEB") with skipper Otto Timm and the "Glashäger" (formerly "Illbruck") under me.

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The fact that the finish finally corresponds to the order in the race around the world at that time is like a twist of fate and anything but planned. The competition proves to be stubborn.

The road there was tough. Harder than feared. With 35 to 40 knots of wind, the North Sea is uncomfortable. Waves seven metres high are measured from the drilling platforms. We get them from the side. The boats slide at a monkey's pace along the wandering mountains without a name. The overflowing water first impairs visibility. Later it makes it impossible, even later you can't breathe standing at the helm because of the overcoming water. We don't have ski masks with us. Folly. We knew that they can sometimes be invaluable. Now we have to do without them. We are not in the Southern Ocean. Sometimes the only thing telling me how to take the next wave is the angle of heel of the boat under my feet. It works surprisingly well. Illbruck always remains under control. Although the effort required at the wheel is considerable, the current at the rudder blade never stops. You really do get used to it.

We are travelling with a group of guests. A Polish club has booked "Glashäger / illbruck". The men have varying degrees of sailing skills, plenty of team spirit and an astonishingly low cancellation rate due to seasickness. Club skipper Jaroslav / Jarik gives nothing away. He has his crew work the grinders to the limit of exhaustion, pumping the boat's mainsail at every wave. We fly along like this and only now and then does someone from the free watch stick their head out of the companionway to think about the food again. The constant stream of water barely lets the vomit touch the cockpit floor. It is immediately washed away and is found seconds later in the wake. Fellow skipper Otto Timm on "Ospa / SEB" has to contend with more failures and sails one reef more. As a result, the racing sister lags a little behind.

It's a short ride. Early in the morning we come out of the Skagerrak into the North Sea, and by the evening we already have the Dutch coast on our port side. As the wind drops, the work with the sails begins. The reef goes out and a staysail is added. Then the Reacher 1 replaces the jib. From there we switch to the small flat asymmetric spinnaker and when the never-ending traffic separation areas on the port side offer a slip-through, we drop off, switch to a large top runner and jibe immediately. 'Assa Abloy' is almost within hailing distance in the wake. A jibe duel begins. For each manoeuvre, the staysail and the spinnaker pole are removed, only to be set again on the other side immediately afterwards. We gain another mile lead and defend it with further sail changes right to the finish. Illbruck has won her race again and we wonder what they have been up to.

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THE BOATING REPORT; Victor Proposes Changes for Next Volvo Race

By Herb McCormick

• June 16, 2002

Even by the standards of the American sailor John Kostecki, it was a whirlwind week. Last Sunday, Kostecki's crew aboard the German entry Illbruck sailed into Kiel, Germany, to a thunderous on-the-water reception. Having taken second place on the ninth and concluding overnight leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from nearby Goteberg, Sweden, Illbruck had become the first German boat to win the round-the-world yacht race.

On Wednesday, Kostecki was in Paris accepting the award Illbruck won for setting a 24-hour monohull speed record of 484 miles on the race's seventh leg. That evening he caught a flight to Munich for the wrap-up crew party.

Then, on Friday, he flew home to San Francisco. In a midweek phone interview, Kostecki explained that he had avoided making immediate plans, with one exception. ''I definitely will not be out on San Francisco Bay this weekend,'' he said.

One could hardly blame him if sailing, at least for a few days, is the last thing on his mind.

Since setting out from Southampton, England, to begin the Volvo race last September, Kostecki and his mates covered about 32,000 nautical miles and were at sea just over 123 days. One of the prerace favorites, Illbruck lived up to its billing by winning four individual legs en route to its overall victory.

But it was not all triumphant, or enjoyable.

''Speeding through the icebergs in the Southern Ocean on Leg 4 was dangerous,'' Kostecki said. ''Leaving Cape Town, we were taking on water and almost sunk, and that was pretty scary. And on Leg 3 off Australia we sailed through a tornado, so that was quite an experience.''

Along the way, Kostecki also found himself in a boat race. Illbruck was dominant on the long, open-ocean legs, but in the shorter, relatively closed-course stages the boat was off the pace. It opened the door for the Swedish entry Assa Abloy to slip into a close second in the overall standing. Illbruck's overall victory was not assured until it beat Assa Abloy into Kiel on the final leg.

Kostecki said he felt vindicated by the performance. ''The shorter legs and light-air sailing had previously been one of our weaknesses, so when we pulled it off, I really felt we deserved to win this ocean race.''

Looking ahead, Kostecki was noncommittal about returning for the next Volvo race -- which is scheduled to begin in 2005 in boats and over a course yet to be determined -- to defend his title. ''I'd like to see some changes,'' he said.

''We need to have more boats out on the race course,'' Kostecki said. An eight-boat fleet contested the just concluded event. ''To do that, the costs need to be controlled. We had nine stopovers and it's expensive to fly the rest of the team and shift compounds.''

