Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust is the longest annual freshwater sailing race in the world Starting in Chicago, the race spans 333 statute miles up Lake Michigan, finishing at the scenic Mackinac Island, Michigan
Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac - Wikipedia From 1921 to 2019 and returning in 2021, the Race to Mackinac has run consecutively every year, remains the longest annual freshwater distance race, and is recognized as one of the most prestigious sailing races in the world
Race to Mackinac Trophy Winners (Through 2014) - Chicago Yacht Club Avante 1970 Theodore M Dunlap Trophy Richard A Carleton Avanti 1999 Chicago - Harbor Springs Trophy Dr Frank Schinco Azure 1972 Chicago - Mackinac Cup Edward Lekan Robert Haagenson Azure 1972 Theodore M Dunlap Trophy Edward Lekan Robert Haagenson Bacchant 1994 Chicago - Harbor Springs Trophy Jerome E Sullivan
A timeline of the Mackinac race – Chicago Tribune Five sailboats set out from Chicago, the beginning what would grow into the longest annual freshwater sailing race in the world Its second running took place six years later, in 1904
197 YACHTS BEGIN RACE TO MACKINAC - The New York Times PORT HURON, Mich, July 11 (AP)—A fleet of 197 yacht: headed northward today at the start of the 45th annual Port Huron‐to‐Mackinac Island sail boat race For many skippers, the sail ing
Memorable Macs - Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Five sailboats set out from Chicago, beginning what would grow into the longest annual freshwater sailing race in the world Its second running took place six years later in 1904 After that, it was called off only during World War I
At its 100th running, the Mac is more important than a sailboat race Thirty-eight years after he famously disparaged Mac sailing conditions as more or less wimpy, Ted Turner remains the poster boy for underestimating the lake He got his comeuppance in the 1970 race in monster seas and 60-knot winds on the nose
Thanks to others. . . - Chicago Yacht Club Race To Mackinac - Facebook Thanks to others doing the research on the Mac Race History website and as posted in other threads here, the highest number of boats to retire was in 1970, the famous race where Ted Turner called Lake Michigan a "mill pond" and later retracted his statement 88 out of 167 boats retired that year We're at 82 right now, officially