Results after the First Leg:

    Pos Team Sailors Leg Time Total Time Behind
    1 Rudee's Restaurant Brett Dryland, Rod Waterhouse 17.46.44 00.00.00
    2 Chick's Randy Smyth, Keith Notary 17.51.01 00.05.01
    3 Tybee Island Steve Lohmayer, Kenny Pierce 18.02.55 00.16.11
    4 Pomodoro Hans Meijer, Brian Lambert 18.04.34 00.17.50
    5 Worrell Bros. Rest Robert Onsgard, Jamie Livingston 18.05.40 00.18.56
    6 Ireland Peter Cogan, Steve Dodgson 18.08.58 00.22.14
    7 Outer Banks John McLaughlin, Robert Johnson 18.37.48 00.51.04
    8 Extreme Dave White, Chris Webster 18.38.46 00.52.02
    9 Lions International Carl Roberts, Todd Hart 18.42.14 00.55.30
    10 Turtle Alex Korakis, Scott MacDonald 18.43.20 00.56.36
    11 Big Bros, Big Sister Guy Selsmeyer, Tom Powers 19.11.21 01.24.37
    12 Entegra Jim Stone, Dan Metcalf 19.43.42 01.56.48
    13 Michigan Bart Hall, Alan Aldrin 21.55.40 04.08.56

    This morning appears to be a repeat of yesterday's winds -- starting out with an 8mph breeze out of the Southeast with anticipation of sea breeze boosting it along to around 15mph.

    Michael Worrell said, "We've all been spoiled by these fast legs and good wind these last few years." He paused, looked around at the becalmed sea yesterday and continued, "We may be due for a light air race."
    The Sailors are certainly not looking for another crap shoot like yesterday. Nearly 70% of the teams felt they either had the lead or were close to the lead at one point during yesterday's leg. All agreed the Gulf Stream was not the place to be, however.

    They're OFF! on the second leg.

    By starting time of 10AM the winds had built to around 10mph and increasing – it looks as though this could indeed be repeat of yesterday, or if storm don't interfere, it could be glorious sleigh ride to Cocoa Beach.
    The start was not without is problems. Team Michigan bore off across the bow of Team Entegra and snapped their spinnaker pole in half. After entangling, Michigan sailed on and Entegra sailed to the beach. They have no spare pole but are working on borrowing one to continue.



    There was a nasty collision right past the surf as Team Michigan drove across the bow of Team Entegra and broke off his bow sprit.



    Michigan continued on toward Cocoa Beach after the incident.

    Other mishaps included Team Webster (Extreme) who go cross way in the surf and floundered well after the fleet had taken off. Lion International had problems as well – at the gun they were still on their side doing repairs. They did manage to get underway within a few minutes.
    The two leaders, The Aussies and Smyth/Notary, both had great starts and had their spinnakers up before the start. Smyth/Notary got trimmed the fastest and took a slight lead.


    The Aussies (left) and Smyth/Notary both had great starts. Again, they were the only ones that started with chutes already flying


    We are heading out of Jensen Beach now, and will report back later on rumors (Gads, there were a ton of them yesterday -- almost none of them were true, i.e., one boat was so far out in the Gulf Stream that they stopped in Bimini for a beer.)

    Afternoon Report!

    As of 4PM there are still no boats in sight at Cocoa Beach, Florida. The winds have been steadily blowing here at about 8 mph -- a nice sea breeze.

    Meanwhile, think about this:

    During the era of Michael Jordan the Chicago Bulls won the National Championship. The following year was the big question – could they RE-peat as Champs? They did! Then the following year was still a bigger question – can they THREE-peat? They did!
    The Michael Jordan of sailing is in this Worrell 1000 – Randy Smyth!
    In 1997 he dominated the field and easily walked away with this Grand Daddy of Distance Races. In 1998 the big question was – could he RE-peat? It wasn't pretty and it wasn't easy, but he did!
    Now, here we are in 1999 and Smyth is going at it again. The big question – can he THREE-peat. He is certainly in the running as he was only 5-minutes behind after the first leg.
    In fact, if you were to look at the actual racing winners over the years, you would find that last year he THREE-peated. You see the last running of the Worrell1000 was 1989 until Michael Worrell revived the event in 1997. And guess who won the 1989 race – Randy Smyth.
    So, if Randy wins this one, you might say this is a FOUR-peat. Move over Michael Jordan janother super star is taking over.

