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SUMMER 2018

S ’ A C I R AME E R O H S F OF

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TOP 10

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FAN GUIDE

To the #CYCRTM

MAC ISLAND:

Also the perfect weekend

OFFICIAL RACE PROGRAM

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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Communications Chair, Amy Schwartz Rose Mills Jane Vartan

MANAGING EDITORS

Upcoming Events

Tracy Gladden Nicole Richardson

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Fresh Faces

Leif Sigmond

ARTICLE CONTRIBUTORS Abby Artig RJ Bied Daniel Burns Ken Colbert Alina Dix Ed Falkenhayn Matt Gallagher Jay Kehoe Greg Miarecki Rose Mills Eric Moore Shawn O’Neill Michael Platzke Sarah Renz Amy Schwartz Laura Sigmond Nancy Snyder Winn Soldani Aisling Sullivan Tatia Torrey Cary R. Wiener Robert Wiesen

PHOTO/IMAGE CONTRIBUTORS Chris Albanis Martin Chumiecki with Photo Element Paul Todd/outsideimages.com Jane Vartan

ON THE COVER Mackinac Bridge Photo by: Matt Knighton

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RACE PREVIEW:

110th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac

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BOATS TO WATCH

Safety At Sea

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Summer Regatta Prelude

Island Goats

CYC Associates

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Chicago Regatta Preview

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Foundation News

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Every Tuesday – Sonar League (B)

Every Tuesday – Sonar League (B)

Select Sundays – Sunday Brunch

Every Wednesday – Belmont Skyline (B)

Select Wednesdays – Belmont Skyline (B)

Select Sundays – Fall Frostbiting (B)

Every Wednesday – Monroe Skyline (M)

Select Wednesdays – Monroe Skyline (M)

Select Sundays – DF65 Fall Frostbiting (B)

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Every Sunday – Sunday Brunch (M)

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DF65 Chicago Regatta Fundraiser Regatta (M)

New Member Third Thursdays’ Happy Hour (M)

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10-12 CSF Cruise to Holland, MI 10-12 Verve Offshore (M)

19-21 US Match Race Championship (B)

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Sonar Fleet Social Sail (B)

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Chicago Regatta

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Junior Night Nav Race (B)

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Power Fleet Annual Meeting (M)

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Ronnie Rice (B)

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12-15 Etchells North American Championship (B)

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Power Fleet Predicted Log

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RYF Annual Meeting (M)

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Power Fleet Dock Party (M)

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2018 CHICAGO YACHT CLUB VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP

From the Helm

FLAG OFFICERS Leif Sigmond, Commodore Lou Sandoval, Vice Commodore Nick Berberian, Rear Commodore Rick Lillie, Secretary Martin Sandoval, Treasurer

PAST COMMODORES Greg Miarecki Gerald Bober

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cyd Archer William Bloom Sandy Curtiss Bruce Danly Ian Fisher Michael Frerker Elizabeth Newman Kenneth Nordine Sarah Renz Louis Rosenthal Amy Schwartz Christopher Thomas Walter Vartan

CHICAGO YACHT CLUB STAFF General Manager, Dwight Jenson, CCM

MONROE STATION STAFF Controller, Kelly McGuire Membership Director, Emily Giaimo Food & Beverage Director, Kristin Aleshire Catering & Events Manager, Carly Kirschner Communications Director, Tracy Gladden Monroe Executive Chef, Larry Asher Human Resources Supervisor, Daisy Aponte Assistant Controller, Daniel Post Sous Chef, Silvestro Salgado Communications & Design Specialist, Nicole Richardson Member Services Manager, Melissa Harkenrider Assistant Food & Beverage Director, Liridon Gjoni Dockmaster, John Porter

Dear Club Members and Race to Mackinac Participants: On behalf of Chicago Yacht Club, I would like to welcome all participants and fans of the 110th running of the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Wintrust. The 333-mile classic is a “bucket list” distance race that attracts sailors from all over the world. Please join me in experiencing this race which will leave you with memories that will last a lifetime. Whether it’s your first Mac or your 25th, I wish you a good, safe trip to the Island.

I would like to thank everyone that has helped make this event happen. Without the hard work of our army of dedicated volunteers throughout the entire year, the Mac would not be possible. A special thanks to Race to Mackinac Committee Chair, Sarah Renz, and the rest of her outstanding team for spending countless hours to ensure this regatta runs flawlessly. And many thanks to our amazing yacht club staff, both on the water and off. This special edition of the Blinker is the Official Race Program and covers everything you need to know about the race.

The boating season in Chicago has already begun, and what a season it is so far!

Our fleets are busy planning and participating in some really great events. We are also hosting some events to give back to the community. Our Chicago Yacht Club members are remarkable! Indeed, our members are what makes this experience so special. In this issue of the Blinker you will read more about some of what is going on at the club.

At Chicago Yacht Club we all have one common passion – the water. Whether you love cruising in a sailboat or powerboat, racing around the buoys or long distance, participating in predicted log competitions, volunteering on race committee, racing model yachts, or just casually cruising around the harbors, we are one Club with something for everyone who loves our amazing lake. Please join me this summer in celebrating our great natural resource.

I look forward to seeing you on the water and in the Club.

Respectfully,

BELMONT STATION STAFF On the Water Director, Jay Kehoe Keelboat Director & Belmont Dockmaster, Peter Hoglund Regatta Manager, Elizabeth Dust Adult Sailing Education Director, Dave Gerber Belmont Administrator, Ellen Schwartz

LEIF SIGMOND, COMMODORE sigmond@chicagoyachtclub.org

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Carly Kirschner, Catering & Events Manager Carly began working with Chicago Yacht Club in April as the new Catering & Events Manager.

Carly is from the south suburbs of Chicago and graduated from Iowa State University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Event and Hospitality Management. She comes to us from Gibsons Steakhouse, where she was the Event Operations Manager. Carly has been in the event industry since the age of 17. When she is not working at the Club, she enjoys outdoor activities including drinking wine on Chicago’s beautiful outdoor patios.

Ellen Schwartz, Belmont Administrator Ellen is Chicago Yacht Club’s newest Belmont Administrator. Ellen started with us in May after graduating with a degree in Communication Studies and Diversity Services in 2016 from University of Iowa. Originally from Davenport, Iowa, Ellen moved to Chicago in 2016 and was a Property Assistant Manager at Cagan Management for two years. Ellen says her favorite part of living in Chicago is the ability to have your groceries delivered and visiting the Museum of Modern Art.

Alexander Velez, Member Services Receptionist Chicago native Alexander Velez started with Chicago Yacht Club in early April as a member services receptionist. Prior to working at the Chicago Yacht Club, he was a cashier at Walgreens for over three years and a ticketer at TJ Maxx prior. In his spare time, Alex enjoys reading, movies and drawing objects, people and landscapes in all different areas of the city.

Asadda Gotell, Member Services Receptionist Asadda Gotell is Chicago Yacht Club’s newest member of the Front Desk. She originates from Rodgers Park, Illinois. Prior to working at Chicago Yacht Club, Asadda was the manager of a spa for three years. When she is not working at the Club, Asadda enjoys spending her time painting.

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NEW MEMBERS Denise Ashurst Consultant

Sean Chatburn

Principal at Mercer Group Spouse: Rebekah

Meta Dawson

Richard Gray

Spouse: Raphael Fleet: CS Boat Name: Midnight Sun Harbor: Belmont

Spouse: Judy

David Hampe

Andrew Jessen

Michael Kasper

William Lanigan

Spouse: Kathleen Capodice Fleet: Power Boat Name: Par-a-dice

Spouse: Lena Fleet: Power Boat Name: #Impulse Harbor: 59th Street

Spouse: Nikki Fleet: Power Boat Name: Gratitude Harbor: Burnham

Fleet: Power Boat Name: Corporate Retreat Harbor: Burnham

Graham Robertson

Michael Sheppard

Kanwar Singh

VP, Global Strategic Alliances at White Hat Security

Partner at William Blair

CEO at DuPage Medical Group

Executive at Mi-Jack Products

Harbor: DuSable

Raymond Oral Spouse: Marcella

Jane Westerhold Spouse: Ken Cull Fleet: Power Boat Name: Miss Emi III Harbor: Abbey Marina

Jenna Glasscock

Account Associate at Aetna

Corporate Director of Waste CEO at Senior Operations, LLC Management at Waste Management Spouse: Sandi Spouse: Jaye Fleet: OD Fleet: Power Boat Name: Flying Pig Boat Name: Allusion Harbor: DuSable Harbor: 31st

