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The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual freshwater distance race ...
Cowes-Cherbourg Race Royal Ocean Racing Club June 2011 Chris Reddish (GBR), 46 Lion, Reflex 38 [13] Chicago-Mackinac Race: Chicago Yacht Club: July 2011 Mark Morley (USA), 51 Suzanne Bickel (USA), 410 Wingnuts, Kiwi 35 head injuries and drowning during capsize [14] Farallones Race San Francisco Yacht Club 14 April 2012
The Chicago Yacht Club is located in Chicago, Illinois. "CYC" is well known as being the Organizing Authority for the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac held each July. CYC also organizes dozens of other sailboat races and regattas throughout the boating season, which is usually considered May 1 to October 31 in the Chicago area.
In 2011 he served on Independent Review Panels in US Sailing Association inquiries into two fatal sailing accidents, one involving the death of a young sailor in a 420 dinghy at Annapolis, Md., and the other the deaths of two sailors in the Chicago Yacht Club's race to Mackinac Island, on Lake Michigan.
The turtled yacht had to be towed back to port for being turned right side up. [35] In the 2011 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, the high performance monohull sportsyacht WingNuts, a Kiwi 35, turtled in an extreme storm, killing the captain and one crew member.
Manitou is a 62-foot-long (18.9 m) performance cruising yacht designed and built for racing on the Great Lakes [2] [6] and specifically to win the Chicago-Mackinac Race. [7] It notably served as a presidential yacht for United States president John F. Kennedy [8] [9] and was known as the "Floating White House."
Yacht club City Country First challenge AC Wins AC Losses LVC Appearances Bay of Quinte Yacht Club Belleville: Canada: 1881: 0: 1 (1881) 0 Cercle de la Voile de Paris: Paris: France
Chicago Yacht Club, Belmont: Chicago ... 2011 Chiemsee Yacht Club: Chiemsee, Bavaria ... (less than 5 races) 1998