    Here They Come -- Finishes up Next

    It was difficult to tell who was in the lead as they both had yellowish-colored spinnakers. Guesses were it was the Aussies that had the lead. No! It was Randy and Keith! The Aussies! Randy and Keith! Well, you get the point.
    It was Randy and Keith crossing the finish line 4 minutes 21 seconds ahead of Rudee's Aussie Team. This cuts the Aussie lead to only 40 seconds. How close can you get after 160 miles. This is really shaping up to be a huge battle between these veterans of this race.



    The Australians have landed. This time, however, it was behind Smyth and Notary. They still lead the race by 40 seconds. What a race!

    Keith Notary said, "We were doing the shoreline most of the way. Well, we were afraid to hug the shore where the shoreline dips back inland after Sebastian Inlet. We thought we might get in there and have to drop our chute and have these guys ride over us"
    They simply headed for the destination.
    Brett Dryland of Rudee's said, "There weren't much tactics – we both just sailed about the same course."
    Both teams were surprised that the rest of the fleet dropped so quickly out of sight behind them (there was not another boat on the horizon when these two finished). Notary said, "I can't believe the distance we put on the fleet. They were right there and then now look." Everyone looked. Sure enough, there was no one coming.
    Pomodoro was the next arrival, hitting the beach 22 minutes behind the leader.



    Just to get your attention and to get the feel of flying a hull, lean your head 90-degrees to starboard. You will see Hand Meijer and Brian Lambert of Team Pomodo dinishing in 3rd place

    Tybee Island was doing well for the first 10 miles or so when they somehow shredded their spinnaker. They still salvaged a 5th place finish, but lost 42 minutes to the leaders.

    Here are the times so far for this leg:

    1 Chick's Randy Smyth/Keith Notary 16.50.28 00.00.00
    2 Rudee's Rest. Brett Dryland/Rod Waterhouse 16.54.49 00.04.21
    3 Pomodoro Hans Meijer/Brian Lambert 17.12.33 00.22.05
    4 Worrell Bros Rest Robert Onsgard/Jamie Livingston 17.18.49 00.28.21
    5 Tybee Island Steve Lohmayer/Kenny Pierce 17.32.41 00.42.13
    6 Outer Banks John McLaughlin/Peanut Johnson 17.42.01 00.51.33
    7 Big Bros/Sis Guy Selsmeyer/Tom Powers 17.45.08 00.54.40
    8 Ireland Peter Cogan/Steve Dodgson 17.55.40 01.05.12
    9 Lions Intl Carl Roberts/Todd Hart 17.58.28 01.08.00
    10 Turtle Akex Jirajus/Scott MacDonalde 18.08.09 01.17.41
    11 Michigan Bart Hall/Adam Aldrin 18.40.51 01.50.23
    12 Extreme Dave White/Chris Webster 19.05.45 02.15.17
    13 Entegra Jim Stone/Dan Metcalf 20.21.59 03.31.31
    And here are the overall standings:

    Pos Team Sailors Leg Time Total Time Behind Overall Time Behind
    1 Rudee's Restaurant Brett Dryland, Rod Waterhouse 17.46.44 00.00.00 00.00.00
    2 Chick's Randy Smyth, Keith Notary 17.51.01 00.05.01 00.00.40
    3 Pomodoro Hans Meijer, Brian Lambert 18.04.34 00.17.50 00.35.34
    4 Worrell Bros. Rest Robert Onsgard, Jamie Livingston 18.05.40 00.18.56 00.42.56
    5 Tybee Island Steve Lohmayer, Kenny Pierce 18.02.55 00.16.11 00.54.03
    6 Ireland Peter Cogan, Steve Dodgson 18.08.58 00.22.14 01.23.05
    7 Outer Banks John McLaughlin, Robert Johnson 18.37.48 00.51.04 01.38.16
    8 Lions International Carl Roberts, Todd Hart 18.42.14 00.55.30 01.59.09
    9 Turtle Alex Korakis, Scott MacDonald 18.43.20 00.56.36 02.09.56
    10 Big Bros, Big Sister Guy Selsmeyer, Tom Powers 19.11.21 01.24.37 02.14.56
    11 Extreme Dave White, Chris Webster 18.38.46 00.52.02 03.02.58
    12 Entegra Jim Stone, Dan Metcalf 19.43.42 01.56.48 05.30.19
    13 Michigan Bart Hall, Alan Aldrin 21.55.40 04.08.56 05.54.58