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illbruck Challenge Volvo Team Begins Southern Ocean Training


Author: Lizzie GreenLEVERKUSEN, GERMANY, November 23, 2000 - John Kostecki and the illbruck
Challenge Volvo Ocean Race crew sailed from Fremantle, Australia today
embarking on a 3,270-mile trek through the Southern Ocean to Auckland, New
Zealand as part of their training for next year's round the world race.

The team will use the two weeks at sea to test sails and equipment, watch
systems and to try out potential new team members. The team is sailing with
a new carbon fibre rig, allowed for the first time under race rules. The
Southern Ocean training session will culminate with the team competing in
the Telstra Sydney-Hobart Race starting in Australia December 26.

The team has been testing the new rig and sailing out of their Fremantle
base camp for several weeks. "We've gone through the paces with the boat
and everything feels great," skipper John Kostecki said. "We are ready to
get out there and face the Southern Ocean. We expect to encounter some
challenging conditions, but this is what we're here for. The tougher it is
now the more experienced we will be as a team when we face this infamous
stretch of ocean next year." The second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race starts
in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2001 and will take the team through
the Southern Ocean to Sydney.

In addition to skipper John Kostecki, the Southern Ocean crew includes
Volvo Ocean Race team members: Stu Bannatyne, watch captain; Stu Bettany,
helmsman/trimmer; Mark Christensen, watch captain; Ray Davies,
helmsman/trimmer; Dirk de Ridder, mast; Ross Halcrow, helmsman/trimmer;
Toni Kolb, bow; and Juan Vila, navigator. The crew is joined in the
Southern Ocean by Richard Clarke, helmsman/trimmer; Jamie Gale, mast; Greg
Gendell, bow; and Ian Moore, navigator. This same team, except for Gendell,
will compete in the Sydney-Hobart Race.

The illbruck Challenge team is training in the Southern Hemisphere with the
former EF Education from the last Whitbread race (now Volvo Ocean Race).
The illbruck Volvo 60 training sistership, the former EF Language and
winner of the last Whitbread, is being shipped from Germany to the East
Coast where the team will continue training in early 2001. The new illbruck
Volvo Ocean 60 is now under construction in Leverkusen and will be
delivered to the sailing team for training in spring, 2001.

"The time we invest in the Southern Ocean this year will pay off in a huge
way next year," Kostecki said. "We can work together as a team to overcome
the challenges we will face in this training session, giving us a bit of an
edge when we are racing in the Southern Ocean next year."

The crew will send emails and photos from the boat as they train in the
Southern Ocean. Follow their progress in the "On Board" section of the
illbruck Challenge web site at www.illbruck-pinta.com.

illbruck GmbH is a privately-held international company with six autonomous
business units: Automotive, Sealant Systems, Sanitary Technology,
Architectural Surfaces, Filtration Systems/Insulation Systems and IT
Services. Founded in 1952, illbruck has 35 locations in 15 countries
worldwide and is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany. About 3,200
employees develop and produce customer orientated, complex and highly
sophisticated system solutions.

The illbruck Challenge embodies the philosophy of the illbruck company:
success through motivation, flexibility and team spirit. The same
performance-driven qualities of the international company are embodied in
the illbruck Challenge racing team. The illbruck Challenge is the image
medium and primary vehicle for illbruck's global and internal corporate
identification.

For more information, visit the illbruck Challenge website

or visit:

  • YachtsandYachting.com Volvo Ocean Race Information Page
  • www.VolvoOceanRace.org

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