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 Archives - 2001

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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