Timothy Wilson President at Essentra Spouse: Teresa

Robert Hann Senior Associate at Ankura

Managing Director at Merrill Lynch Private Bank Spouse: Avanti

John Boot

Daniel Floberg

Spouse: Laura Wefer

Spouse: Dana Fleet: Race Boat Name: Windburn Harbor: Belmont

Carsten Lohan

Audrey Mense

Regional Revenue Manager at Great Wolf Resorts

Associate at Moran and Company

Senior Development Manager at Core Spaces

Associate at Thompson Coburn, LLP

Fleet: CS Boat Name: Lucidity Harbor: Monroe

Nicholas Naber

Consultant at FCM LLC

Alexander Post

Software Engineer at IBM

Spouse: Matt Wolf Fleet: Power Boat Name: Mustang

Hannah Ripkey

Investment Associate at CA Ventures

Diona Rogers

Associate at Thompson Coburn LL

Harbor: Montrose JUNIOR MEMBERS Julianne Berry-Stoelzle Charles Dischner Katharine Dischner Quin Doughty Aviva Kaplan Aiden Lane

Ben Lewis Anna McBride Henry Merrilees Stella Roney Sarah Trunsky

VETERAN TRANSFERS Veteran I - II George Burrows William McIntyre Brian Jackman

Veteran II-III David Froberg Jesse Horvath

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MAC WEEK Schedule of Events Thursday, July 19, 2018

10 a.m. – 7 p.m. CDT 5 – 6:30 p.m. CDT 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. CDT

Registration Monroe Station Commodore Room VIP Reception** Monroe Station Warning Gun Party** Monroe Station

Friday, July 20, 2018

9 – 10 a.m. CDT 10 – 11 a.m. CDT

Skipper’s Meeting Monroe Station Race Tent Cruising Driving Registration Monroe Station Commodore Room Registration Monroe Station Commodore Room 110th Race to Mackinac Starts–Cruising Division Skipper’s Meeting Monroe Station Race Tent Sailor Send Off Party Monroe Station

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. CDT 3 – 3:30 p.m. CDT 5 – 6 p.m. CDT 7 – 11:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 21, 2018

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. CDT

Michigan Avenue Magazine’s Ashore Thing® Parade of Boats East End of Navy Pier Grandstand viewing of the parade of race boats checking in for the start line.

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. CDT

110th Race to Mackinac Starts–Racing Division

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. EDT

Grand Hotel Porch Party presented by Wintrust Grand Hotel Porch Adults Only.

Ticket Price: $75 in advance, $100 at the door. Partial proceeds benefit the Mackinac Island Medical Center Ladies: in their finest. Gentlemen: coat and tie required.

5p.m. – 8 p.m. EDT

Children’s Party* Grand Hotel (Lower Level) Chaperoned dinner and movie. Ticket Price: $40 Advance registration required.

2 p.m. – 5 p.m. EDT

Sailor’s Celebration Sailor’s Terrace at Woodfill Park

2 p.m. – 4 p.m. EDT

Outdoor activities for children* (Woodfill Park Family Area)

12 p.m. EDT

Last call for all boats to leave Unless pre-arranged reservation with Michigan DNR

1:00 p.m. EDT

11th Annual Round the Island Race

*Family Event **Invitation Only. Non-transferable.

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From the Race Chair… Welcome!

It’s time to kick off the 110th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. Are you ready? If not, grab your crew and get to work as we have an amazing race ahead!

The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust will commence at the Warning Gun party on Thursday, July 18th on the terrace of Chicago Yacht Club, with delicious hors d’oeuvres thanks to our CYC Staff & GM, Dwight Jenson, and cocktails - cheers to our supporting sponsors.

Let’s toast to the safe passage of fellow sailors as our fearless On The Water team, Jay Kehoe and Libbi Dust, sound off the Warning Gun. Please be sure to thank the Coast Guard who will escort us up Lake Michigan, and the Race Committee who will greet you with a resounding hello by sound of a cannon off Windemere Point as you finish.

Members of the Mackinac Committee, CYC Staff, shore crew or as a competitor - you have given this great offshore challenge countless hours of preparation. Thank you. Please be sure to embrace the beauty of your course. Whether you’re headed along the Wisconsin shore for cheese and cell service, straight up the rhumb line to Sleeping Bear Dunes, or in your land yacht headed to the Porch Party at The Grand Hotel, take care of your people, respect the water (and the freighters), and enjoy the view!

Sailors - We are blessed to be racing on a lake that promises every sailing condition before you reach the Mackinac Bridge. And don’t stop before you get there. If you’re safe - Push on! Your friends and family are glued to the Tracker, questioning every tack, or cross. I hope to see you on the podium at the Tuesday’s Awards Celebration, highlighted by new musical entertainment that will knock your flops off.

Most importantly, I want to thank the volunteers who work diligently behind the scenes, and the supportive leadership of Commodore Sigmond and his fellow Flag Officers. And to my family, Mark, Grace & Will for appreciating the water and sharing in the passion for the sport of sailing.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you and personally thank you for coming.

I will be at Chicago Yacht Club and on Mackinac Island and look forward to personally meeting and warmly welcoming each and every one of you.

Be smart, sail safe and relish the ride!

Sincerely, Sarah Renz Chairman, 110th CYC Race to Mackinac

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2018 Race to Mackinac Committee Chair: Sarah Renz

Vice Chair: Steve Dorfman

Vice Chair & Chief Inspector: Chris Thomas

Committee Members:

Advisory Panel:

Olof Andersson, PRO Ron White, Chief Measurer Rick Mallinson, Chief Judge Tom Falck, Selections Sub-Committee Chair Matt Gallagher Helle Getz Ted Jones Lloyd Karzen Shawn O’Neill Nancy Snyder Winn Soldani Jack Toliver

Nick Berberian Don Glasell Rick Lillie Don Maxwell Greg Miarecki Lou Sandoval Lindy Thomas Sam Veilleux

CYC Staff: Jay Kehoe, On-the-Water Director Elizabeth Dust, Regatta Manager

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2018 Race Committee Chair: Nancy Arnold

Vice Chair: Alina Dix

Committee Members: Olof Andersson, Janet Baxter, Gordon Boulger, Beth Burtt, Janet Crabb, Jeff Cross, Lisa-Curcio Gaston, Helle Getz, Jill Danly, Robin Finlay, Elizabeth Garr-Newman, Mary Judd, Mike Kammerlink, Lloyd Karzen, Colleen King, Lynda Lane, Rick Lillie, Sofia Mascia, Steven Mash, Gene McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Susan McGarity, Barbara Mehaffey, Stan Mehaffey, Rosmary Metzger, Mimi Rose, Adrianne Rotfeld, Amy Schwartz, Laura Sigmond, Nancy Sindelar, Mike Shields, Tim Snyder, Jennifer Steffler, Tom Sublewski, Sue True, Elizabeth Wolniakowski

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2018 Race to Mackinac Judges Tom Rinda, Florida Tom grew up sailing on the Great Lakes and has been an International Judge since 2006 and is also an International Umpire. In addition to competing in several Chicago Mackinac races, he served on the Protest Committee in 2013. He chaired the International Jury for the Bayview Mackinac race last year and will be doing so again in 2018.

Internationally, Tom has judged at events all over the world including the Swan Gold Cup in Costa Smeralda, RORC Caribbean 600 for the last 5 years and the last 5 Fastnet Races as Jury Chairman.

He has also been the Chief Judge for Cowes Week in England for the past 10 years. Tom was also instrumental in helping Don Wilson organize the Chicago Match Race Center in 2008 and have assisted them every year since then.

Ruth Miller, US Virgin Islands Ruth has been an International Sailing Judge for 15 years. She has chaired and served on International Juries for numerous world championships, several at Chicago Yacht Club, including the Farr 40 Worlds and Etchells Worlds. She has served on the International Jury for Volvo Youth Worlds and other major events. Ruth has served on the Protest Committee for the Chicago Mackinac race and the International Jury for the Bayview Mackinac Race. She has served on the Constitution Committee for World Sailing, and is starring a second term on the Judicial Board.

In her day job Ruth is a US Magistrate Judge in the District Court of the Virgin Islands.

Rick Mallinson, Oklahoma Rick was recently appointed as an International Sailing Judge, and is a member of the US Sailing Judges Committee. He has been judging national events since 1993 and arbitrating at national events since 1998. He has been a member of International Juries for the Star Class, two Melges 24 Worlds, Melges 20 and Sunfish Worlds as well as Bacardi Miami Sailing Week, and the J70 European Championship. He has been a member of the International Jury at the Miami Sailing World Cup Olympic Class Regatta and will be again in 2018.

Rick has been a judge for two previous Chicago Mackinac races and several Verve Cup and NOOD Regattas. He has been a judge for the US Sailing Offshore championships and the Scottish Series in Tarbert, Scotland. Rick is also an active racing sailor, competing in the Melges 24, Melges 20, J22, J/70, VX One, and other one-design classes. In his younger days he also crewed on various offshore boats in both buoy and distance races. In his day job Rick is the C.M. Sliepcevich Professor Emeritus at the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering of the University of Oklahoma.

