Race to Mackinac 2011 Video: The Storm To Remember; Sailing News

Video above: Race to Mackinac - The Storm to remember 2011 - Jul 31, 2011 - The J Crew'd team begins day two of the Chicago to Mackinac race. The winds are picking up but crew is somber as a storm with up to 100 knot winds takes shape on Lake Michigan. 2011 race with J105 team from San Diego.

Sailing NEWS:

Sail World
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet face challenges
Sail World
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – Despite some predicted short-term respite, strong winds, big waves and squalls, which were most extreme in ...


My Sailing
Merlin conjures up Port Hacking Race win
BYM News (press release)
Merlin, the Kaiko 52 owned by Olympic gold medallist Dave Forbes and skippered by Joe Earl, has won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Port ...


Virgin Islands Daily News
Your weight in rum on the line at regatta
Virgin Islands Daily News
Your weight in rum on the line at regatta ... 19 boats race toward rounding last year during the St. Croix International Regatta, which opens today.


Phuket Gazette
Phuket King's Cup Regatta to set sail
Phuket Gazette
The Phuket King's Cup Regatta 2015 will be held at Kata Beach Resort and Spa from December 5 to December 12, hosting international racing ...


Sail World (press release)
ISAF Annual Conference finishes in Sanya, China
Sail World (press release)
Chris Atkins has been working closely with ISAF's Race Officials, most notably those who were at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta ...


My Sailing
Brisk Start to Lipton Cup Regatta
My Sailing
Veteran Peter Roberts, who sailed as crew today after joining the class in 1997, said: “We have nineteen boats sailing regularly this season and racing ...


Afloat (blog)
Bad Weather Is Good Weather For Ireland's 2015 Sailing Season
Afloat (blog)
Evening and weekend racing went through something of a dip in the boom years as people became bedazzled by the attractions of the big regatta ...


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2015 Chicago to Mackinac Yacht Race, Sailing Videos

UPDATE (July 13, 2015 - 1:00 UTC)- CYCRTM Fleet closing in on finish, winds light. source: http://cf.yb.tl/chicagomack2015#

107th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, Presented by Wintrust - 324 Sailboats will make the 333 mile voyage from Chicago, IL to Mackinac Island, MI.

2015 Chicago to Mackinac Yacht Race (RTM), starts July 11, 2015: "The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Island is a race like no other. More than three hundred fifty boats leave Chicago every July for a dash to Mackinac Island. Learn more about the race here."

• START: Saturday, July 11, 2015, 107th Race to Mackinac (RTM) Starts (Racing Divisions) 11AM-3PM
• VENUE: The venue is the Monroe Street Station of the Chicago Yacht Club, the waters of Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Mackinac Island.
• COURSE:The course is from Chicago off the Monroe Street Station to Mackinac Island as set out in the Sailing Instructions.
• Weather: weather forecasting, Sailing Weather Service LLC ChiMac
• Tracking the Race | Race to Mackinac | online: http://cf.yb.tl/chicagomack2015
• Results | Race to Mackinac

Tweets about #CYCRTM

2015 Race to Mackinac Morning Skippers' Meeting -
107th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Wintrust - 2015 Cruising Division Skippers' Meeting & Weather Briefing - published on Jul 10, 2015



A look back at the 2014 Race to Mackinac from Froeter Design Company on Vimeo.
The 2014 Chicago to Mackinac Yacht Race aboard Chief was 289 non-stop nautical miles. For 106 years the race has been many things. It's an annual ritual, a reunion, a test of skill, of boat handling and navigational judgement and once in a while, sanity. When it's all said and done it's about relationships, stories and the greatest of memories. This film short was captured on GoPro 3 and 3+ black edition cameras. The aerial footage was shot with a Phantom 2 quadcopter. Mike Noble wrote the narration. The video editing was done with Adobe After Effects at Froeter Design. Morgan Fingleton of Shaggy Dog Productions did the sound design.


