Volvo Ocean Race round the world 2001-2002. Photos of the arrival of the Volvo yachts. Photos taken from Devonport, Auckland.

The Volvo Ocean Race
round the world 2001 - 2002

Leg 3
Sydney (via Hobart) to Auckland

Impressions of the arrival in Auckland
Fri 4 January 2002

Link to the
official Volvo Ocean Race
round the world 2001 - 2002 site

Amer Sports One

First in was Assa Abbloy at 6.20am,
we just missed it...

Amer Sports One with skipper Grant Dalton arrived 2nd in Auckland at 8.09am.

Devonport, photo taken from Devonport Wharf
Waitemata Harbour from Devonport Wharf

Tyco came in 3rd...

About the Volvo Ocean Race

The Volvo Ocean Race started from Southampton, England on September 23rd 2001.

This professionally crewed event will cover 32,700 nm in approximately ten months, circumnavigating the world with the prevailing winds.

The nine-leg race will visit 10 ports, racing through four oceans, and finish in Kiel, Germany in June 2002.

source: Volvo Ocean Race official site

Visit the exhibition of the huge
paintings of the Volvo Yachts
by Peter Jean Caley
at the Maritime Museum
from 1 - 27th of January

LEG FOUR: Auckland to Rio de Janeiro
6,700 nm

Depart Auckland: 27 January
ETA Rio de Janeiro: 19 February 2002

...followed by News Corp 4th and Illbruck 5th

Illbruck and News Corp (Bart spinnaker)

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