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View the boats on land, on the water, online and track the 2018 race.

PRE-RACE COVERAGE ON LAND

See the Boats at Monroe Station In the days leading up to the Race to Mackinac, many race boats are docked at Chicago Yacht Club’s Monroe Station at the corner of Lake Shore Drive and Monroe Street in Chicago.

The boats are easy to see from the lakeshore path just north of Monroe Street.

See the Parade of Boats from Navy Pier Michigan Avenue Magazine’s Ashore Thing presented by Wintrust on Saturday, July 21st from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., provides a wonderful opportunity to see the boats pass by the east end of Navy Pier on their way to the start. The event is free and open to the public, but we suggest you RSVP at michiganavemag.com/ashorething.

PRE-RACE COVERAGE ON THE WATER If you have access to a boat, you can watch the racers start and head up the lake.

YB Tracking YB Tracking, the leading provider of tracking services for offshore yacht races, equips each racing boat with a tracker that sends a ping about every 10 minutes through a satellite showing its location on the race course.

There are two ways to see the live tracking: From Your Computer Tracking is available via cycracetomackinac.com From Your Phone or Tablet For the best experience on your mobile device (iOS or Android), download the free app - YB Races. Each race has an individual price to purchase. Each race is typically priced $2.99.

FOLLOW THE RACE ON SOCIAL MEDIA Starting Friday, July 20th stay tuned for interviews with the racers, weather updates from meteorologist Chris Bedford and expert race analysis as we follow the boats on social media.

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keep up with all Mac Race events. Get real-time updates while the Race is under way, select boats will be enabled with GPS transponders to tweet during the Race. They will all appear under the Race’s Twitter account and be tagged with the tweeting the boat’s name.

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Michigan Avenue Magazine’s Ashore Thing®, presented

by Wintrust Celebrates the 110th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac For the seventh year in a row, Michigan Avenue magazine will host Ashore Thing, presented by Wintrust. The event celebrates the start of the 110th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, on Saturday, July 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the East End Plaza at Navy Pier.

Ashore Thing provides the public with front-row views of the start of the prestigious sailing race in a seaside-chic lounge outfitted with couches, café tables, and a DJ. As the sailboats parade past the Pier, guests will learn about each of the 300 yachts and their crews and enjoy a breathtaking afternoon.

The event celebrates the historic sailing race with unique summer activities including shopping summer’s top fashions with 900 North Michigan Shops. Flutes of Whispering Angel rosé, specialty Beam Suntory cocktails, and Peroni beer will be available for purchase as well.

Ashore Thing is also a great way for families to spend time together at Navy Pier. There are several activities just for kids in the Junior Sailors area, including face painting, balloon artists and other nautical-themed games.

“The Race to Mackinac is one of the most exciting events of summer in Chicago,” says Michigan Avenue magazine President and Publisher Dan Uslan, “and we’re thrilled to partner with the Chicago Yacht Club in showcasing the race’s kick-off to bring the great sport of sailing to an audience of all ages.”

To learn more about the event, visit michiganavemag.com/ashorething

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Past Chicago to Mackinac Race Winners From 2017 – 1898

For each year since the first Chicago to Mackinac Race in 1898, the race number and anniversary year is listed. The abbreviation “N/R” indicates years in which there was no race. The abbreviation “H/S” indicates the two years the annual long-distance race did not race to Mackinac Island and instead ended in Harbor Springs, MI.

YEAR 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962

RACE # ANNIVERSARY MACKINAC CUP WINNER 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54

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MACKINAC TROPHY WINNER

TOA Wizard Natalie J Flying Buffalo Odyssey Spirit Walker To The Moon Providence Providence Sufficient Reason Realt Na Mara Providence Fast Tango & Usual Suspect Windancer Flying Jenny VI Lady K The Asylum Zoom Stripes Velero VII Vytis Windquest Eagle Smokum Too Kutty’s Ark Retriever Esmeralda Bozos Circus Bantu Retriever Illusion Holy Toledo!

Equation Bacchant Sayonara Voodoo Pied Piper Raincloud Bacchant Rx Sight Wizo Bantu Bantu Wizo Flash Gordon 2 Thirsty Tiger Windquest Wizo Daybreak Trader Sensation Cynosure Wizo Eagle Kodiak Leading Edge Insatiable Renegade Jeanine Aces Wild Glider Trader Eagle Reflection Hilaria Slip Sliding Away Heritage Double Digits Thirsty Tiger Heritage Leading Edge Endurance Thunderbird Shiftless Rush Banjo Chocolate Chips Windquest Scaramouche Good News!

Cup and Trophy jointly awarded to all section winners Tortuga Tyche Dora IV Pied Piper No Go VII Tortuga Bay Bea Pied Piper Azure Omega Endurance Decision Dora Decision Flying Buffalo Bay Bea Comanche Decision Flying Buffalo Diavolo Blitzen Flying Buffalo Challenge Challenge X-Barb Talisman Meteor III Blitzen Flame Sixth Girl

YEAR 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898

RACE # ANNIVERSARY MACKINAC CUP WINNER 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 N/R N/R N/R N/R 12 11 10 9 H/S H/S 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 N/R N/R N/R N/R 1

63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Race

Blue Horizon Freebooter Feather II DYNA Meteor III Copperhead Rangoon Taltohna Fleetwood Tahuna Gale Fleetwood Cara Mia Taltohna Cara Mia Blitzen Cara Mia Bangalore Too Gloriant White Cloud Lively Lady Bangalore Gloriant Manitou Revenge Rubaiyat Princess Elizabeth Siren Bagheera Siren Cynthia Blue Moon Comet Siren Intrepid Intrepid Sari Virginia Intrepid Virginia no race no race no race no race Intrepid Leda Olympian race to Harbor Springs race to Harbor Springs Mavourneen Valmore Valmore Valmore Vencedor Vanadis Mistral Vencedor no race no race no race no race no race Vanenna

MACKINAC TROPHY WINNER Greetings Dauntless Barb Rangoon DYNA Fleetwood Revelry Fleetwood Gypsy Fleetwood Escapade Gale Taltohna Cara Mia Royono III Spindle Bangalore Too Falcon II Lassie Falcon II Breeze Lively Lady Bangalore Hope Rubaiyat Hope Elizabeth Princess Chimon Princess Elizabeth Siren Bagheera Siren Shalamar not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 not awarded until 1927 Blinker | Summer 2018

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2017 RACE WINNERS SECTION WINNERS

CRUISING 3 Cruising Division 1. Intangible Tom Falck 2. Kutty’s Ark George Morrissey &

Joe McGinnis 3. Kama Hele Sharon & Gregory Olejniczak CRUISING 2 Cruising Division 1. Jasmin David Ormesher,

Todd Williamson & Jon Sawyer 2. Vno Earl Lyden 3. Mirage John Boyle SECTION 10 Mackinac Cup Division 3. Souvenir Steve Schiller SECTION 9 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Siochail Brian Geraghty 2. Fast Tango Tim Prophit 3. Regardless Com Daniel Padilla SECTION 8 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Windsong Tim Wade 2. Rambler Benjamin & Amanda Wilson 3. Gwhiz Geoffrey M. Davis T-10 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Monitor Mark Veenstra 2. Retention Mark & Joni Croll 3. Erica Brian Kaczor & Michael Kaczor BENETEAU 36.7 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Veni Vidi Veatchi Jason Veatch 2. As You Wish David Simon 3. Tequila Mockingbird Chris Duhon J/105 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Pterodactyl Mark Symonds 2. Striking Vanessa L. Gates 3. Sealark Clark Pellett 4. Buzz Mark Gurney SECTION 7 Mackinac Cup Division 2. Madcap John & Marian Hoskins 3. Bozos Circus Bruce, Chris & Eric Metcalf LEVEL 35 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Alpha Puppy Richard Stage 2. On Edge Steve Dorfman 3. Bad Dog J. Lawrence Taunt

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J/109 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Goat Rodeo Robert Evans 2. Bloodline Woody, John & Will Hansmann 3. Slapshot II Scott Sims SECTION 6 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Liberty C. David Phelps 2. Nighthawk Jan Van Den Kieboom 3. Bravo Tom & Shirley Dekker BENETEAU 40.7 Mackinac Cup Division 1. Flyswatter Mark Pirie 2. Turning Point David Hardy 3. La Tempete Thomas Weber & Ryan Weber SECTION 5 Chicago - Mackinac Trophy Division 1. Gotta Wanta Robert Mampe 2. Eagle Jerry O’Neill & Shawn O’Neill 3. Painkiller 4 Alice O. Martin

