The following are articles collected from the 2001 Worrell 1000.
Race Photos
May 5th, 2001 - Start
Pre-Race Festivities
May 7th, 2001 - Leg 2
Worrell 1000 Leg 2 Start - Rough Weather - Tartaglino and Weaver Suffer Fractured Legs At the Finish of Leg 1
Worrell 1000 Leg 2 Finish - Lambert and Livingston Streak to Victory, Team Dallas Out On Leg 2
May 8th, 2001 - Leg 3
Worrell 1000 Leg 3 Start - Disaster Strikes as 3/4 of the Fleet is Demolished In Huge Surf
Worrell 1000 Leg 3 Finish - Lonely Finish at Cocoa Beach, Penalty for Leg 3 DNS Yet To Be Determined
May 9th, 2001 - Leg 4
Worrell 1000 Leg 4 Start - Cocoa Beach Start Goes Off In Diminishing Surf and 12 knot East/Northeasterly Breeze.
Time penalty Assessed for DNS on Leg 3.
Worrell 1000 Leg 4 Finish - Gentle Breeze Slows the Pace, But Large Surf Still Takes A Toll
May 10th, 2001 - Leg 5
Worrell 1000 Leg 5 Start -
Big Surf and Light Northeasterly Winds Create Slow Start and New
Difficulties. Bay Wind Out
Worrell 1000 Leg 5 Finish -
Lambert and Livingston Sweep Florida Legs
May 11th, 2001 - Leg 6
Worrell 1000 Leg 6 Start -
When the Going Get's Weird... Revenge of the Slime Creatures
Worrell 1000 Leg 6 Finish -
A Perfect Day For A Sailboat Race
May 12th - 13th, 2001 - Leg 7
Worrell 1000 Leg 7 Start -
Fleet Makes Half Way Point With Scars To Prove It
Worrell 1000 Leg 7 Finish -
Lightning Strikes
May 13th - 14th, 2001 - Leg 8
Worrell 1000 Leg 8 Start -
A Day To Rest and Rebuild, Cold Front Hits Fleet Right On the Nose
Worrell 1000 Leg 8 Finish -
Bike Week Rages, Tartaglino Rejoins the Race, Leg 8 Finish, Race Recap
May 15th, 2001 - Leg 9
Worrell 1000 Leg 9 Start -
Light Southwesterly Makes For Tough Choices
Worrell 1000 Leg 9 Finsh -
Shifty Wind Mixes Up the Fleet
May 16th, 2001 - Leg 10
Worrell 1000 Leg 10 Start -
US Sailing Team Coach Gary Bodie Holds Olympic Development Clinic; Blockade Runner Resort Perfect for Worrell 1000
Worrell 1000 Leg 10 Finish -
Today's leg from Wrightsville Beach to Atlantic Beach took 9 hours and
24 minutes for the leader to complete.
May 17th, 2001 - Leg 11
Worrell 1000 Leg 11 Start -
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Worrell 1000 Leg 11 Finish -
Long Slow Day and Night On the Sandy Coast, Leg 11 Finish
May 18th, 2001 - Leg 12
Worrell 1000 Leg 12 Start -
More Light Air At the Start, Leg 11 Mop Up
Worrell 1000 Leg 12 Finish -
The Ghost of the Wright Brothers, Another Long Day, Key Sailing and Redhook Onshore
May 19th, 2001 - Leg 13 (Finish)
Worrell 1000 Final Leg Start -
The Breeze Has Arrived
Worrell 1000 Final Leg Finish -
Shifty Wind On Final Leg Punctuates Worrell 1000 With Many Challenges
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