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The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Race is often confused with the Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race. They were held on the same weekend until 1939, when both clubs agreed to alternate the date of their Mackinac races, scheduling them a week apart. The 104th running of the race began on July 21, 2012. [3] 320 boats were entered in the race ...
The Bayview Mackinac Boat Race is run by the Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the longest fresh-water races in the world with over two hundred boats entering the race each year. [1] Mackinac Island Marina after the 2006 Port Huron to Mackinac Race. There have been at least six changes to the course throughout the race's ...
The 289 nautical mile Chicago Race to Mackinac and the 300 nautical mile Lake Ontario 300 ‘Main Duck Course’ both claim the title of longest annual freshwater race. However, the first Chicago Race to Mackinac was held in 1898, so it is the oldest annual freshwater distance in the world, the 2017 edition was the 109th running of the race.
The Chicago Yacht Club was founded in 1875 to encourage and promote the sport of yachting. In 1898, the first Race to Mackinac was held. In 1900, the club obtained its first clubhouse, the Argo clubhouse located at the Illinois Central Pier #3. Chicago Yacht Club's original Chicago to Mackinac Trophy dates to 1906.
Bayview's first clubhouse was a two-story tin shanty built atop a floored-over boat well at the foot of what was then known as Motor Boat Lane, adjacent to Water Works Park. Bayview moved to its present clubhouse and harbor, at the foot of Clairpointe, in 1929–30. Bayview Yacht Club's Port Huron to Mackinac Race has sailed annually since 1925.
Mackinac Island is the destination of both the annual Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, run by the Chicago Yacht Club, and the annual Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race, sponsored by the Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit.
Boats docked along the Black River on July 17, 2024. The 100th Port Huron to Mackinac Race will take place on Saturday.
1974 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships – The UTEP Miners won the team championship at Cobo Arena in Detroit (March 8-9) Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race - the "Dora IV", captained by Lynn Williams of Chicago, was the overall winner (July 22) [8]