OVERALL WINNERS & MAJOR TROPHIES

MULTIHULL DIVISION 1st Place Multihull Division First to Finish Racing Division Martin D. Rieck Trophy Royono Trophy Areté | Frederick M. Warner IV 2nd Place Multihull Division Strings | Greg Bull & Mark Cadotte 3rd Place Multihull Division Flight Simulator II | Tom Reese CRUISING DIVISION 1st Overall Cruising Division • 1st Place Cruising 1 Trois Vignes | John Palmer 2nd Overall Cruising Division 2nd Place Cruising 1 Roxy | Don Condit

SECTION 4 Chicago - Mackinac Trophy Division 1. Chico 2 Jim Weyand 2. Mosquito Dave Radtke 3. Extreme 2 Dan Cheresh

3rd Overall Cruising Division Ile Aux Galets Cup 1st to Finish Cruising Division 3rd Place Cruising 1 Infinite Diversion | Joseph S. Haas

J/111 Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 1. Velocity Martin Roesch 2. Rowdy Richard C. Witzel Jr. 3. Kashmir Brummel, Henderson & Mayer

MACKINAC CUP 1st Overall Mackinac Cup Division 1st Place Section 7 TOA | Bruce Danly & Jim Mitchell

SECTION 3 Chicago - Mackinac Trophy Division 1. Triumvirate Eric Jones, Scott Hornick &

Andrew Hopkins 2. Tsunami Mitchell Padnos 3. Renegade Tomas & Beth Ann Papoutsis

2nd Overall Mackinac Cup Division 1st Place Section 10 Flying Buffalo | Al Declercq & Bob Declercq

SECTION 2 Chicago - Mackinac Trophy Division 1. Bandit Arvid Eiesland & Joe Kestler 2. Hot Lips Christopher Whitford 3. Eagles Wings John J. Gottwald SECTION 1 Chicago - Mackinac Trophy Division 2. Details Lance Smotherman 3. Dynamis Mark Shields & Brien Baker TURBO Chicago - Mackinac Trophy Division 3.Denali Mark Hennig

3rd Overall Mackinac Cup Division 2nd Place Section 10 Providence | Jerry Miarecki & Greg Miarecki CHICAGO-MACKINAC TROPHY 1st Overall Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 1st Place Turbo Wizard | David Askew & Peter Askew 2nd Overall Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 2nd Place Turbo Clark DeRoy Trophy • 1st Place ORR Great Lakes Championship Heartbreaker | Robert L. Hughes 3rd Overall Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 1st Place Section 1 Stripes | Bill Martin

2018 Race Competitors NAME

SAIL #

OWNER(S)/CHARTER(S)

CITY/STATE

CLUB

9 Lives IV Abby Marie Abracadabra Absolute Advantage Adventure Aegir Aftershock Albatross Almost Heaven Alpha Puppy Amateur II Angisina Another Dream Archimedes III Arctos Arma As You Wish Axolotl Baba Jaga Bad Dog Bad Medicine Badge Bahari Bandit Barracuda Black Diamond Blackfin Bloodline Blue Chip Blue Flash Bounder Bozos Circus Bravo Break Away Broderi Bulldog Buzz Cahoots Caliente Callisto Caught In Traffic Celerity Certare Cerulean Chaika Challenge Challenger Chamade Chase Cheap Thrill Cheep N Deep II Cherry Bomb Chico 2 Courtesan Crazy Horse

USA 52637 USA 60612 USA 4304 USA 16826 USA 16826 USA 52188 USA 64 USA 39531 USA 60836 USA 60621 USA 1300 USA 15630 USA 41995 USA E107 USA 56810 USA 97999 GBR 20 USA 60367 USA 60712 USA 60710 USA 40054 USA 5551 USA 60009 USA 25475 USA 40016 USA 69 USA 406 USA 310 USA 312 USA 50839 USA 124 USA 25424 USA 32851 USA 42330 USA 26159 USA 42917 USA 32969 USA 507 USA 6525 USA 3 USA 368 359 USA 50254 USA 390 USA 60633 USA 400 USA 3175 USA 50996 B 45 USA 59 USA 32319 USA 25580 USA 60826 USA 35009 USA 52774 USA 52734

George & Janet Seaverns David K Wilson Don M Thinschmidt & Don M Thinschmidt Jr Donald A Hinckfoot & Art Mason John Vermeulen Scott & Melissa Conger Mark Rasmussen & Jason Shilson William M Newman Fernando Assens Rose Marie Whitney And Oatfield W Whitney III Richard Stage Michael & Felicia Platzke Andy & Lise Spence-Parsons David Kaufman Joe Hummel & Beth Lore Charles M Bayer, Jr Andrew Price Dave Simon Tracy Hixon & Michael Haney Renata Kuszyk & Adam Ferenz J Lawrence Taunt Tony Kus Daniel Koules David Day Arvid Eiesland & Joe Kestler David P Hughes Dale L Brown Keith W Eickenberg Woody, John, & Will Hansmann Ulrich Noorman Matthew Arno Jim & Cheryl Kelly Bruce, Chris & Eric Metcalf Tom & Shirley Dekker Richard Gravengood/David Jankura Robert, Brooke & Josh Kolar William Moe Mark Gurney Michael Ciechanowski/Mark Schermerhorn Michael Steck James Murray Dave Pierce Sheldon Dummer Mark Nichols, Patrick Nichols Rocque Lipford Jr Gene Kovalsky Ray Teborek, Kevin Teborek Arunas Kubelskas Richard Dickson/Ralph J Hanses Charlie Schroeder Nancy & Tim Snyder Randy Kuhn, James Richter Mark Birringer Jim Weyand Bradford Kimmel Joseph & Sherry Bonadies

Buffalo Grove, IL Muskegon, MI Holland, Mi Ny Uk Macomb Township, MI West Bloomfield, MI Wauwatosa, WI Chicago, IL Muskegon, MI Chicago, IL Denver, CO Chicago, IL Downers Grove, IL Maple Grove, MN Chicago, IL Wilmette, IL Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Northern Shores, MI Grosse Pointe Woods, MI Chicago, IL Des Plaines, IL Kentwood, MI East Tawas, MI Glenview, IL Bay City, MI Glenview, IL Chicago, IL Michigan City, IN Naperville, IL Northbrook, IL Grand Rapids, MI Arlington, TX Milwaukee, WI Burr Ridge, IL Cedar Grove, WI Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids, MI Norridge, IL Naperville, IL Lake Bluff, IL Hoffman Estates, IL Grayslake, IL Lake City, MN Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Westmont, IL Palos Park, IL Medina, MN Chicago, IL Lake Forest, IL Miami Beach, FL Southfield, MI Grosse Pointe Park, MI Clarkston, MI

Anchorage Yacht Club White Lake Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club North Star Sail Club North Star Sail Club South Shore Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club None Great Lakes Singlehanded Society Chicago Yacht Club Wayzata Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Crescent Sail Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club None Muskegon Yacht Club Tawas Bay Yacht Club Sheridan Shore Yacht Club Bay City Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Michigan City Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club None Fort Worth Boat Club South Shore Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Port Washington Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Midwest Open Racing Fleet None Chicago Yacht Club None The Anchorage Yacht Club Lake City Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club None Chicago Yacht Club Wayzata Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club

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NAME

SAIL #

OWNER(S)/CHARTER(S)

CITY/STATE

CLUB

Cynthia Dakota Damn Yankee Das Boot Defiance Denali Denali^3 Details Dire Wolf Driven 2 Dynamis Eagle Eagles Wings Edge Eleven Elixir Endeavour Endless Summer Entourage II Epic Equation Erica Erizo De Mar Esprit d’Écosse Evolution Evvai Exile Fandango Fantastic Fantome FarrCry Fast Tango Fearless FireFly FishTales Flash Gordon 6 Flying Pig Flyswatter FOG Foray Fortunate Sun Free Agent Free Radical Freedom Freedom Full Tilt FUNTECH Gangbusters Gaucho Gauntlet Geronimo Global Nomads Goat Rodeo Gotta Wanta Gwhiz Heartbreaker Heartbreaker High Priority 2 Hiwassee Holligan II Hooligan Hot Lips Hot Ticket Husaria

USA 6869 USA 25443 USA 2001 USA 51457 USA 52575 USA 97363 USA 84003 USA 50045 USA 35035 USA 271 USA 52701 USA 38006 USA 40101 USA 4001 USA 16615 USA 037 USA 52974 USA 50332 USA 35053 USA 35427 USA 323 USA 30475 USA 101 USA 50638 USA 70 USA 53581 USA 88 USA 51909 USA 25618 USA 6949 USA 52992 USA 15004 USA 61177 USA 40935 USA 975 USA 60002 USA 424 USA 51170 USA 26219 USA 52832 USA 85 USA 97350 USA 52051 USA 84 USA 60857 USA 249 USA 5455 USA 480 USA 45367 USA 18188 USA 50326 USA 325 USA 359 USA 84 USA 24 USA 35004 USA 88528 USA 25411 USA 39530 Can 52919 USA 888 USA 40027 USA 25328 POL 9146

