Worrell 1000 race stage five

Another leg is won and lost on the beach

The fifth leg of the Worrell 1000 was won and lost on the beach at Jacksonville yesterday as Athletes in Action led the fleet into the finish but ran aground, handing victory for the 79-mile stage from Daytona to the Castrol team.

Chris Sawyer, sailing with new crew Jim Zellmer (previous hand Matt Struble had prior business commitments) looked in good shape for his second leg win approaching the beach but had trouble dropping the kite. While trying to sort their gennaker problem, both sailors neglected to raise the starboard daggerboard and ran hard aground.

Joseph Sonnenklar and John Casey on Castrol seized the opportunity to slip through and win their second leg in five hours, six minutes and seven seconds.

After dislodging themselves from the beach and getting their spinnaker in the bag, Athletes in Action managed to hold on second position and officially finished 35 seconds later. They are now second overall.

Stephen Lohmayer and Kenneth Pierce on Tybee Island were third into Jacksonville and are still leading overall, with a two minute and 17 second advantage over Athletes in Action.

Today the eighteen Inter 20 catamarans will race 121.3 miles north to Tybee Island in the state of Georgia.

Overall results after stage five of the Worrell 1000

Position	Team	Helm and crew	Overall race time
1	Tybee Island	Stephen Lohmayer and Kenneth Pierce	22hrs 33mins 26 secs
2	AthletesInAction.net	Chris Sawyer and Jim Zellmer	22:35 43
3	Alexander's on the Bay	Brian Lamber and Jamie Livingston	22:36 34
4	Castrol	Joseph Sonnenklar and John Casey	22:37 23
5	San Antonio	John Tornko and John Oliveira	22: 46 08
6	Tommy Bahama	Alex Shafer and Nigel Pitt	22: 53 00
7	Caliente	Tommy Gonzalez and Mark Murray	23: 07 25
8	Bay Wind 2	Craig Callahan and Rob Lancaster	23: 15 37
9	Antieau Art	Carl Roberts and David Lennard	23: 30 16
10	Bay Wind 1	Richard Pleasants and Reigh North	23:34 59
11	Lexis Nexis	Brendan Busch and James Korkosz	23:39 27
12	PI Sailing	Steve Piche and Ian Billings	23:44 59
13	Ruddee's Restaurant	Gerard Loos and Piet Heemskerk	23:50 10
14	Caribbean/Cat Fever	Todd Hart and Davis Murray	24:29 11
15	Fully Involved/Space Coast	Mark Herendeen and Les A Bauman	24:35 06
16	Outer Banks	John R McLaughlin and John Parsely Jnr	24:42 37
17	Howard's Pub	Mark Stopforth and Doug Kirby	24:54 11
18	Dimension Data	Allan Lawrence and John H. Van Der Wyer	26:22 50