Anticipation  #CYCRTM

Chicago to Mackinac race: See who's giving Amway heirs' yacht some competition | MLive.com: "Cory Dangler sells cars during the week. But this weekend, he and his crew of three buddies will sail his tri-hulled boat, Solstice, in the prestigious 107th Chicago Yacht Club to Mackinac race. "It's something that was on my bucket list my entire life," said Dangler, the owner of Auto Exchange of Holland and a sailor since he was 10. Solstice is one of 82 Michigan-based vessels to enter the classic race, which begins at the Chicago Lighthouse just off Navy Pier on Friday and ends at Mackinac Island sometime over the weekend, depending on the weather conditions. More than 330 yachts are entered, according to race officials. Dangler, whose 28-foot vessel is one of the smaller boats entered in the race, will be up against some of the fastest sailing vessels in the world, including Windquest, the 86-foot yacht owned by Amway Corp. scions Dick and Doug DeVos..."


Destination - Mackinac Island - Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac
(presented by Veuve Clicquot)

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Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, Windquest, Infinite Diversion

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2014:
Windquest First to Finish in Racing Division
Windquest, a Max Z86 owned by Dick and Doug DeVos, was first to finish in the racing fleet in the 106th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. Windquest and its crew of 18 finished Sunday evening at 21:55
Infinite Diversion First to Finish in Cruising Division
Infinite Diversion, a Hanse 630 owned and skippered by Joseph Haas, is the first to finish in the cruising division in the 106th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac.

Burr Ridge's Il Mostro finishes Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac | The Doings Weekly: "In a battle stretching the north-south length of Lake Michigan, Windquest outdueled Il Mostro for first-to-finish honors in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to ­Mackinac. The Max Z86, owned by Dick and Doug DeVos of Macatawa, Michigan, crossed the finish at Mackinac Island, Michigan, at 9:55:50 p.m. Sunday in 32 hours, 15 minutes, 50 seconds. Il Mostro, a Volvo 70 owned by Peter Thornton of Burr Ridge, was less than a half-hour behind, finishing at 10:21:41 p.m. in 32:41:41. The 106th Mac sailed faster than expected, with most of the fleet expected to finish Monday." more info: http://www.cycracetomackinac.com/
Results by Section: http://competitor.cycracetomackinac.com/results.cfm
Results by Division: http://competitor.cycracetomackinac.com/results-overall.cfm

Broadcast of the 106th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Skipper's Meeting for the cruising division. July 18, 2014

Sydney Morning Herald
Rough sailing: Aussies drop out of America's Cup
CapitalGazette.com
The Australians of Hamilton Island Yacht Club, expected to compete in the America's Cup yacht sailing competition in 2017, have thrown in the towel, ...


Oman Daily Observer
Oman Sail's Mansoor al Mahrouqi gains new experience at Youth World Championships
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — Mansoor al Mahrouqi, one of Oman's budding young sailing apprentices, added a wealth of tips and pointers to his racing know-how ...


Sail World
Outteridge up to third at Moth Worlds as wind fails to appear yet again
My Sailing
Rashley said of his day, "Solid day - went out and raced the re-sailed race we didn't finish yesterday and ended up coming through to win. It was shifty ...

Sailing on a Budget: 6 Ways to Avoid Breaking the Bank
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Sailing doesn't have to be a major-league investment. Here are six ways to get out on the water without spending big bucks. So you want to get out on ...

Beautiful setting in Steinhude for OK Dinghy Europeans opening ceremony
My Sailing
There are OK Dinghies everywhere, with sailors making final preparations for the start of racing. The weather has been unusually hot, with Monday's ...

Baltimore Sailing Club's Refurbished Clubhouse Opens
Afloat
With over 600 members and hosting several events on and off-season, the club champions on and offshoresailing activities and courses, as well as ...

Penniless sailors: Our version of smooth sailing
The Globe and Mail
Great sailing conditions. Then I realize why I woke up with that particular lyric in my head, and I ask myself, well, how did I get here? Seventeen years ...

Ferrarese Claims Open European Match Racing Championship
International Sailing Federation
Twelve European teams came to ?winouj?cie to compete for the Match Racing Open European Championship title, which was sailed using a fleet of ...