Andrew & Betty Grootendorst, Susan Hertog Steven Sickler Theodore K Johnson Jay And Cindy Muller Dale Smirl Rick Hennig William F McKinley Lance Smotherman Jeffrey Janicek James G Milliken Mike Shields And Brien Baker Jerry & Shawn O'Neill John J Gottwald Robert P McManus Gene McCarthy Ron and Janel Groth Matthew & Emily Gallagher Dwain Lutzow, Scott Lutzow and Beth Lutzow Michael, Peter, and Steve Dannecker Ray And Winnie Adams Bill Alcott/Tom Anderson Brian Kaczor And Michael Kaczor Antoni Czupryna, Waldemar Emmerich Ross & Judith McLean Chris Saxton Matthew Songer Andy & Sarah Graff Martin Luken III Dave Schoenfeld And Steve Bussolari Deirdre Martin Warrior Sailing Tim Prophit Russ Salzman/David G Brown Sheri Dufresne Mike & Dawn Fisher Helmut and Evan Jahn Mike Sheppard Mark Pirie Greg Rasmussen Raymond E Powers III (Skip), Christopher V Torrey John Dunlevy Miles P Depaepe Robert Nelson & Anthony Bowker James Cooper Miroslaw Owczarek Peter Priede Charles C Hess Mark Gannon Mark & Diane Bouckaert Guy Hiestand Herb Philbrick Michael Hettel Robert Evans Robert Mampe Geoffrey M Davis Eric Oesterle Robert L Hughes David Shneider Ian Fisher Bruce Pierce Joel Carroll Christopher Whitford Mike & Bob Kirkman Krzysztof Kaminski

Coloma, MI Chicago, IL Buffalo, NY Chicago, IL Oak Park, IL Franksville, WI Harbor Springs, MI Naples, FL Plainfield, IL Traverse City, MI Saint Clair Shores, MI Chicago, IL Glencoe, IL Whitefish Bay, WI Chicago, IL Saint Joseph, MI Chicago, IL Lagrange, IL Chicago, IL West Bloomfield, MI Saint Clair Shores, MI New Lenox, IL Marengo, IL Chicago, IL Plymouth, MI Marquette, MI Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Evanston, IL Evanston, IL Charleston, SC St Clair Shores, MI Chicago, IL Bay City, MI Lake Leelanau, MI Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Charlevoix, MI Geneva, IL Western Springs, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Lemont, IL Grosse Pointe Park, MI Glenview, IL Homer Glen, IL Bloomfield Hills, MI Aurora, IL Lisle, IL Grand Rapids, MI Chesterton, IN Peoria, IL Chicago, IL Traverse City, MI Oak Park, IL Glen Ellyn, IL Ada, MI East Lansing, MI River Forest, IL Toronto, ON Pleasant Prairie, WI Chicago, IL Novi, MI Lake Bluff, IL

St Joseph River Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Buffalo Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Racine Yacht Club Little Traverse Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Grand Traverse Yacht Club Detroit Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Milwaukee Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club St Joseph River Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club None Joseph Conrad Yacht Club Midwest Open Racing Fleet Bayview Yacht Club Marquette Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Warrior Sailing Bayview Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Bay City Yacht Club Grand Traverse Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club None Charlevoix Yacht Club None Columbia Yacht Club Midwest Open Racing Fleet Midwest Open Racing Fleet None Grosse Pointe Sail Club Sheridan Shore Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Burnham Park Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Michigan City Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Sommerset Pointe Yacht Club & Marina Grand Traverse Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Little Traverse Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Mimico Cruising Club Milwaukee Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Polish Yachting Association of North America

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NAME

SAIL #

OWNER(S)/CHARTER(S)

CITY/STATE

CLUB

Il Mostro Imagine Imedi Imp Impulse Infinite Diversion Infinity Instigator Intangible J Hawker Jahazi Jambo Jasmin Jason Jing Bang Joie De Vie Joint Venture Joysea Julianna Just One More Kama Hele Kashmir Koko Loko 2 Kutty's Ark La Tempete Liberty Liberty

USA 1948 USA 39505 USA 52725 USA 52466 USA 60111 USA 54 USA 16676 USA 51587 USA 52239 USA 50666 USA 52039 USA 238 USA 60455 USA 39536 USA 411 USA 119 USA 37731 USA D37 USA 60361 USA 64 USA 61610 USA 12 USA 52411 USA 6710 USA 51146 USA 124 USA 25656

Peter & Christopher Thornton Gintaras Karaitis Mark Hauf Blair Jones George Miz, Peter Dreher, Mark Hatfield Joseph S Haas James Grant Matthew Mergener Tom Falck Dave Sandlin, Ken Brown Frank Giampoli Joseph Marciniak, Cynthia Marciniak David Ormesher, Todd Williamson, Jon Sawyer Edward P Cohen David H Finlay Donna Hastings/Randy Hastings Harry D Bush, Phil Bush Tom & Joyce Pfeifer Timothy & Julianna Klaff Spencer Thomason Sharon & Gregory Olejniczak Brummel/Henderson/Mayer Tomek Kokocinski George Morrissey and Joe McGinnis Thomas Weber And Ryan Weber Ray Douglas & Kris Maybach Robert Bert

Burr Ridge, IL Union Pier, MI Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Winnetka, WI Culver, IN Mequon, WI Burr Ridge, IL Linden, MI Geneva, IL Naperville, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Naperville, IL Green Bay, WI Lakewood, IL Manitou Springs, CO Porter, IN Pewaukee, WI Chicago, IL Winnetka, IL Chicago, IL Romeoville, IL Saint Charles, IL Hawthorn Woods, IL North Street, MI

Chicago Yacht Club St Joseph River Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club None Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Michigan City Yacht Club South Shore Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Burnham Park Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club The Anchorage Yacht Club Lake Michigan Singlehanded Society None The Poor Man's Yacht Club Milwaukee Yacht Club North Point Sail Racing Association Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club The Anchorage Yacht Club Port Huron Yacht Club

Lighten Up

USA 60720

Charles Goodbar, Lynda Stephens, Jim Trofimuk, Marianne Stanke, John Wade

Chicago, IL

Columbia Yacht Club

Liquid Lounge II Loki Longbow Loose Shoes Lucky Dubie M*A*S*H M-43 Madcap Maggie Mae Main Street Marabelle Margaritaville Mary Gail Maskwa Mazal Tov MC^2 Measure for Measure Meat Meridian X Merlin Michela Mirage Mischief Mise En Place Misty Mockingbird Momentus Monitor Mosquito Mrs Jones Mutiny Mystic Natalie J Night Moves Night Train

USA 245 USA 26665 USA 143 USA 41715 USA 72 USA 412 USA 32128 USA 18431 USA 262 USA 50048 USA 61091 USA 50694 USA 112 USA 11508 USA 50659 USA 45777 USA 53026 USA 40433 USA 404 USA 8955 USA 42492 USA 32611 USA 26318 USA 76 USA 602 USA 52329 USA 24 USA 29 USA 39502 USA 50399 USA 311 USA 40113 USA 5252 USA 25999 USA 42525

Jim Caesar William E Derrah FK Day Jonathan & Joan Jacobs, Mark & Grace Thomsen Len Siegal Ron Kallen Tyler Wilson, Tristan Wilson, Cam Wilson, Tim Throm John & Marian Hoskins Peter Wright Bill and Jean Schanen Owner Russell Cross Greg And Ann Gills Benjamin Lumpkin Donald P Waller Arne & Deborah Fliflet Daniel Lewis Paul Uhl Brian Kennalley, Edward Mui, Craig Roehl W S Shelhorse Chip Merlin Miguel Gambetta John Boyle David Travis Paul Thompson Tom & Caroll McIntosh Chris Duhon Kevin Saedi / Raman Yousefi Mark Veenstra Dave Radtke Michael R Jones John Schellenbach William Hoyer Philip & Sharon O'Niel III Henry E Mistele Brian Morgan

Chicago, IL Western Springs, IL Saint Joseph, MI Wauwatosa, WI Chicago, IL Highland Park, IL Kalamazoo, MI Mundelein, IL Hinsdale, IL Port Washington, WI Pentwater, MI Elmhurst, IL Evanston, IL Oakbrook, IL Champaign, IL North Oaks, MN Evanston, IL Chicago, IL Virginia Beach, VA Tampa, FL Schererville, IN Aurora, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Lake Forest, IL Chicago, IL Oak Park, IL Kenosha, WI Milwaukee, WI Valparaiso, IN Chicago, IL Hamilton, MI Bloomfield Hills, MI Grosse Pointe, MI Chicago, IL

Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Milwaukee Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club South Haven Yacht Club South Shore Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Port Washington Yacht Club Pentwater Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Burnham Park Yacht Club Herrington Harbour Sailing Association Wayzata Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Hampton Yacht Club St Petersburg Yacht Club Michigan City Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Jackson Park Yacht Club Jackson Park Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Great Lakes Singlehanded Society Milwaukee Yacht Club Michigan City Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Blinker | Summer 2018

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NAME

SAIL #

OWNER(S)/CHARTER(S)

CITY/STATE

CLUB

Nighthawk Nirvana No Quarter Northstar NorthStar Nosurprise Ob La Di! Obsession Ocean Odyssey Ohana Ollie On Edge Painkiller 4 Pandora Paradigm Shift Patriot Peregrine Perico Phantom Pommes Frites Program Promo Proof Providence Pterodactyl Pura Vida Radiance Rainbows End Rambler Relentless Renegade Retention Return To Sender Rhumb Runner Rogue Rowdy Roxy Runaway Rush Sagamore Sail Monkey Salsa Sante' Scarlet Begonias Scheherezade Sealark Serenity Shmokin Joe Shoe String Shorthanded Silk Sin Duda!

