ECC 2009 :: history

Brief History of the ECC

The Engineering Challenge Cup (ECC) was envisioned in 1993 by Eugen Goetter and his crew at the end of the Cap Sunion Rally in Greece. Arno Hemm was volunteered to become the event’s founder and first event organiser. Arno arranged for three boats to spend a week competing with each other to arrive first at each place they visited. It was agreed that the overall winner would organise the next year’s event.
There were no other rules apart from having low stress fun.

We continue here with the growing history of the ECC from the initial start in 1993:

  • The ECC was founded in 1993 by Arno Hemm
  • Started in 1994 the first Regatta was around Mallorca, Spain
  • In 1995 the waters around Kos, Greece were visited
  • Kusadasi-Marmaris, Turkey was the route in 1996
  • The area of Athens, Greece was sailed in 1997
  • Marmaris, Turkey and the seas in this area during 1998
  • The ECC went to Mallorca, Spain again in 1999
  • Elba in Italy was visited in 2000
  • The coast of Istria, Croatia was sailed in 2001
  • Saronioun Gulf south of Athens, Greece was sailed in 2002
  • The 10th anniversary was celebrated in Mallorca, Spain in 2003
  • More than 50 yachts enjoyed the coast of Split / Croatia in 2004
  • In 2005 53 yachts sailed around the coast of Biograd / Croatia
  • In 2006 67 yachts gathered in Lavrion Greece for the 13th ECC
  • In 2007 70 yachts were entered in Gocek, Turkey making this the biggest ECC Fleet to date.
  • In 2008 70 yachts sailed, this time in Bodrum, Turkey.
  • The ECC 2009 event will be held in Palma Mallorca

ECC Winners

This is the complete list of the ECC’s winners until current date.

Year Location Winner, Captain
1994 Mallorca, Spain Voest-Alpine, Eugen Gotter
1995 Kos, Greece Raytheon, Fred Greven
1996 Kusadasi, Turkey John Brown, Aad De Ruyter
1997 Athens, Greece Kvaerner, Jan Kruiniger
1998 Marmaris, Turkey Fluor Daniel, Eric Hamer
1999 Mallorca, Spain HBI, Heinz Baedorff
2000 Elba, Italy Kvaerner, John Hall-Hall
2001 Pula, Croatia ABB Lummus, Peter Bisschop
2002 Athens, Greece Intecsa UHDE, Carlos Moreno
2003 Mallorca, Spain Owens Corning, Michael Kuhn
2004 Split, Croatia Outokumpu Technology, Andreas Klein
2005 Biograd, Croatia ABB Lummus, Peter Bisschop
2006 Lavrion, Greece Foster Wheeler, John Hall Hall
2007 Gocek, Turkey Hertel, Pieter van Beuzekom
2008 Bodrum, Turkey CB&I UK Limited, Craig Warrender

ECC Participants


INTECSA UHDE
FLINTER
E.B.BADGER & SON
BROWN & ROOTS Ltd.
ZIMMER AG
KVAERNER HOUSTON
FLUOR DANIELS
STORK BRONSWERK B.V.
UHDE GmbH
KBR
SIEMENS VDO AG
DHV AMERSFORT
JOHN BROWN HYDROCARBONS
JOHN BROWN EUROPE
UHDENORA
ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL
SIEMENS VDO TN
BADGER ENGINEERING
KVAERNER TEESSIDE
N+N ENGINEERING
AUSTRIAN TECHNOLOGIES
WOLTER & DROS B.V.
GROBE - WENTRUP GmbH
KVAERNER PROCESS B.V.
KOCH CHEM TECH GROUP
VECTORIA CONSULTING
INTRA AUTOMATION HTTP B.V.
ZENITRAM - GSM
KVAERNER E & C
CHEMGINEERING AG
JOHN BROWN DEUTSCHE ENGINEERING

BECKER & GEDUSCH
RWE SYSTEMS
BAEDORFF INDUSTRIEBERATUNG
WASHINGTON GROUP
PARSONS, LONDON
ALSTOM POWER SYSTEMS
RAYTHEON E & C
FOSTER WHEELER ITALY
KRUPP UHDE
THE FIRM B.V
SULZER CHEMTECH Ltd.
PRESSPART GmbH
FOSTER WHEELER FRANCE
FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY LIMITED
DR. BAUNE & PARTNER
UHDE HOCHDRUCKTECHNIK
TRAFALGAR HOUSE GROUP
JOHN BROWN ZOETERMEER
GEMCO INTERNATIONAL B.V.
LURGI OEL GAS CHEMIE
JOHN BROWN DAVY TECHNOLOGY
KVAERNER PROCESS Ltd.
OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY
LURGI METALLURGIE GMBH
TECHNIP GERMANY
OWENS CORNING
PIRELLI PNEUMATICI
VOEST ALPINE INDUSTRIEANLAGENBAU
WWV WAERMEVERWERTUNG
HERTEL

Participating Nationalities (1994-2007)

AUSTRALIA
ITALY
AUSTRIA
ISRAEL
BELGIUM
NETHERLANDS
DANMARK
MEXICO
CROATIA
SCOTLAND
FRANCE
SOUTH AFRICA
GERMANY
SPAIN
GREAT BRITAIN
SWISS
GREECE
TURKEY
IRELAND
USA
CANADA
 

ECC-Trophy

This is the ECC trophy. You will have the honour of keeping this unique sculpture for one year if your team wins the ECC.

Year after year, the name of the current ECC winner is added to the sculpture. But remember this is not an olympic race: we sail just for fun. The trophy is for the winning boat, but we all are winners.

Good luck and lots of fun to all ECC competitors!

Commodores Cup

Founder: Heinz Baedorff

The Commodores Cup will be challanged only by the ECC-Winners of the past ECC history. Those ECC-Winners get the status of a Commodore. Therefore the Commodores Cup has become a very famous and exciting race during the ECC-Regatta week. With special thanks to Heinz, we did get this unique event, which makes the ECC even more complete and gives it a special touch.