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From 2011 until 2019 the title sponsor of the race has been Bell's Brewery of Kalamazoo, Michigan and the race was designated the Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race. Since 2020, the race has been officially termed the "Bayview Mackinac Race." The July 2019 running of the race was the 95th such annual event, with 202 sailboats registered. [2]
The 100th Bayview Mackinac Race will be taking place at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. This year's race will see 334 boats, a record number since the race's inception. Race Chairman Charlie Trost said ...
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.
While the Bayview Yacht Club sees a record-breaking number of boats register for the 100th Port Huron to Mackinac race, the city of Port Huron weighs a few Blue Water Fest changes.
An experienced Chicago sailor Donald Wilson captained the yacht, chartering it from a Florida businessman for both the Port Huron and Chicago to Mackinac races. The same yacht previously competed in the 74th running of the Port Huron regatta (1998) but was unable to complete the race after the mast broke off near Alpena, Michigan. [8]
"Super intense" racing expected as more than 300 sailboats race from Port Huron to Mackinac. The most boats ever will compete in the 100th Bayview Yacht Club race to Mackinac Island Skip to main ...
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 ...
Bayview Mackinac Race Administrator Melissa Wenzler, who nominated Mike Davenport, said he has always gone above and beyond for the race.