Sirocco 3 Sirocco VI Skull Cracker Skye Slapshot II Sleeping Tiger Sociable Solution Solution Soulshine Souvenir

USA 25634 USA 52983 USA 117 USA 246 USA 61048 USA 60611 USA 1414 USA 60780 USA 7779 USA 11677 USA 61063 USA T-1 USA 43535 USA 38005 USA 42507 USA 25578 USA 381 USA 381 USA 60376 USA 243 USA 60844 USA 1313 USA 52791 USA 50793 USA 6649 USA 617 USA 112 USA 51541 USA 26340 USA 12 USA 56565 USA 26 USA 410 USA 52592 USA 51219 USA 50631 USA 47 USA 25663 USA 52337 USA 6204 USA 77984 USA 52249 USA 50136 USA 52626 USA 60657 USA 42747 USA 349 USA 42234 USA 20 USA 34109 USA 58484 USA 52940 USA 28252 USA 52488 USA 50134 USA 111 USA 46892 USA 124 USA 25900 USA 60102 USA 43 USA 40025 USA 60310 USA 13191

Jan Van Den Kieboom David & Kim Hoff Mark & Colin Caliban David Gustman Leslie Kohler, Paul Bartelt, Danielle Kohler David Irish Rick, Bobby And Kelly Jean Reed Matt Nurre / Stephanie Nurre Gary Feracota - Jim Banovitz David Bohl Jeffrey & Robert Smetters John Thomas, Pat Sellenraad, Tim Walli, Dave Strum Steve Dorfman Alice O Martin Hank Graziano Dave Dickerson, Steve Daube, John Brofman Laura Studders Mark Stoll Ryan Johnson Peter Schwarzbach Mike Evans Earle Atwater, Kara Allen John Kuber Michael Fozo And Robin Kendrick Jerry & Greg Miarecki Mark Symonds John B Kalanik Jr Benjamin L White Steven J Fink Ben & Mandy Wilson Mark Hagan Thomas And Beth Ann Papoutsis Mark & Joni Croll Andrew Dillon Katie Goldman Finnegan & Brian Goldman Peter Engel Richard C Witzel Jr Don Condit Tom Gorey Jeff Alisch Bob Zeman,Laura Z Martin,Tone Martin William McGuinn Jim Gignac Robert Nepstad Kevin Foote Jamal Alwattar Clark Pellett Jack Marks & Arnold Hirsch Jeffrey S Schaefer Jay Grizzell Robert C Hughes Jud Brown Fritz Duda Sr, Lindsey Duda Robert Klairmont William & Viviana Fanizzo Daniel L Kitchens Jane & Jeff Hoswell Scott Sims John Harvey / Rick Titsworth Robert Arzbaecher Tracy Brand William H Francis Jarrett Altmin Steve Schiller

Shorewood, WI Wheaton, IL Tinley Park, IL Wilmette, IL Sheboygan, WA Harbor Springs, MI Chicago, IL Chicago, IL River Forest, IL Whitefish Bay, WI Cary, IL Bay City, MI Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Hinsdale, IL Palatine, IL Western Springs, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Richfield, WI Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Chicago, IL Lake Angelus, MI Chicago, IL Oak Park, IL Skokie, IL Chicago, IL Traverse City, MI Winnetka, IL Chicago, IL Milwaukee, WI Chicago, IL Milwaukee, WI Chicago, IL Grand Rapids, MI Chicago, IL West Fork, AR Chicago, IL Chicago, IL La Grange, IL Grand Rapids, MI Chicago, IL Bannockburn, IL Chicago, IL Highland Park, IL Elm Grove, WI Park Ridge, IL Holland, MI Saint Joseph, MI Chicago, IL Lake Forest, IL Chicago, IL Huntleigh, MO La Grange, IL Wilmette, IL Novi, MI Brookfield, WI Holland, MI Grosse Pointe Park, MI Chicago, IL Muskegon, MI

Milwaukee Yacht Club Midwest Open Racing Fleet South Haven Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Sheboygan Yacht Club Little Traverse Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Milwaukee Yacht Club Midwest Open Racing Fleet Bay City Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Kenosha Yacht Club Burnham Park Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club None Milwaukee Yacht Club Grosse Pointe Sail Club Chicago Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Grand Traverse Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club South Shore Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club South Shore Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club St Joseph River Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Racine Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club St Joseph River Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Milwaukee Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club

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NAME

SAIL #

OWNER(S)/CHARTER(S)

CITY/STATE

CLUB

Spanker Spirit Walker

USA 51196 USA 28380

Boyd Rice And Rollin Pierce J Andrew Woodruff

Chicago, IL Denver, CO

Columbia Yacht Club South Haven Yacht Club

Spitfire

USA 42252

Jonathan R Burba, Mike F Cunningham & James K Hellquist

Chicago, IL

Waukegan Yacht Club

Split Decision St. Francis Steadfast Striking Stripes Success Sufficient Reason Surface Tension Surprise Swiftsure Synchronicity Taipan Talisman Tango in Blue Tenacity Terminal Velocity Texana The Asylum

USA 82 USA 51651 USA 51045 USA 60 USA 25168 USA 42484 USA 4215 USA 64986 USA 23507 USA 40888 USA 19145 USA 51746 USA 482 USA 50593 USA 54951 USA 407 USA 40512 USA 673

Nick Norris Jairo & Maria D Cruz Arthur C Osterwald Vanessa L Gates Bill Martin Kasey Iwasyk Mitchell Padnos Shawn Pautz Bill Strzelewicz Ronald C Ehlert Chris Mallett Lloyd Karzen and Scott Jackman Bruce Aikens Daniel Griggs, David Gullo, Maxwell Bardeen Bob Barnowski, Peter Cooper, Peter O'Malley Simon Beemsterboer Dallas Johnson, Scott Rosenbaum Jon Weglarz

Elmwood Park, IL Olympia Fields, IL Grand Rapids, MI Chicago, IL Ann Arbor, MI Park Ridge, IL Holland, MI Richardson , TX Waukegan, IL Wyoming, MI Vermilion, OH Glen Ellyn, IL West Bloomfield, MI Northfield, IL Winfield, IL Chicago, IL Wayzata, MN Chicago, IL

Chicago Yacht Club Burnham Park Yacht Club Bayshore Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Midwest Open Racing Fleet Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Chandlers Landing The Anchorage Yacht Club Bayshore Yacht Club Vermilion Boat Club Chicago Yacht Club Little Traverse Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Midwest Open Racing Fleet Chicago Yacht Club Wayzata Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club

The Flying Spaghetti Monster

USA 32756

Mitchell A Weisman

Chicago, IL

Kingston Yacht Club

Tide The Knot Timberwolf Time Out Titan TOA Touch of Grey

USA 52845 USA 50288 USA 333 USA 25633 USA 224 USA 32776

Robert/Connie Metzen Terry & Patti McMahon Doug Evans Dumouchelle, Schultes, Aitken Bruce Danly/Jim Mitchell Larry Schell

Prospect Heights, IL Glendale, WI Whitefish Bay, WI Grosse Pointe City, MI Lake Bluff, IL Ogden Dunes, IN

Midwest Open Racing Fleet Milwaukee Yacht Club Milwaukee Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club

Trippwire

USA 7747

Martin Greydanus, Scott Vander Linde, Jim Hudson, Katie Hudson

Ada, MI

Macatawa Bay Yacht Club

Triumvirate Troubadour Truant Turning Point Unknown Lady² Usual Suspects Utah Valhalla Vanda III Variance Vayu Veni Vidi Veatchi Victrix Vivienne Vno Vytis Warlock Water Works Wellenreiter Whisper Whitecap Willie J Wind Czar Windquest Windsong Winnebago Winsome More Wired Witch-Craft Wizard Xuberance Yachtzy

