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RACE TO MACKINAC UPDATE - FINAL RESULTS For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:15
p.m. EST HONORS
AWARDED IN 2004 CHICAGO YACHT CLUB RACE TO MACKINAC PRESENTED BY LANDS' END
WHILE SEVERAL STILL SAILING FOR THE FINISH Esmeralda,
EarthVoyager and Bozo’s Circus Win Division Titles
MACKINAC
ISLAND, Mich., July 27, 2004 – This year’s race offered two different awards
ceremonies – the usual one during the day for early finishers and another for
those who arrived late but not last. As
of 10:30 p.m. EST, 40 boats have
still not crossed the finish line at Mackinac Island, Mich., 333 miles north of
the race's starting point in Chicago. Final
results and corrected times for the for the 96th running of the
"Mac" in the race's three divisions are: Chicago-Mackinac Trophy
Division 1st
Place – Bozo’s Circus, J35 owned by
Bruce Metcalf out of Chicago Yacht Club, 01:19:59:38. 2nd
Place - Wooton 2, Sabre40 owned by W.
Harris “Bill” Smith out of Chicago Yacht Club, 01:20:04:04. 3rd
Place – Providence, Eric35 owned by Jerry and Greg Miarecki out of
Chicago Yacht Club, 01:20:32:46. First-to-Finish
Honors - Wooton 2, Sabre40 owned by
W. Harris “Bill” Smith out of Chicago Yacht Club, finished in an elapsed time
of 2:17:41:14. Mackinac Cup Division 1st
Place –Esmeralda, Transpac52 owned by Makoto Uematsu out of Seabornia
Yacht Club, Japan, 01:13:05:17. 2nd
Place – Windquest, Max Z86 owned by Dick and Doug DeVos out of Macatawa
Bay Yacht Club, 01:13:09:17. 3rd
Place - Genuine Risk, Monohull/S owned by Randall Pittman out of Chicago
Yacht Club, 01: 14:05:22. First-to-Finish
Honors – Genuine Risk finished the race in an elapsed time of
01:08:56:44. Multihull Division 1st Place - Earth Voyager, Form60 owned by Ryan and Todd Howe of Genesee Yacht Club, 2:05:15:10. 2nd
Place – Caliente, Criswhite44 owned by Michael Steck of MORF (Midwest
Open Racing Fleet), 2:09:33:42. 3rd
Place – Zingara, Corsair31 owned by Mark Segraves of MORF (Midwest Open
Racing Fleet), 2:12:39:29. First-to-Finish Honors – Earth Voyager finished the race in an elapsed time of 01:10:21:41. Skippers
and crew of winning boats in each division are awarded Lands' End squall
jackets and a magnum of Korbel champagne. More Race Comment “There are a fair amount of people who have motored in for the Mt. Gay Party and there are still 40 out there struggling to get in. This has been one heck of a day,” said race Chairman Rick Lillie. “This has been one very interesting race. Endurance has been the [catch] word.” According to Lillie, the race committee will stand watch at least through Wednesday. “They will be here until 24 hours after the first-to-finish in each division.” The
public can follow the progress of the boats up Lake Michigan to Mackinac Island
and the latest scoring information at www.chicagoyachtclub.org.
The
Race to Mackinac is Chicago Yacht Club’s world-renowned race that challenges
the endurance, speed and agility of skippers and crewmembers from around the
globe each year. The 333-mile race from Chicago to Mackinac Island at the
northern end of Lake Michigan is the world’s longest freshwater race and one of
the most prestigious in the United States. Racers
this year are competing in one of three divisions: the Mackinac Trophy
division, the Mackinac Cup division or the Multihull division. Monohulls will
race in either the Mackinac Cup division or the Mackinac Trophy division and
are rated under US Sailing’s Americap II™ rating rule. Based on that rating,
they are assigned to a section in one of the two divisions. Contenders in the
Cup division typically are larger, faster boats while Trophy division
contenders are smaller, generally slower boats. Multihulls are rated under the
Lake Michigan Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (LMPHRF). Both Americap II and LMPHRF are designed to
help level the playing field for competitors. Each
division is scored separately and boats compete only with others in their
division. New
to the race this year is the “Turbo” Section of the Mackinac Cup Division. The
Turbos were carved out of Section 1 of the Mackinac Cup Division, which
generally included the larger, faster boats.
What sets the new Turbo Section boats apart is that they are equipped
with high-tech, lightweight materials such as carbon fibers and feature new
sail and hull designs, and the latest innovations such as Genuine Risk’s Canting Ballast Twin Foil technology, which replaces
the conventional rudder system to enhance speed and maneuverability. The
start of the race was on Lake Michigan approximately 1.5 miles east of
Chicago’s Monroe Harbor. Prior to the start, competing boats paraded for the
public past Navy Pier with their ceremonial flags raised. The finish line for
the race is the lighthouse on Round Island, off Mackinac Island, Michigan. The 2004 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac
presented by Lands’ End marks the 106th anniversary of the race’s
founding in 1898 and the 96th running of the event. Several years
passed between the first and second running of the race and the event was also
suspended for a period following the United States’ entry into World War
I. Two other years also did not count
toward the total number of Mackinac races, as the race did not end at Mackinac
Island, but rather in Harbor Springs, Mich. The
challenging conditions on Lake Michigan require the best of racing, tactics,
strategy and boat speed. Participation in “The Mac” is by invitation only from
Chicago Yacht Club. About the
Chicago Yacht Club Founded
in 1875 with the goal of advancing the community’s knowledge, enjoyment and
participation in boating and the nautical arts, the Chicago Yacht Club remains
a valuable resource for its members and for the Chicago community. The Club has
been a leader for more than 75 years in teaching children and adults how to
sail, and is a preeminent organizer and host of regattas, races and predicted
logs in the United States.
# # # Media Contacts: For more race information, please call: Sunday, July 25, 2004
through noon Wednesday, July 28, 2004 – Holly Jespersen cell phone - 773/844-5413; or
Tonya cell phone 312/286-9879. After 3 p.m. Wednesday, July
28 – Holly
or Tonya cell or Sheena Quinn or Peter Barry, Public Communications Inc.:
312/558-1770. #
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