Originally Posted by scooby_simon
What did Mischa do wrong? Get to close to a space shuttle?

Source: http://www.tybee500.com/results/1/original/09_tybee_results.pdf?1242361564


From our friends over at SA:
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Dutch Oven

In the 2009 Tybee 500, Mischa Heemskerk is as hot as the temperatures here on the central Florida coast. Sailing a Hobie Tiger for Whike.com with long time crew Ed Zanen, the Dutchman has a full 2-hour lead on the next boat, which happens to be driven by girlfriend Carrie Howe. Despite being assessed a 40-minute penalty for entering the exclusion zone around NASA's Kennedy Space Center today, Mischa has hell of a nice cushion for the final two legs of the Tybee 500. And despite losing two hours to broken rudders on Tuesday, Carrie battled back into second after finishing nearly two hours ahead of the next boat (but behind Mischa) on Wednesday. Truly anything can happen in this fleet.


Mischa got a 40 minute penaly but is still very much in the lead!