USA 51543 USA 10 USA 40202 GER 1979 USA 40655 USA 406 USA 90 USA 384 USA 270 USA 100 USA 51377 USA 60500 USA 25439 USA 43996 USA 60819 USA 104 USA 28 USA 26302 USA 39535 USA 42934 USA 31320 USA 50799 USA 43 USA 28686 USA 30 USA 26300 USA 352 USA 40742 USA 26317 USA 4511 USA 60597 USA 33539

Eric S Jones, Scott J Hornick, Andrew Hopkins Lawrence & Felicia Wilhelm Walter and Holly Kawula David Hardy David L Ward Eric Wynsma Bradley Faber Mike & Kathie Newman Jack Toliver & Jim Toliver Carl Hanssen Ron Buzil Jason Veatch Curtis A Kime Tom Tabor Earl Lyden Gyt Petkus Tom Dickson Rick And Mary Ann Lillie Ron Schults, Greg Weykamp, Jimmy Carolla Tom Barnes & Janet Holden William Walsh Doug Petter Richard Lehmann Doug DeVos Tim Wade John Dybas Greg McCray Brian Angioletti Chuck Norton Nathan Webb, Gary McDonnell, Alex Webb David & Peter Askew Jeff & Susan Barton Ross Schoolmaster

Milwaukee, WI Chicago, IL Wilmette, IL Mishawaka, IN Chicago, IL East Grand Rapids, MI Owosso, MI Palos Park, IL Glen Ellyn, IL Ada, MI Chicago, IL Clarendon Hills, IL Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Ada, MI Muskegon, MI La Grange, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Saint Joseph, MI Oak Park, IL Holland, MI Holland, MI Paradise Valley, AZ Macatawa, MI Bowling Green, OH Chicago, IL Saint Charles, IL Park Ridge, IL Elmhurst, IL Salt Lake City, UT Wilmette, IL Grand Rapids, MI

South Shore Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Jackson Park Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Muskegon Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club St Joseph River Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Little Traverse Yacht Club Macatawa Bay Yacht Club Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Columbia Yacht Club None Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club Jackson Park Yacht Club Bayview Yacht Club Chicago Yacht Club None Blinker | Summer 2018

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RACE PREVIEW:

110th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac

By Matt Gallagher

When over 315 boats cross the start line on July 20th & 21st this year in the 110th running of the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac presented by Wintrust, they will become part of a proud tradition. A tradition that looks nature straight in the eyes and never backs down – all the way up Lake Michigan.

From its humble beginnings with a five-boat fleet in 1898, the Mac has become one of the largest and most prestigious sailboat races in the world. With conditions varying from dead calms to furious storms – sometimes over the course of a single race, and sometimes a single day - the Mac has truly grown to become America’s offshore challenge. The approximately 2,500 sailors from around the world who set forth this July will join a long list of thousands more who have taken on the challenge – including names of elite sailors like Conner and Turner, Enright and Towill, Hutchinson and Canfield, as well as less well-known but equally competitive sailors who make the Mac the highlight of their summer.

In 2017’s race, the fleet of 296 boats that started the race truly learned what it meant to be a part of America’s offshore challenge. With extreme conditions on both ends of the spectrum –severe storms with too much wind and doldrums with no wind – the fleet faced everything nature could throw at it. Nearly 1/3 of the fleet retired from the race due to damage or illness of crew members. Nearly all of those boats are returning to face nature again in 2018, along with many new entrants.

The 333-statute mile course (289 nautical miles) from Chicago to Mackinac Island, MI is wide open, and competitors can choose any course up the lake to the finish. Racers will choose a course based on the unique characteristics of their boats and the weather conditions they face (primarily wind) as they attempt to cross the finish line as fast as possible. Along the way, they’ll pass the monumental landmarks of the race as many before have—places like Point Betsie, Sleeping Bear Dunes, the Manitous, Grays Reef, and, of course, the iconic

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Mackinac Bridge. Truly, the Mac has a beauty to it, to which no other offshore race in the world can compare.

Upon arrival at Mackinac Island, the racers are greeted with the smells of fudge and horses and views of the Grand Hotel.

While Mackinac Island is an oasis for sailors who have battled for days, it’s also where the reckoning takes place. At the end of the day, who battled Lake Michigan the best and takes home the silver? The Mac, like many offshore races, is raced under the Offshore Racing Rule, or ORR, a handicap rule that allows boats of different designs to race fairly against one another. A correction factor is applied to the time it takes each competitor to finish the race, and the boat with the lowest corrected time wins. The boats race in three major divisions, with the majority of the fleet in the monohull Racing Division which starts Saturday, July 21. Multihull racing boats also start on Saturday July 21, and the Cruising Division, comprised of monohull cruiser-racers, starts a day earlier on July 20.

The Racing Division features monohull boats from 29’ long up to 86’ long, with crews as small as five sailors and as large as 22. The Racing Division is divided in half, with the larger boats racing for the Mackinac Cup and the smaller boats for the Mackinac Trophy. (These trade places each year, so in 2019, the large boats will be racing for the Mackinac Trophy and the small boats for the Mackinac Cup).

Wizard, a Reichel/Pugh 74, owned by David & Peter Askew from Bayview Yacht Club, is defending its title in the big-boat division. “[2017] was a great race for us,” said Charlie Enright, a crew member on Wizard and currently skipper of Vestas 11th Hour Ocean Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race. “Despite the variety of different weather conditions, we were able to come out with a successful result.” Others sure to be competitive include Windquest, owned by Doug Devos of Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, and the numerous GL70s, including Bill Martin’s Stripes (Bayview Yacht Club). Yet, since weather of the Mac is

so variable, contenders always will include the many boats racing in their ORR sections, as well as boats in the onedesign fleets like the J/120s, Beneteau 40.7s, and J/111s.

TOA, the 2017 winner of the small boat division, is back again in 2018. Chicago Yacht Club members Bruce Danly and Jim Mitchell are the owners of TOA. Said Mitchell about the 2017 race, “This was the race of a lifetime, definitely one for the books. Our crew worked hard and made the dream come true.” TOA faces stiff competition in 2018 from many boats such as three-time winner Providence, owned by past CYC Commodore Greg Miarecki and his father, Jerry Miarecki.

Numerous one-design racers in fleets such as Beneteau 36.7s, J/105s, J/109s, Level 35s, and T-10s, plus many racers in sections racing under ORR will also vie for the prize.

Over 40 boats will start in the Cruising Division on Friday, July 20. Trois Vignes, owned by John Palmer of the Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, was last year’s winner of the Vannena Cup for best corrected time in the Cruising Division. The Cruising Division, the newest division in the Race, is also the source of much of the growth in the number of boats sailing the Mac. 2017 Multihull winner Arete, owned by Rick Warner of Port Huron Yacht Club, also won the SuperMac, a race held occasionally from Chicago all the way to Pt. Huron, MI. This year’s race features a smaller, but still competitive, section of multihull boats which, if conditions are right, will fly up the lake.

The Royono Trophy is awarded to the first monohull boat to cross the finish line. In past years, all racing boats (monohull and multihull) competed for this trophy, but in 2018 it is returning to its roots as a trophy for monohull boats in the Racing Division. The multihull Arete won the Royono last year, but this year the competition among large, fast monohull boats will be intense. Joe Haas, Chicago Yacht Club Member and past Commodore took the first-to-finish trophy for the cruising division, the Ile Aux Galets Trophy, in Infinite Diversion.

The Race would not be possible without the hundreds of dedicated volunteers, most of whom are Chicago Yacht Club

members, and the incredible professional staff of the Chicago Yacht Club. Collectively, volunteers and staff put in thousands of hours of time year-round to make the Mac the incredible experience it is, both on the water and on land in Chicago and Mackinac. We’d like to highlight a couple of the people who make the race possible.

Long-time racer, Mac Committee member, and race committee volunteer Lloyd Karzen is the heart and soul of Island operations for the Mac race. The race would not be possible without him. He is the first member of our team to arrive on the Island, and the last to leave. Whether it’s setting up the trailer, getting the docks ready, or playing general troubleshooter, Lloyd is what makes the Island work for the thousands of us who arrive at the Island each July.

Working with Lloyd is CYC’s On-the-Water Director, Jay Kehoe.

Jay, fresh off of running on-the-water operations for the 35th America’s Cup, brings a wealth of experience to planning and executing the race. He somehow fits 270 boats into a harbor designed for 70 on the Island. All racers and fans are in debt to Jay and Lloyd and the many other volunteers and staff who make this race possible each year.

