The 2009 Tybee 500 Race Coverage
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And What an Exciting Finish it Was
Boats were flying across the finish line one right after the other, all heated up under spinnaker in winds over 15 mph, sliding up the beach just missing unknowing spectators. Chuck Bergeron was yelling, "Get back, everyone. Get Back!"
TCDYC has really gotten it all together these final few legs, taking line honors only seconds ahead of the Dutch Team Whike
MooseBurd broke their mast and trying to finish the race with jury-rig of some sort. It will more likely be after dark before they arrive. Team Velocity 6 should be commended for hitting their Man Over Board button on their GPS to mark the location of the team in peril. The were still 37 miles out and are using their bow sprit as a mast and whatever sails will fit.
Back to the finish line Mischa Heemskerk and Eduard Zanen of Team Whike captured the F18 victory and the overall on handicap with their second place finish.
It was still a close one between Royal Yellow and Velocity 1. Velocity 1 finished in 6th place, but Mellow Yellow was only minutes behind and took first place in the N20 Class.
Here is the order of finish (the Tybee guys were having some tech problems and will have the results posted anon)
- TCDYC
- Team Whike
- Hurricane Racing
- Royal Green
- Magic Marine
- Velocity 1
- Zhik
- Key Sailing
- Royal Orange
- Royal Yellow
- Cat Fever
- Accelerated Chaos
- Seacats Orange
- Stray Cats
- Velocity 3
- Royal White
- Velocity 2
- Adrenaline
- Cat in a Hat
- Chums
- Velocity 4
- Velocity 6
- Seacats White DNS
- Mooseburd (still out)
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Here are some pretty good pictures of the finish at Tybee Island Beach:
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They are Off Early on the Final Leg to Tybee Island
Race Officials called for an early start today and so the teams set off through mild surf and 7-8 mph winds. Three teams managed to struggle through the surf, but all got out in a reasonable fashion
The Dutch team apparently is not used to getting up early. Their boat was still sitting up by the brush and not even close to the beach with 3 minutes to go before the start. Then with less than a minute to go they were running the boat to their pole position.
It didn't appear that they were dressed yet, nor had any of their gear ready to go. But, they shoved off right on time anyway.
I guess you can be a bit Cavalier after their performance yesterday -- starting in 24th position and winning the line honors.
Pictures below of the start:
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