News from the Boats…Yikes.
by Bonnie on May.11, 2005, under 2005 Tybee 500
In the South we have an expression of sympathy and I’d like to extend it now to all the sailors involved in the Tybee500: Bless your heart. They are bobbing for apples, folks. The fleet, or the greater portion of it, anyway, is clustered within a mile of each other at about a distance of twelve miles from Ormond Beach. And there they sit. For the Ground Crew, it’s turned into a wet bar in one of the Morada hotel rooms and one of the guys from Key Sailing has ordered pizzas for hors de oeuvres. We feel really bad, but what can we do? As for the Sailmax teams, the only news we have is that SailMax I fell into a hole in a bid to maintain their position among the frontrunners. When the wind dies, everyone was making a bid to gain momentum in the less than favorable circumstances. Reportedly, Coconut Grove has Tybee in sight as they lead the pack.
Late breaking news is that as of 6:11 SailMax I is in the lead, Morada is second, and Key Sailing is third! It looks like they have and ETA of 7pm.
