Team Tybee will be competing in the 2001 Worrell 1000
from May 6th to May 19th.

Tybee Island Arrival: May 11th, From 6-8pm
Tybee Island Departure: May 12, 6pm

Go To http://www.worrell1000.com for current race standings, info and photos.

ABOUT THE WORRELL 1000
From Fort Lauderdale, Florida north to Virginia Beach, Virginia, there stretches for 1,000 miles a fine long, sandy beach broken only by a few channels into various ports and cuts between islands. Masked by its spectacular beauty one can easily forget that this majestic coastline was shaped by the fury of the North Atlantic. A fury, so treacherous that a piece of ocean along the North Carolina coast is known to sailors around the world as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic."

It is here, along this coast in the open waters of the North Atlantic that sailor athletes from around the world come each May to test themselves and their boats in a special commitment of skill, determination and sacrifice called the Worrell 1000.

Beginning in Miami Beach, Florida on Monday, May 6, 2001, the event like a waterborne Tour de France races its way north along the coast, through 5 states, regrouping at 11 oceanfront cities, before finishing in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Saturday, May 19.

Each team consists of two sailors racing an Inter 20, fiberglass, twin-hulled boat called a catamaran and a shore crew of usually 2-4 people, to follow on shore and assist the sailors and service the boat at the checkpoint cities.

At each oceanfront checkpoint the racers are required to come ashore through the surf and be timed-in for that leg. The next day at 10am, (except 6pm for two night legs) the racers restart together, launching from the beach, through the surf, bound for the next checkpoint. The winner of the race is the team that successfully completes all legs of the event with the lowest total time. 

For more information about the Worrell 1000 visit http://www.worrell1000.com.
See the course, visit: http://www.worrell1000.com/thecourse.html