THE GREATEST CATAMARAN DISTANCE RACE ON THE PLANET
FINAL DESTINATION:
Virginia Beach, VA
ARRIVES MAY 18
arrives Kill Devil Hills, NC on May 17
on May 18 departs for Virginia Beach, VA
arrives Hatteras, NC on May 16
on May 17 departs for Kill Devil Hills, NC
arrives Atlantic Beach, NC on May 15
on May 16 departs for Hatteras, NC
arrives Wrightsville Beach, NC on May 14
on May 15 departs for Atlantic Beach, NC
arrives Surfside Beach, SC on May 13
on May 14 departs for Wrightsville Beach, NC
arrives Isle of Palms, SC on May 12
on May 13 departs for Surfside Beach, SC
arrives Tybee Island, GA on May 10
(May 11 is a lay day)
on May 12 departs for Isle of Palms, SC
arrives Jacksonville Beach, FL on May 9
on May 10 departs for Tybee Island, GA
arrives Daytona Beach, FL on May 8
on May 9 departs for Jacksonville Beach, FL
arrives Cocoa Beach, FL on May 7
on May 8 departs for Daytona Beach, FL
arrives Jensen Beach, FL on May 6
on May 7 departs for Cocoa Beach, FL
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SFOLLOWING THE RHUMB LINE OME of the most talented, courageous sailors of all time will sail to and from Wrightsville
Beach’s strand this month as part of the Worrell 1000 Reunion Race, a treacherous, off-shore
1,000-mile catamaran race up the East Coast that has returned after a long hiatus.
The extreme two-person team sailing race on 20-foot beach-type catamarans begins
in Hollywood, Florida, and ends
in Virginia Beach, Virginia, two
weeks later. Each leg includes
overnight stops. Racers will
sail past Frying Pan Shoals into
Wrightsville Beach on May 14 to
spend the night before continu-ing
to Atlantic Beach on May 15.
Boats will launch and finish on
the beach. Each leg is a sprint;
the team with the lowest total
time wins.
The grueling, nearly two-week
race will undoubtedly produce
well-earned victories and heart-breaking
losses, but is sure to
live up to the race’s motto: “Iron
Men, Plastic Boats.”
Top, left: Off Wrightsville Beach
in 2001, two-person, 20-foot
beach-type catamarans head
to the Wrightsville Beach
strand during this 1,000-mile
extreme sailing race. Above:
After overnighting on the
beach in front of the Blockade
Runner hotel. Just prior to
the Wrightsville race start
in 2001.
WBM FILE PHOTOS
STARTING LOCATION: Hollywood, FL
on MAY 6 departs for Jensen Beach, FL
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RACE COURSE
ALL DEPARTURE TIMES
ARE 9:55AM
from the destinations
listed on map.
WORRELL
1000
The Worrell 1000 race arrives
Wrightsville Beach, NC on May 14.