The Naked Beach; Part Deux

[Pete Pollard]

Huge move for Trey.

 

[Mysanne Throhppe]

from the twitter:

Stray Cats - 19:29:56

Royal Yellow - 19:31:25

Claude says:

Seacats Orange - 19:35:56

Claude says:

Team Cat Fever - 19:41:38

Claude says:

Royal White - 19:44:06

Royal Orange - 19:45:54

Claude says:

Whike.com - 19:49:59

Magic Marine - 19:50:23

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Breeze has picked up, good news for the 15 still out there. Got vids, will get them up shortly.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

They're all jumping in the hotel pool with their gear on, laughing like hell. Vids almost up, light completely gone.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Not sure what's going on right now - not enough light to see shit, but someone posted a nice video of the Hollywood finish two days ago on YouTube. Check it:

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Goddamn every sailor in the place is watching videos, because my upload went from 140 kb/s to 20 kb/s. That's fast to diiirt slow!

 

[MauganTornado]

Hahaha I'm one of them!

Dude, this is incredible! I finally had a spare moment to sit down and crack open a laptop to see what you've been up to.

Fantastic. Kite worked better today.. Tends to work better when its not coming unglued at the seams.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Glad you had a better day, mate. Sorry I didn't catch your finish from up here on the 6th floor, but damn it's nice to get away from all your stinky clothes!

 

[MauganTornado]

Dude my soggy kneepads are so going under your pillow at the next hotel

FYI the wireless sucks here. I think it always has iic.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Nope, it was blazing fast about 4 hours ago - at least, compared to the rest of the trip's stops.

Breeze building nicely here on the porch.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

FINISH VIDS ARE UP!

Here's the first one, newer ones are up the channel bar. Not that exciting, actually - but still cool as hell.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

I have not gone to sleep yet. Fuck me.

It is HOT. There is NO WIND. Mer passed out at 6:30. I am going to take a nap for an hour and then go shoot boats. Someone wake me.

 

[Pete Pollard]

Any chance of an interview with Seacats White? Two really nice guys gettin' beat up by Ol' man Tybee. Good on you fellas! You're a hell of a lot tougher than I am.

Great coverage. The "lingering death" finishes are captivating. There are all sorts of stories about cats being destroyed there, in similar conditions. Years ago there was a black H18 magnum that just got pulverized! The owner spent an hour or so picking pieces out of the surf!

 

[MR.CLEAN]

4 boats washed back on the beach, 2 w possible rudder damage, 4 more still can't get out of the breakers, and 15 minutes after the start are almost 3/4 mile down the beach, still getting pummeled by the surf. Once again, no breeze at the start! Vids loading...

 

[T-Yacht]

4 boats washed back on the beach, 2 w possible rudder damage, 4 more still can't get out of the breakers, and 15 minutes after the start are almost 3/4 mile down the beach, still getting pummeled by the surf. Once again, no breeze at the start! Vids loading...

CLEAN, Which boats?

Any idea?

 

[MR.CLEAN]

TVS 3 (Brad and Don) and the boat that is sponsored by Kokotat, not sure who it is and can't tell from here. Everyone else making their way to the north.

 

[MSG]

Clean. You are going to love the 8am start tomorrow.... :lol:

2 boats left on the beach, both with rudder damage. One rudder cracked about 2/3rds of the way down.

 

[T-Yacht]

Thanks. Great coverage, hopefully your doings will bring this race into at least the general sailing public eye and get more people interested.

..and go Accelerated Chaos.

-Nathan

 

[MSG]

There were quite a few spectators on the beach this morning, lots of questions being asked and answered about what the Tybee 500 is. It is really spectacular to watch these boats try to move through that surf.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Wait til you see the vid from the 6th floor C