Manitowoc man tells of sailing across Atlantic
JSOnline
A retired Manitowoc man recently returned from sailing the Atlantic Ocean, shore to shore. "The main job of retirement is to create a life worth waking ...

ISAF Sailing World Cup Final on course for UAE capital
Visit Abu Dhabi
The International Sailing Federation's (ISAF) World Cup Final - the world's pinnacle sailing regatta contested by the best Olympic-class competitors ...

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AC45 ENERGY TEAM begin first sea trials July 21

America's Cup : Cascais, D-3 weeks for AC World Series first stage
BYM News (press release)
Bruno Peyron: The AC45 ENERGY TEAM has been in Lisbon since 15 July, the shore team is on site, Loïck and the sailing team will be arriving on Wednesday for the first sea trials from 21 July and the training sessions will be run in Lisbon until 30 July ...

Countdown to America's Cup World Series - Plymouth - Yachts and ...
In just two months' time, the America's Cup World Series (AC World Series) will land in Plymouth, England, a location known for its rich maritime history. ... Sailing on the new AC45 wing-sailed catamaran, the athletes will tested through both fleet and match races that put a premium on physical and mental strength. The highlight of the event is winner-takes-all, fleet race on Sunday September 18, where the teams will compete for the title of AC World Series Plymouth ...Latest news from Yachts and Yachting...

Percy and Wright change tack Telegraph.co.uk Two of Britain's leading Olympic contenders Iain Percy and Ed Wright will change tack next week to sample America's Cup sailing in the new AC45 wing sailed catamarans. The new America's CupWorld Series gets underway in Portugal in August but in ...

2 found dead after boat capsizes during Race to Mackinac Chicago Sun-Times *Multi-millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett — who died in a plane crash in 2007 — completed the race in a record 18 hours, 50 minutes in 1998 in the America's Cup catamaran “Stars and Stripes.” *Walt Disney's nephew Roy E. Disney set a single hull ...

P1 Boats Appointed California Distributor for Elan – Nautical Division Sailboats SunHerald.com With the America's Cup Race scheduled for the first time in San Francisco Bay for 2013, the focus on Sailing has dramatically increased not only in California but throughout the United States." Peter further stated, "...that the Elan Sailboats will be ...

Volvo Ocean Race : Joca Signorini & Pablo Arrarte join the ranks of Telefonica BYM News (press release) “Joca” joins Neal McDonald as Watch Captain on “Telefónica”, a different role for him in this regatta, which has allowed him to gain experience “in taking part in the big decisions in terms of boat design and sails, so I'm learning a lot. ...

America's Cup : Cascais, D-3 weeks for AC World Series first stage BYM News (press release) Bruno Peyron: The AC45 ENERGY TEAM has been in Lisbon since 15 July, the shore team is on site, Loïck and the sailing team will be arriving on Wednesday for the first sea trials from 21 July and the training sessions will be run in Lisbon until 30 July ...

Countdown to America's Cup World Series Plymouth BYM News (press release) The nine-day event will mark the second stop in the 2011-2012 America's Cup World Series, a new professional circuit that is bringing America's Cup level sailing to port cities around the globe. With its world-famous Plymouth Hoe, the city is an ideal ...

Audi MedCup Region of Sardinia Trophy 52 Series official practice race Sail World Today Quantum Racing's America's Cup winning skipper-helm Ed Baird has Shirley and the CNN crew as his constant shadow throughout the day, from the moment he got out of bed to the time he slips back beneath the sheets tonight. ...

Sail World

Mackinac race capsize takes lives of 2 sailors

2 die in Mackinac race Chicago Sun-Times. . . a 65 mile-an-hour gust of wind capsized their 35-foot yacht, the WingNuts, in six-foot waves shortly after midnight Monday during the Chicago to Mackinac race, there was nothing they could do to save their skipper and his girlfriend

Yacht Club Hosts Sunfish Regatta Patch.com Seven youth races will run two days, Wednesday and Thursday, with a dinner and awards ceremony after the races at the yacht club under a tent. Guest speaker is Dyer Jones, executive director of the Herreshoff Marine Museum/America's Cup Hall of Fame in ...

