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Skipper Volvo Open 70United States62 years old

John Kostecki

Statistics

Whole career, 2001–2005, every class.
· General · 2026 season in progress
Method
Not ranked: no scored race since 2023
Past standings, up to the 2009 season.
255
pts in all · 2 races counted
End of season
51200183rd
51200290th
38200380th
2 starts
Wins
0
0%
2nd and 3rd places
0
0%
4th to 5th
1
50%
Further back
1
50%
Retirements
0
0%
Finish rate 100%
Highlights
Starts2
Best Sillage standing5th in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 · Volvo Open 70
Record season204 Sillage pts in 2006
Level by season
Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.
- Monocoque
- Volvo Open 70
- fewer than 3 results
- mid-fleet
0%’01
’02
’03
’04
Monocoque, 2001–2001.
1 start
Wins
0
0%
2nd and 3rd places
0
0%
4th to 5th
0
0%
Further back
1
100%
Retirements
0
0%
Finish rate 100%
Highlights
Starts1
Volvo Open 70, 2005–2005.
1 start
Wins
0
0%
2nd and 3rd places
0
0%
4th to 5th
1
100%
Further back
0
0%
Retirements
0
0%
Finish rate 100%
Highlights
Starts1

24 heures — Monocoque2002
484nm
20.2 knots
Illbruck
John Kostecki
WSSRC record · 2002Former record

33%’05

Best season 2005 (33%, 5th: The Ocean Race). 2005 rests on 1 result only.

Best Sillage standing5th in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004

Record season51 Sillage pts in 2001

Level by season

Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.

Monocoque
fewer than 3 results
mid-fleet

0%’01

Best season 2001 (0%, 6th: Sydney-Hobart). 2001 rests on 1 result only.

Best Sillage standing5th in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009

Record season204 Sillage pts in 2006

Level by season

Share of the fleet beaten, averaged over the classified results (retirements do not count here). 100%: winning everything; 50%: mid-fleet.

Volvo Open 70
fewer than 3 results
mid-fleet

33%’05

Best season 2005 (33%, 5th: The Ocean Race). 2005 rests on 1 result only.

26

2004

88th

2005—

204200661st

204200791st

1532008125th

1022009184th

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · Monocoque · 2026 season in progress

Method

Not ranked: no scored race since 2023

Past standings, up to the 2004 season.

51

pts in all · 1 race counted

End of season

5120015th
5120025th
3820035th
2620045th

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · Volvo Open 70 · 2026 season in progress

Method

Not ranked: no scored race since 2023

Past standings, up to the 2009 season.

204

pts in all · 1 race counted

End of season

20420065th
20420075th
15320085th
10220095th

podium seasoncurrent season, provisional

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary

American sailor, winner of the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race aboard Illbruck, Olympic silver medallist in Soling (1988) and tactician on Oracle's 2010 America's Cup win.

General rankingPlace in the class's points ranking at the current season; tied on equal points.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary: —not ranked

Volvo Open 70 rankingPlace in the class's points ranking at the current season; tied on equal points.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary: —not ranked

: 2

: 0

: 0

·: 0 · 0

StartsRaces started in finished editions. Non-starters (did not start, withdrawn) are not counted.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

Records

Records

Statistics

· General · 2026 season in progress

End of season

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · Monocoque · 2026 season in progress

End of season

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.See in the glossary · Volvo Open 70 · 2026 season in progress

End of season