Saturday, May 18, 2019

Worrell 1000 .....

The Worrell 1000 is a 1,000 mile beach catamaran
race between South Beach, Florida and Virginia Beach, Virginia

It started as a bet in a beach resort restaurant between 2 brothers, 
Michael and Chris Worrell

The bet was it was impossible to sail a 16 foot catamaran from
Va Beach to Florida. The first race was in 1976. 

It has missed a few years and rules changed to allow
for larger catamarans

The race for 2019 is the first one in 17 years
They started in Hollywood, Florida and will finish today
in Virginia Beach

We were lucky enough to get out on the beach this morning and
watch as they prepared to launch














The North Carolina stops were Wrightsville Beach,
Hatteras and Kill Devil Hills

It was fun being out on the beach this morning to
see them launch

later....

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