Yacht Club News August 2011 All At Sea Recently, St. Maarten 12-metre Challenge invited the children in the St. Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC) Youth Sailing Programme to sail on the magnificent America's Cup 12-metre sailboats in Great Bay, Philipsburg. The event was organized by the SMYC Youth ...

America's Cup: Team NZ protested for non-compliance by Cup organisers Sail World He said: 'For example we are an established team which has been in continuous operation since the 1987 America's Cup challenge at Perth. We have a campaign for the Volvo Ocean Race and we are competing in the Extreme Sailing Series. ... Sail World

The Myth of Going to Windward All At Sea It is not just your boat that doesn't sail to windward - none do. Zero. Not even racing yachts. Have you ever wondered why America's Cup boats have their underbody shrouded by fabric? That's to conceal their painted-to-blend-in propellers and their ...

Sailors Compete in USA & Europe Bernews Previous winners in the Laser Class in this event include America's Cup winners Dean Barker and Russell Coutts of New Zealand. Four other local Laser Radial sailors travelled to Brant Beach New Jersey to compete in the 2011 Laser Radial North American ... Bernews

America's Cup World Series : Countdown to Plymouth England BYM News (press release) The nine-day event will mark the second stop in the 2011-2012 America's Cup World Series, a new professional circuit that is bringing America's Cup level sailing to port cities around the globe. With its world-famous Plymouth Hoe, the city is an ideal ...

Race to Mackinac and America's Cup Preparations

Navy Pier spectators watch as Race to Mackinac sets sail

• July 17, 2011...Chicago Yacht Club's Race to Mackinac , where 355 boats began racing to Michigan's Mackinac Island. For its 103rd race, the oldest annual...every sailor knows the Race to Mackinac," she said. When...BY MICHELLE STOFFEL, TRIBUNE REPORTER

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  Cloudy skies mark start of Race to Mackinac

  July 16, 2011

  ...Chicago Yacht Club?s Race to Mackinac, where 355 boats began racing to Michigan's Mackinac Island. In its...the oldest freshwaterrace in the world drew several...every sailor knows the Race to Mackinac,? she said. When...

  America's Cup preparations involve many agencies

  San Francisco Chronicle - Will Kane 

  At nearly 2200 pages long, the city's plan for the 34th America's Cup might leave the impression that things are shipshape and merely awaiting the rubber stamp of approval. Now that the environmental impact report is published, the city can begin a ...

  SF planning hurdles begin for 2013 America's Cup

  Seattle Post Intelligencer - Paul Elias ‎

  An Oracle Racing AC45 skippered by Russell Coutts sails on San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background in San Francisco, Monday June 13, 2011. The AC45 is the forerunner to the AC72 which teams will race in the Louis ...

  San Francisco waterfront faces big challenges as preparations begin for 2013 ...

  Washington Post

  By AP, SAN FRANCISCO — The America's Cup is expected to create 8000 jobs and inject more than $1.4 billion into the region's economy when the world's fastest yachts take to San Francisco Bay in 2013. But the anticipated 5 million spectators — with ...

  SF planning hurdles begin for 2013 America's Cup

  San Diego Source (subscription) 

  The America's Cup is expected to create 8000 jobs and inject more than $1.4 billion into the region's economy when the world's fastest yachts take to San Francisco Bay in 2013. Comments are moderated by SDDT, in accordance with the SDDT Comment Policy, ...

  SF planning hurdles begin for 2013 America's Cup

  Bloomington Pantagraph

  AP | Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 11:51 am | Loading… Eric Risberg An Oracle Racing AC45 skippered by Russell Coutts sails on San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background in San Francisco, Monday June 13, 2011. ...

  SF planning hurdles begin for 2013 America's Cup

  Longview Daily News

  AP | Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:51 am | Loading… An Oracle Racing AC45 skippered by Russell Coutts sails on San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background in San Francisco, Monday June 13, 2011. The AC45 is the forerunner to the ...

  SF planning hurdles begin for 2013 America's Cup