Ahoy mates!

Yar har har!

Hello sailing fans! Sailing season is opening and the talk of the 2009 Tybee 500 is starting to make its way around the circuit!

Look forward to:

-Team Updates

-Upcoming Events

-Fun facts

-And much much more!

Can't wait to see everyone at the starting line in the Spring!

-Team Marley's

Day 5 Daytona to Jacksonville

Smooth start today. All spinnakers are out and we just passed the boats. Team Moose Burd dropped out. They came in yesterday with a lot of repairs and missed the mark at the finish. After going back around the mark they broke the spinnaker pole. Good luck Marleys, don't break anything today!

Sail fast

--Team Marleys 

Finish day 4

It has been an eventful day for the Marleys.  Marleys Orange did not break the mast the chain plate broke, causing the mast to fall. After a tow in, the officials decided to give them an 8 hour penalty after the last boat lands. Marleys Orange will finish last over all, but they will finish. Both Jared and Collin are in good spirits and they want to continue all the way. As for the rest of the finishes tonight, Marleys White had trouble getting in. Chris had to swim out and help them after a wave flipped the boat around. They have many repairs tonight as well. Marleys Yellow was the only boat to finish without any problems. Go Jay and Steve! 

1st- Team Tybee

2nd- Velocity

3rd- Marleys Yellow

4th- Full Wave Audio/Accelerated Chaos

5th- Seacats

6th- Cate Fever

7th- Cat in the Hat

8th- Marleys White

9th- Moose Burd

It's been an unfortunate day for the Marleys but it hasn't dampened our spirits.

Stay Strong Sailors.

--Team Marleys

Marleys Orange

Marleys Orange (Jared and Collin) broke their mast and had to get towed in. They are out of the race but in good spirits. Everyone is okay, no one got hurt or anything they are just waiting to be picked up. Jared is going to ask Chuck if they can still finish the race and just not get scored for it. Hopefully they will be allowed to finish for fun. Keep your spirits up sailors, see everyone in Daytona. 

Sail strong, don't break anything else!

--Team Marleys

Start of day 4

The boats are off! Chris had to check the depth of the sandbar and the surf was up. All of the boats seemed to head out ok until Marleys White cruised in with a broken jib. Thanks to Collin's dad who spotted them, the ground crew was able to be at the beach before the landed. Two peanut butter and jellies, a water, some medical tape and a new jib later Marleys White was off again. We just got a call that something broke on Jared and Collin's boat (Marleys Orange) I'll post when we know more. 

Finally the end of day 3

Long day for the sailors. The wind was against them and only Team Velocity was able to take advantage of it. Teams started arriving around 8:00 PM after leaving this morning at 10 AM. Everyone is tired and everyone is resting up for tomorrow. 

1st- Team Velocity

2nd- Team Tybee

3rd - Marleys Yellow

4th- Cat Fever

5th- Marleys Orange

6th- Seacats

7th- Marleys White

8th- Accelerated Chaos

9th- Moose Burd

10th- Cat in the Hat

Rest up sailors, day 4 tomorrow.

Sleep well, good luck and sail hard.

--Team Marleys

Start of Day 3- Jupiter to Cocoa

The start was windier than anticipated. The surf was up but luckily no boats flipped on the start. Team Moose Burd had to come in after having trouble with their dagger boards but were able to get back out without any trouble. Ground crews may have delays if I95 is closed due to the forest fires. We're on our way to find gas for the MOHO. The generator isn't running and the ground crew is sweating!!! See everyone in Cocoa. 

Good luck, drive hard...

--Team Marleys