He added: ''I think limiting stopovers to four or five would save a lot of money and shorten the race by several months. They could eliminate Sydney, Miami and one of the European stops.''

Another cost-cutting measure, Kostecki said, would be to cut down on the number of sails the boats were allowed to carry. ''You're allowed to race with 17 sails and it's just too many,'' he said. ''Limiting the sails would help control the budgets. One of the reasons we started so early was that we had to go out and build and test a lot of sails.''

Like many skippers, Kostecki would also like to see bigger boats than the Volvo 60's, which measure about 63 feet, in the event's next edition. ''Something in the 80- to 90-foot range would be fine,'' he said. ''Yes, building a boat that's 25 feet longer than what we just raced is going to cost more, but controlling the sail inventories would help.''

With his victory, Kostecki became the second straight Northern Californian to win the round-the-world race. Four years ago, when it was still called the Whitbread Race, Kostecki's friend and former America's Cup teammate Paul Cayard was in the winner's circle aboard EF Language.

''Back to back, it's pretty ironic and amazing,'' Kostecki said. ''San Francisco is a tricky place to sail. In the summer we have nice strong sea breezes and currents, so it's a demanding place. I compare it at times to New Zealand, which is why the Kiwis are such good sailors.''

With such a proven formula for success, it was suggested that future Volvo sponsors might consider tapping the junior program at the city's St. Francis Yacht Club when searching for potential race-winning skippers. It was, after all, where Cayard and Kostecki began learning.

Kostecki laughed. ''That's a real possibility,'' he said.

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Illbruck crosses Equator

• October 10, 2001

Illbruck is the first yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race to cross the equator and enter the southern hemisphere

Illbruck is the first yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race to cross the equator and enter the southern hemisphere. The German-flagged yacht is currently 17 miles ahead of Assa Abloy.

On board Illbruck, her crew have been quietly preparing to induct the four crew that have yet to cross from north to south. Richard Clarke (helmsman/trimmer), Ian Moore (navigator), Jamie Gale (mast) and Tony Kolb (bow) will all incur the wrath of King Neptune, who, as justice for past crimes, dishes out punishment in many smelly and sticky forms.

“I saw Stu ‘Waffler’ Bettany busy getting the King Neptune crown ready, and a bucket on deck contains some brew,” explained navigator Juan Vila.

For the rest of the fleet, it’s still plain sailing and a pure test of horse, or rather sail, power in the steady south-east trades as they simply race towards the same waypoint (Fernando de Noronha).

These straight line sailing conditions are the true acid test of every yacht’s sail testing programme and final inventory selection, as News Corp’s Alby Pratt commented: “With a Volvo boat, the yachts have to cover both upwind and downwind plus all the reaching angles in between which can lead to a massive variation in sail designs and sizes. It is easy to see why most teams have seven figure budgets for their sails.”

Still some 300 miles off their equator ceremony, the crew on Amer Sports Too are feeling the immense frustration of falling further behind the fleet with every six hourly report. “We are officially parked, or let’s say, illegally parked,” said navigator Genevieve White. “Our worst fears have been realised – the lead pack of five boats whom we have kept within general striking distance to date have slipped though the doldrums just ahead of us while we have stopped in our tracks just behind by a breezeless, shifty area combined with sloppy confused seas. Nevertheless, the crew is really positive, itching to get moving again and get on with the job.”

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Successful cooperation between Overmarine Group | Mangusta and Luxury Living – FENDI Casa at FLIBS

Overmarine Group at Dusseldorf Boat Show with Mangusta 92, Mangusta 130, Mangusta 165 and Mangusta 148 Oceano Yachts on display

Eye-catching Mangusta 130 Motor Yacht HAPPY DAY spotted in Fort Lauderdale

Video introducing new mangusta 165 e superyacht moonraker.

Ferretti Custom Line Navetta 30 series motor yacht GINDUNGO hits water in Italy

50m luxury motor yacht BEL1 launched in Pisa by Rossinavi

Luxury yacht UNIQUE S is brand new to the charter market in the Western Mediterranean

44m superyacht EXTRA TIME new to charter around the Western Mediterranean

Baglietto announces the launch of 41m luxury yacht ASTERA

Another great special offer on board 36m motor yacht CALYPSO I

Superyacht KISMET – the 122m Lurssen motor yacht the charter market has been waiting for

37m luxury yacht LEGEND offering unparalleled comfort on charters in the Western Mediterranean

Discover our Top 10 brand new yachts available for charter worldwide this year

Florida charter yacht REAL SUMMERTIME offering 10% discount

Looking ahead to the 2024 MYBA Charter Show in Genoa

Discover summer in New England aboard a luxury charter yacht: Escape to this beautiful northeast corner of the USA

Westport announce the first hull of their 36m W117 range is nearing completion

Last minute yacht charter deals in the Bahamas

49m sailing yacht ANIMA MARIS is offering discounted rates for the remaining summer weeks in Croatia

Take advantage of the exceptional 15% discount by 44m charter yacht BLISS in Greece