We made it!

After spending the whole day working on the boat in 90 degree heat and little wind, it is a relief to be sitting down in an air conditioned room!

The scene at the Islander is very cool with a bunch of 20's and 4 F18s including 2 new designs the Hobie Wildcat being sailed by one of the top F18 sailors in the world and a AHPC C2, also being sailed by a pro sailor from Europe (though with American roots). We are certainly going to have our work cut out or us.

We didn't get out sailing today but need to tomorrow as we are using a brand new North Sails spinnaker and need to figure out how to handle it.

Rumors have it that the first two days of the race will be nuclear winds from the east... meaning jib reaching and REALLY fast sailing.

Stay tuned for another update tomorrow evening.

1 week until Tybee!

After spending the whole weekend working on the boat it's finally ready to head south for the 2010 Tybee 500!

Brendon was not able to get off work so Todd will be sailing with Trevor Burd. We will be leaving RI Thursday night to get to the Keys Friday night. Luckily we have no boat work to do and can just get down there, rig up and get some sailing in.

We got a few more practice days in, sorry I missed updating this blog. While the ocean sailing and wind conditions can match up to that of Tybee, no training will truly prepare us for the long legs of Tybee, it's not very smart to sail for that long in the conditions we still have up north.

We will update this blog daily, also read our updates on our Tybee team site www.teamseacats.com

Thanks for everyone that has shown us support in preparing for the race!