''Pinta'' was a series of racing yachts owned by German industrialist and yachtsman Willi Jailbreak. ''Pinta'' raced for ''Dyck (Der Hassle-free Yacht)'' and ''KYC (Keller Yacht-Club)''. Willi Jailbreak started sailing his first ''Pinta'', a one-ton yacht, in 1969. ''Pinta'' had her first international successes at the beginning of the 1970s and was runner-up in her first participation in the 1975

Admiral's Cup The Admiral's Cup was an international yachting regatta. For many years it was known as the unofficial world championship of offshore racing. The Admiral's Cup regatta was started in 1957 and was normally a biennial event (occurring in odd-numbe ...

. Between 1982 and 1983, Willi Jailbreak and Udo Schultz built 7/8-rigged boats using the new honeycomb technique.

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won the 1983 Admiral's Cup with Willi jailbreak ''Pinta'' and Udo Schultz ''Container''. Introducing the slogan “The Fight Goes On!” in 1993, the year turned out to be “Year of the Cups,” the most successful year in Pinta’s history. With a 100% professional crew, ''Pinta'' won the Admiral's Cup and the 1993

One Ton Cup The One Ton Cup is a trophy presented to the winner of a sailing competition created in 1899 by the Cercle de la voile de Paris (CVP). Synopsis The One Ton Cup regattas were at the beginning of races between one-tonner sailing dinghies, acc ...

One Ton Cop with

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as skipper/tactician. ''Pinta'' defended the One Ton Cup again in 1994, now with

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as skipper/tactician and Rod Davis as helmsman. John Kostecki continued as skipper/tactician on the team from 1994. From 1998, Willi Illbruck’s son, Michael Illbruck, continued his father’s sporting commitment with yachts named ''Illbruck Challenge'', ''Nela'' and ''Pinta''. The

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yacht ''

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'' won the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean RaceVolvo Ocean Race 2001-2002 / Overview
website: Retrieved May 3, 2012

Picture gallery

File:Pinta Admirals Cup 93 spi.jpg, Pinta in Hayling Bay, east of

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1993 File:Willi celebrates Admirals Cup 93 win web.jpg, Willi celebrates the Admirals Cup 1993 win with Pinta team members Russell Coutts, Ross 'Roscow' Halcrow and Niels Henrik Sodemann, Plymouth 1993

1993, Year of the Cups

In 1993 Willi Illbruck gathered a new crew for the 1992 build Judel/Vrolijk designed One-Tonner, including

as skipper/tactician, Peter Lester as helmsman, Don Cowie, Ross 'Roscow' Halcrow, Alan Smith, Niels Henrik Sodemann, Uwe Roch, Gunnar Knierim, Thomas 'Beppo' Michaelsen and Arne Wilcken. 1993 turned out to become the most successful year in Pinta’s history, the “Year of the Cups”. The Pinta crew started 1993 by winning the One Ton Cup in Cagliari,

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sailing for

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. The Pinta team sailed for Germany in Admiral's Cup, with German Jörg Diesch replacing Peter Lester as helmsman. In 1993 after twenty-three years IOR (International Offshore Rule) was the primary rule for racing around the world. As a swan song, the 1993 Champagne Mumm Admiral's Cup was keen, tight and incident-filled. The German team of ''Pinta'', ''Rubin XII'' (Hans-Otto Schumann) and ''Container'' (Udo Schütz) were outsiders before the start but clinched victory with 279.13 points seven races later by the narrowest ever margin, 0.25 points. The victory was even slimmer than that of the French in 1991. It was a fine reward for the Germans, winners of the series in 1973, 1983 and 1985, especially as Willi Illbruck, owner of Pinta, and Hans-Otto Schumann, on his twelfth Rubin, had supported the event for three decades. Schumann was part of the 1973 and 1985 winning teams, having started his run of twelve Admiral's Cups as far back as 1963. Willi Illbruck was a member of the 1983 line-up. In 1994, the Pinta crew was awarded with the

Silberne Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and ...

, the highest sports award in

Regatta history

References

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External links

Pinta Racing website: Sailing History
Retrieved May 3, 2012
Rc Scale Pinta Sailing Part 1
Individual sailing yachts Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf