If anyone has posts related to the Tybee 500, please post them here, so they will all be in one place. Thanks.

Rick was down at the beach at the Islander in Islamorada for the start. The start was uneventful, but it looks like it will be a long beat up to Hollywood. Wind was at least 15-20 out of the northeast at the start.

Uneventful? The TVS video seems to indicate there was some boat on boat action. What happened?

Just got a report that Todd Hart broke his spinnaker pole and returned to the beach for repairs.

Question in my mind is why return? It is very doubtful that anyone would need a spinnaker for this leg.., and he could have repaired at Hollywood.
Rick

maybe he forgot the water-balloon launcher as well?

UPDATE: according to Tad's video i just saw, Todd came back to remove the spin system and not going to use one today. I guess his bag was dangling or something similar that required the system to be removed.

Rick, when I broke my pole at a distance race last year I could not go to weather at all without removing everything. Then I had the problem with sharp broken parts on the boat to contend with. I can see why he would come back.

I have to agree with that. If any of the spin gets in the water it can be a mees to deal with. Best to remove it all together once the pole is broken. Tad stated something about Todd making contact with a port start boat but that was all I could make out.
I'm tired of the lysol ad already!!!!!!!

Check the Headline Page for stories. Have a brief story up now at www.catsailor.com

Rick

From the Tybee tracker page it looks like the C2 is in the back of the pack, maybe on the beach with Todd.

To track the boats live, go to
http://www.tybee500.com/TybeeTracker

Rick

The tracker is tough to follow. Boats are all being updated at different times. Some are within a few minutes, some are an hour old.

I see that now. The AHPC boats spot is over 30 mins old. No telling where they really are then.

That tracker is useless, even the race committees location is 40 mins old

That is a relief! I was wondering what happened to JC, now I won't be concerned.

From what the tracker shows Todd Hart is on the water and Cat in the hat is out front. It did update on the race committee. I think JC must have thrown the spot in the water at the start, it hasn't moved so far

This looks like one tiring day to start off with.

This event never fails to move me. I am rooting for the Seacats teams, Orange is Jake, and Jake is, well Jake(maybe it is the cape?); and then we have Todd on Adrenaline ("Local boy"), but I can't help rooting for Velocity too...

tracker showing Bugaboo in front. I hope they are further along than it looks, long night if not!

They are very spread out as well

Mica from Royal Yellow sent this message:
Todd Hart came to beach on royal blue with spinacker repair. Back
underway at 10:45.

Anybody know the details of the incident? I hear Todd is looking for redress following a port/starboard incident. Who else was involved? Was the damaged pole the extent of the damage?

No redress or protest filed right now. Committee is aware that there was an incident, but nothing formal has come of it.

Looks like they still have LLLLLOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGG way to go. Late arrival, so it would seem.

Bugaboo
Seacats Orange
Royal YELLOW
AHPC
PEPOD
SEACATS ADRENALINE
ROYAL ORANGE
VELOSITY 3
SEACATS WHITE
ROYAL BLUE
ROYAL WHITE
VELOCITY 2
VELOCITY 1
VELOCITY 5 /CAT IN THE HAT
VELOCITY 4

Here is what I heard when Todd came back to the beach. He said that a boat tacked in front of him and didn't give him room to keep clear. How exactly the pole broke - I'm not sure. I don't think he hit anyone but he might have beared off a lot resulting in some kind of flipping action - again pure speculation.

He said that he didn't want anything to happen to the other boat but he'd like redress for the time. Thats all I overheard. I don't think he can be redressed the time without filing a protest. I offered the ground crew my complete rigged and ready pole/hoop since they had an extrusion that they'd have to remount the hoop on - but Todd just started taking it off the boat when it hit shore.

Also, can anyone see TVS1 on the tracking page? Trey was being obstinate in his placement of the spot beacon. He put it on the port bow bridle wire. He likely killed it or lost it already.

I show 15 boats as listed above.

Ok I found TVS 1. I think my original theory is correct - he killed the unit.

I didn't even know he was supposed to be broadcasting. WOW, that ought to be great.

By the way, you sailing enthusiasts, check this out from Tad (Undecided) The following is in our story on the Headline Page of this site, www.catsailor.com or click on the Catsailor icon on the top left of every page:
And Tad Pecorak of Velocity Sailing will be bringing you LIVE STREAMING VIDEO. No, it is not professional quality, but no other videography is taking place for the race and this event requires that someone capture the drama on the beach as it happens.

When you go to his website at http://www.velocitysailing.com/?page_id=866 you need to just scroll down and select the video you want to see. You will have to put up with some advertising introductions (loud and raucous to some of us), and then it will finally get into Tad's recordings. He will be there getting video of the finishes, so stay on top of it. And he will be there for what promises to be a very exciting start tomorrow morning in winds of 20-25 mph and big surf.

any idea what's going on with the tracking for Velocity 4.. the last update is almost 5 hours old.. either it's not working or Sam and Kirk stopped off for a beer before they get to the remote part of the keys

I just noticed that Trey and V5 is also about 4 hours old... Maybe Team Velocity is in stealth mode

Not many good bars on that side of the islands. Maybe they went up the backside and stopped at the Caribbean Club.
Rick

Just looked and Bugaboo is just short of the Miami Harbor Entrance, and I would guess is reaching by now. Shold be landing within 30 to 45 minutes.

"He said that he didn't want anything to happen to the other boat but he'd like redress for the time. Thats all I overheard. I don't think he can be redressed the time without filing a protest."

They can file a request for redress. However, to actually get redress, they'd have to prove it wasn't their own fault, which basically means that they have to prove it's someone else's fault, and that boat would in all likeihood be penalized.

Again, pure speculation without seeing the SIs, but this is roughly how it works under the RRS as-is. Depending if/how the SIs change penalties, etc. almost anything can be worked out differently.

Mike

starting to seem more like a "moon landing" that never happened.

maybe they never even sailed and this is all a conspiracy..

Mischa, Trey and JC on the beach.

Mischa, scratch boat... Trey +2 minutes, JC +7 minutes or so.

Nice show by Mischa with one dagger.

He had a spare on the boat, didn't he? Do you know why it folded?

no sir i don't tell me please mr williams.

He hit a shallow and lost the board around Key Biscane

Pesky sandbars. Did he have a spare aboard?

On the Velocity live feed, which is awesome to have THANKS TAD, he said he hit a coral head with it. Around Biscane Bay I believe. Don't think the spare was on board. Must have switched the one board back and forth,

Someone just called in and said it looked like he had two in the trunks when he came ashore... carrying a spare isn't at all unusual. Just curious.

RC video of the start is up - can anyone tell what happened to Todd?

Sure. I ended up on a place I shoudnt have been. I was on port and just able to cross cat in the hat. Once I could see around his jib suddenly Todd was there. I tried to crash tack but instead I basically tacked in front of Todd and he could not avoid my sterns. My mainsheet folded his pole bridle. We did our turns and followed him to see if we could help but Todd waved us on. Maybe it was karma but near Miami we lost out rudder arm and Todd finished right behind us. I spoke with him on the beach and no matter what anyone says he's a class act. I believe he did have to protest for redress but I would expect nothing less. Just glad there was not more damage or any injury (except my pride).

Craig thinks he knows what is up with the trackers. The ones that didn't broadcast were the ones with the neoprene covers on. Once they got wet, they stopped transmitting. He's going to pull the covers off tomorrow so they should be A-ok although Trey says he likes stealth mode.

Lots of work for the ground crews in the morning.

By the way, I don't know how many of you guys are watching the live feed, but I know the video of the start was crappy. It turns out that I only had 1x network on Islamorada but the 3g here in hollywood is fast. The start tomorrow should be good watchin'.

Tad, Thanks! I'm just checking back in after work. Great to find the comments, and coverage here, at Tybee 500, and Velocity!

That was cool, thanks!

Funny that some of the dots looked as if they were on land.., perhaps loaded on a trailer and heading up the interstate.

Looks like the start could have some challenges today, with the wind right on the nose and surf pretty high.
Be sure to turn on the Streaming Live Video of Tad's for the start at 10AM or just before
Here is the link

http://www.velocitysailing.com/?page_id=866

We had a little bit of a rough start for our TVS sailors. TVS 1 (trey and bailey) TVS 4 (sam and kirk) made it off the beach just fine. TVS 3 (Brett and Alan) flipped in the surf and came back in to flip back over and head back out. During this time, TVS 2 (Don and Ryan) flipped just past the surf line. One was separated from the boat (I think it was Don) while the other flipped the boat and attempted to retrieve the bobber. The first attempt was unsuccessful, and the second attempt ended in another capsize. At this point, TVS 3 had made it back past the surf. They picked up the bobber and dropped him back off at the capsized TVS 2 boat. Then TVS 3 headed on. TVS 2 remained capsized as pieces and parts floated back to shore... They came in with some broken parts incluing a rip in the main and some broken battens. Of course they are also exhausted. They are packing up and rolling to the next stop. Will give more news as it comes to me.

Not too long after, we received a call from Kirk and Sam (TVS 4) called to report the need for rudder gudgeons and pintles... These are on their way to them, 2 miles N of the start.

Jen

wow~! excitement
I watched the video of the start.. THANK YOU for your work and reporting

Ahh....the rudder gudgeons. Been there, fixed that. I had broken enough of them to learn to carry an extra set on board. It payed off for us last year when we broke them just after the Jupiter start. Sailed into the beach, pulled the tools and parts out of the tramp bag and were back on our way only loosing a few minutes. Word the wise for the teams, with all this reaching, keep an extra set of rudder gudgeons on board!

Looks like a good run for the F-18's today.

According to the tracker there are 2 boats on the beach- AHPC and Peapod w/ Bugaboo just offshore... Any reports??

fantastic speeds.

First to arrive at the beach was Team AHPC on their brand new C2 at 1:31:43 pm

Next was Team Bugaboo on the Hobie Wildcat at 1:34:03 pm

Then Team Pepod came roaring in on a Nacra Infusion at 1:35:34 pm

First three boats just 5 minutes apart on three different manufactures boats.

Next to the beach in order

Royal Yellow - 13:41:58

Velocity One - 13:47:18

Seacats Adrenaline - 13:47:20

Royal White - 2:01:09 pm

Royal Blue - 2:02:36 pm

While I was typing, Seacats Orange blasted onto the beach at 2:03:17 pm .

Nine boats in and lined up on the beach, five still racing, one retired from leg

I see six boats on the beach
AHPC, Bugaboo, Peepod, TVS1, Adrenelin, and Royal yellow

Royal Orange hits the beach at 2:14:45 pm, four boats still out.

Man, I miss all the fun. Meanwhile my infamous RV has broken down in Palm Beach. I almost made it
Rick

Any word on TV3 and TV4? From the tracker, they appear to be there. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it looks like TV4 and Royal Yellow are in the parking lot????

What a day. We pulled onto A1A to see JC and Mischa just about beating the ground crew to the beach.

All boats are in. TVS 2 is setting up their boat right now. TVS 4 was in last after relaunching following their rudder trouble. TVS 3 has a hearing tomorrow at 8AM regarding redress for assistance with TVS 2 at the Hollywood start and accepting outside assistance after Brett activated his PLB.

Are there records for each leg?

The check points have changed over the years, but some of them must be close to the same.

Glad everyone is all right! What became of Todds request for redress? Looks like TVS1 is on a mission!

And again thanks to Tad for the video coverage!

Any report to the damage to Misha's boat. I heard the spin bridles snapped.

Another broken daggerboard... he hit a submerged object apparently. And the shackle holding on his spin pole bridge came unscrewed and popped off, he still sailed with his spinnaker in on starboard tack, just deep and slow.

I drove 45 miles to watch the start. It was quite exciting. Heavy wind, rough surf. I have some video, but can't find my DV cable to download it. I'll try get one tomorrow. Wish I could be in Jupiter tomorrow.

You can watch Kate's video of the start at the velocity video viewer. Its called hollywood start. I was really busy yesterday so thats why there weren't many videos of the finishes. I'll try to make up for it today.

Oh and please excuse my wife's language on the videos. She gets really worked up on the beach and she is a sailor. Its why I married her.

haha, its all good

thanks again for your time and energy with this.

Word!

Looks like a good sleigh ride for them today. What is the surf conditions this morning?

Yeah, She has quite the potty mouth.

After a while I was thinking... "Yeah, talk dirty to me baby".

Tracking Note:
Seacats Orange & Velocity 4 tracking units were changed and the Trackleader boys on the West Coast have not had a chance to update page yet.

+1

Seacats White is on the beach still with a beam bolt problem. Should be back out shortly.

They are punching through the surf right now.
11:15am

It's a shame they couldn't take care of it last night. Those guys are snake bit with boat problems.

I was at the Jupiter start, real nice breeze and seas not as bad as they have been in years past. They blasted off at 10 am.

One white hull boat flipped after passing the breakers about a mile down the beach, but they righted quickly...
Man those starts are exciting...

Seacats orange and Velocity 4 units have been updated on the tracking page.

Really sorry about my absence. I am presently sitting at the Atlantic Truck Center awaiting a transmission repair. No word on how long.

Here is my story:
Last year, if you recall, Catsailor coverage did not start until Jupiter because the transmission refused to work on the RV. Mechanics swore it would be ready each day.., and each day it was not.
Finally, I gave up and took the van to cover the races.
During the winter, with no mechanics even so much as looking at the transmission it started working.
This morning I happily motored north with the Cummins diesel purring along nicely – the transmission was doing fine. And then I neared the dreaded Palm Beach.
Now there must be some gravitation influence at Palm Beach. I have managed to have a vehicle of some kind break down there at least 6 times and one time, while driving at night a lady jumped off an overpass right in front of me. I managed to miss her, but pretty sure the guy behind me didn’t
Well just before getting into the Palm Beach area, the Allison Transmission monitor on my dash start flickering it lights. This was not going to be good, I could tell. Next it jumped down into 5th gear and a big red light read “Do Not Shift.” Then is shifted down to 4th gear and the lights went totally out on the monitor. Then I knew I was in Palm Beach.
I was still moving, but in 4th gear and pretty slow. With the lights out I assumed it was locked into 4th gear and therefore if I stopped, I would not get going again.
I was Right

Wow. Yes, we do remember all your RV issues. When are you going to trade that thing?

Mike

Boy, talking about having "women throwing themselves at you"

perhaps you should look into something more "reliable" like a schwinn

Agreed! I am pretty sure this is the last trip I am going to attempt with it. Already committed this week, however.

But, the moral of the story: Beware the Ides of Palm Beach!

News from Seacats White... Their temporary repair has failed or is in the process of failing (apparently they are hearing fiberglass cracking noises from the beam which had been pulling out.) They are pulling out and trailering to the next stop to re-evaluate the beam/boat situation. They are still heading to shore, however, have been in contact with Jamie Livingston for a good "pull-out" area.

Well, hopefully you will not be there on the 15th (the Ides) of this month.

I've seen the aluminum plates in the hull at rear beam sockets pull out of the glass before. It is repairable at the beach with epoxy and glass.

Bugaboo off flying again today. Hope he has enough daggers to finish.

Wow the boats are eating up the miles looks like they will be in sight soon.

Any visual of the leader? Trey's tracker location is not too far behind, but his last track time is 9 minutes later than Bugaboo.

Nevermind... Trey's spot refreshed and he's behind and appears to be running in 2nd

they're going so fast the satelite tracking can't keep up.

Just got the bad news I am out of the game this year. Don't expect to have the Dastardly RV on the road unitl possibly Friday. By then, What's the use?

Really sorry.
Rick

4 boats in site

First Boat to Finish Leg 3 at Cocoa Beach is Bugaboo
Contributed by Damon on May 12, 2010 - 03:00 PM
With there second first-to-finish of the race Team Bugaboo finished with at 3:55:31 pm

4 boats on beach

bugaboo
royal orange
tvs1
royal yellow

I'll check back in in a bit i'm getting ready to go sailing need to set the mast up.

Two Boats Finish Within 12 Seconds, Royal Orange then Velocity One
Contributed by Damon on May 12, 2010 - 03:12 PM
Running nearly side by side through the surf, Royal Orange finished at 4:02:01 pm and Velocity One at 4:02:13 pm just behind.

Normally I would agree; however, it's a little different.

First you have to take into account that the boat is a 99 and has gone through Worrells and Tybees.

Next I repaired the torn plates after one failed last year, at fernendina by through bolting the plates with fender washers on the inside and re-fiberglassing the area. I actually did both sides for preventative measures.

Last night we through bolted the beam bolts as well passing them through a 1/4 inch stainless plate that was 10" x 2" to catch both bolts. Esentially making it so that the whole plate would have to tear through the entire hull lay-up. I assume that the hulls have fatigued to a point where the structure is basically coming apart. In fact after stopping today we found an area of the starboard hull in front of the forward cross bar that is breaking as well. It has made a little peak in the center of the deck las if you somehow pulled it straight up. If this was repairable on shore we would be doing it.

I feel crushed for Seacats White. Zander is one of the best boat maintenance guys I know. You don't deserve this, Chris.

Sorry to hear that you guys are out Zander. Sounds like you need a new boat not just a replacement hull. Better luck next year, you guys deserve it1

Well I've always said I have Charlie Brown karma. But thanks for the sentiment.

Leg Three Wrap-up

Leg Three continued the great winds from the East as the boats averaged speeds in the high teens and low twenties for this extremely long leg.

Preliminary finish times as reported live from the beach.
(all times local US Eastern Time.

3:55:31 Bugaboo (F18)
4:02:01 Royal Orange (N20)
4:02:13 Velocity One (N20)
4:05:18 Royal Yellow (N20)
4:18:17 Pepod Sailing (F18)
4:20:42 Seacats Adrenaline (F18)
4:24:00 AHPC (F18)
4:24:22 Secats Orange (N20)
4:39:34 Velocity Five (N20)
4:44:34 Royal Blue (N20)
5:01:30 Velocity Two (N20)
5:03:08 Royal White (N20)
5:07:33 Velocity Four (N20)
5:31:08 Velocity Three (N20)

Seacats White started leg, then retired due to repairs needed.

Sorry to hear about the boat Zander. So another N-20 or going to the F-18, or F-20?

2010 Tybee 500
Unofficial Results as of 18:53 on May 12, 2010
Formula 18 Class
Sailed: 4, Discards: 0, To count: 4, Ratings: SCHRS, Entries: 4, Scoring system: Tybee 500
Rank Team Name Class Islamorada to Hollywood 10:00 AM Hollywood to Jupiter 10:00 AM Jupiter to Cocoa 10.00.00 Overall Notes
1st Team Bugaboo Formula 18 8.01.07 3.34.03 5.55.31 17.30.41
2nd Team AHPC Formula 18 8.08.03 3.31.43 6.24.00 18.03.46
3rd Peppod Sailing Formula 18 8.33.35 3.35.34 6.18.17 18.27.26
4th Seacats Adrenaline Formula 18 8.52.28 3.47.20 6.20.42 19.00.30


Nacra 20 One Design Class
Sailed: 4, Discards: 0, To count: 4, Ratings: SCHRS, Entries: 11, Scoring system: Tybee 500
Rank Team Name Class Islamorada to Hollywood 10:00 AM Hollywood to Jupiter 10:00 AM Jupiter to Cocoa 10.00.00 Overall Notes
1st Velocity 1 Nacra 20 One Design 8.06.31 3.47.18 6.02.13 17.56.02
2nd Royal Yellow Nacra 20 One Design 8.21.15 3.41.58 6.05.18 18.08.31
3rd Royal Orange Nacra 20 One Design 8.30.16 4.14.45 6.02.01 18.47.02
4th Seacats Orange Nacra 20 One Design 8.20.18 4.03.17 6.24.22 18.47.57
5th Royal Blue Nacra 20 One Design 9.19.21 4.02.36 6.44.34 20.06.31
6th Royal White Nacra 20 One Design 10.28.33 4.01.09 7.03.08 21.32.50
7th Velocity 5 Nacra 20 One Design 10.44.32 5.00.41 6.39.34 22.24.47
8th Velocity 4 Nacra 20 One Design 9.49.17 5.40.19 7.07.33 22.37.09
9th Seacats White Nacra 20 One Design 10.17.02 4.38.17 15.31.08 1.6.26.27
10th Velocity 3 Nacra 20 One Design 11.22.32 5.30.54 7.31.08 1.0.24.34
11th Velocity 2 Nacra 20 One Design 12.36.09 13.40.19 7.01.30 1.9.17.58

I don't think so. The 20 fits my sailing quite well. I'd never say never but a change is unlikely.

I heard there is a C2 for sale soon at a reduced price...

does look like a sweet boat. I wonder whether cats will ever have true "bulbs" on the lower aspect of the bows.

Sorry you can't make it Rick. Let us know what you need for your stories. Our team has plenty of pictures to share.

Bump

That's disappointing - I saw a new post and thought there was going to be actual news!

It's dissapointing being stranded with vehicle trouble outside of your home town. I've been there and it's not a good feeling. I hope everything works out as smooth as possible Rick.

Tvs 3's main came down in the surf but they got it sorted once they were clear the breakers...

We're packing cars atm... getting ready for the drive to daytona...

Any place to find who is on what boat?