The Mac Race’s commitment to safety can be seen in every action and every decision made during the course of the year. In addition to putting hundreds of sailors through safety training annually and communicating a message of safety to our sailors, the Mac is a nationwide leader in drafting and adopting safety equipment regulations for offshore sailing. The US Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements, used nationally, are based on the Chicago Mac Safety Regulations developed and in use here in the Great Lakes for over a decade. Our organization’s goal is to have everyone race fast AND safely to the Island.

Finally, a word of thanks to our sponsors. Without the sponsors who support this race, it would not be possible to bring America’s offshore challenge to the thousands who participate each year. We are grateful for the strong support of Presenting Sponsor Wintrust, as well as the many other sponsors who support our sport and our Race with such enthusiasm.

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Top Ten Boats to Watch In America’s Offshore Challenge 1. Meat (Brian Kennalley, Edward Mui & Craig Roehl,

Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club) – Fresh off their impressive win in the 2017 US Offshore Championship in Annapolis, the Tartan 10 Meat will look to continue its success back home in Chicago and return to the podium. Featuring a crew whose average age is 33 and is over 70 percent female, Meat is a great amateur team in the alwayscompetitive T-10 fleet – one of the largest fleets of offshore one-designs racing in the Mac.

2. Merlin (Chip Merlin, St. Petersburg Yacht Club) –

Designed by one of the most innovative men in the history of yacht design, Legendary West Coast sled Merlin owned the record for the Transpac Race for an incredible 20 years.

New owner Chip Merlin’s family and crew will arrive in Chicago directly after competing in the Newport to Bermuda Race this June, and they will be joined by CYCRTM Chairperson Sarah Renz for the run to Mackinac Island. Will the Merlins rise to the challenge aboard Merlin?

How will this classic flyer fare against the tough, similarlysized GL-70 sled fleet? We’ll know soon!

3. Wizard (David & Peter Askew, Bayview Yacht Club). The defending 2017 Mac big-boat division winner is 74’ of power and efficiency. With their incredible class victory ‘Down-Under’ in the prestigious Rolex Sydney Hobart Race (aboard a 70-footer also called Wizard), Maryland-based brothers Peter and David return with their Reichel-Pugh mini-maxi Wizard to take on the fastest boats in the fleet.

With a crew featuring numerous Hobart Race, Volvo Ocean Race, and America’s Cup veterans, the Askews likely have their eyes on an even bigger prize –the overall winner’s trophy.

4. Warrior 53 (Warrior Sailing Program) – The wildly

successful Warrior Sailing Program is expanding its outreach and racing opportunities to the Great Lakes in 2018, and the Mac, America’s Offshore Challenge is the centerpiece of the summer’s exciting program. The Warrior program provides maritime education, sailing, and racing outreach to wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans of the US Armed Forces. Working alongside 31 Blinker | Summer 2018

Every one of the more than 315 boats registered for the 110th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac® has stories of competition, friendship, family, drama, and achievement. We’ve picked 10 teams that you may want to watch during the 2018 Race.

pro sailors, Warrior 53’s crew includes eight Warrior Program graduates who will work and race aboard the 53’ racer for the entire month of July and gain valuable skills both on and off the water. Don’t think they are here just to get experience – both the veterans and the pros are loaded with winning experience and the kind of perseverance and toughness than only soldiers have.

5. TOA (Bruce Danly & Jim Mitchell, Chicago Yacht Club) – This well-sailed J/109 is back to defend her 2017 overall victory in the small boat division with a new sail configuration that should increase performance with a minimal impact to the rating. Winning the CYCRTM takes great sailing, excellent preparation, and a big dose of luck, but Mitchell and Danly are adding a hefty dose of science and design to their tool bag to try to win the 2018 edition.

6. Il Mostro (Peter & Christopher Thornton, Chicago Yacht Club) – After setting a new Chicago-to-Mackinac outright (non-race) record last October, the Thorntons are back with their fan-favorite Volvo 70 Il Mostro to try to repeat their feat during this July’s CYCRTM. They’ll need an incredible amount of luck to break their own record, but as one of the quickest boats in the fleet with a stellar crew, Il Mostro is always in the running for line honors and more.

7. Infinity (Jim Grant, Michigan City Yacht Club) – Jim Grant found this classic 1969-built Islander 37 abandoned in a boatyard in 2005. Lovingly restored from its derelict state by the owner and crew, Infinity is swaddled in sails, cushions, and deck covers that have all been hand-sewn by the crew. If a crew’s passion and love for their yacht can help propel it to victory, look for big things from this Michigan City-based team.

8. Entourage II (Michael Dannecker, Chicago Yacht Club) - Local standout Dannecker joins the fray of the small sportboats with his entry into the resurgent group of 1D35 owners racing throughout the Midwest. With a lifetime of high-level one-design racing in J/24s, Etchells, and many more, Dannecker adds numerous CYC Associate members to his crew to help the Entourage II make a great showing on the island.

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everything a sailor can win in the ultra-competitive Farr 40 Class, and this multiple World and National Champion father/son duo will go after yet another victory against seven identical boats in the 2018 Mac. With Chicago hosting the international Farr 40 World Championship in October, the fleet is firing on all cylinders. The Jahn boys and their crew are looking to make an emphatic statement to every Farr 40 competitor that Lake Michigan is their turf.

10. Denali^3 (William McKinley, Little Traverse Yacht Club). A brand-new Ker 46+, Denali “Cubed” is yet another in a long line of beautifully-designed and well-sailed Denali boats from longtime racer Bill McKinley. Designed by speed-obsessed Jason Ker and built by the high-tech McConaghy yard, the newest Denali is a purpose-built racing machine crewed by some of Michigan’s best racers. McKinley has had success in many racing machines over the years, but will Denali be able to conquer the mountain that is the Mac--America’s Offshore Challenge?

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y Safet at Sea

By Shawn O’Neill

For the better part of five decades, I have been sailing and racing offshore boats as crew and owner on the Chicago

Practice more!

lakefront and participated in the last 39 consecutive Chicago

Dedicate time with your crew to show where the safety gear

Mac Races. Having been a Mac Committee member since

is located and practice using it. While you are sitting on the

1998 and a past Mac Chair in 2001, I have been involved in

water in postponement waiting for the wind, try discussing

countless discussions about safety rules, requirements and

different emergency scenarios and talk about what steps

practices. After all that experience, some might question the

need to happen for a successful outcome.

usefulness or need to take a safety course and to them I say: “Take the course, it’s definitely worth it!”

On the weekend of April 7th, I participated in the two-day version of U.S. Sailing’s Safety at Sea Seminar. The previous two times I completed the course, I opted for the one-day version of this course. The two-day version has the added benefit of hands on training with life rafts and personal safety equipment in a swimming pool.

Don’t keep it a secret!

When something goes pear shaped, ask for help. Whether it’s a person in the water, fire, hull breach or injury you should be hailing emergency responders on VHF Channel 16. In a calm, clear voice you need to tell them a few things: 1) Position – be as specific as possible (GPS Coordinates) 2) People – how many on your boat 3) Nature of your emergency 4) Description of your boat – be as detailed as possible!

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Know your equipment!

Wear your PFD!

If you haven’t pulled the flares out in recent history or taken a

While at the swimming pool on day two of the course,

close look at your life jacket, there is no time like the present

everyone had the opportunity to jump in the water wearing

to carefully inspect all your safety gear. On day two of the

full foul weather gear without a PFD. I learned that I did not

seminar we had the opportunity to fire off multiple flares of

float well, and it is very difficult to swim! If you were to add

all shapes and sizes. I was impressed with how different the

wind, cold water, darkness and waves to the mix; survival

instructions were from one flare to another and it took time to

would be darn near impossible.

read and understand these instructions prior to deployment.

When an emergency occurs, the conditions are usually bad and time is of the essence so being familiar with your safety gear could be the difference that saves someone’s life.

Taking a few days to review safety protocols and be exposed to new technology was well worth the time and financial investment. Whether you are new to the sport or a seasoned veteran, the course has value for all experience levels.

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MACKINAC ISLAND:

Also the perfect weekend

If you think Mackinac Island is just a destination for the Mac Race, think again!

TripAdvisor just named Mackinac Island the #1 summer travel destination in the US for 2018. Known for its fudge shops lining Main Street and The Grand Hotel, the island offers charming Victorian architecture and feel, taking you back in time. There are many wonderful things to see and do making it a perfect romantic weekend for couples or a weekend filled with history and fun for families. By Rose Mills “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads”:

“The good old horse-and-buggy days”:

Getting to the island, take the Mackinac Island Ferry from Mackinaw City or St. Ignace. If you’re coming by car, you will drive to either city, park your car and hop on Shepler’s Ferry or Starline Ferry, which depart daily during season. Sit back and enjoy the 30-minute ferry ride!

With over 70 miles of trails and history, there is no better way to see and get around the island!

“Bicycle! Bicycle! I want to ride my bicycle!”: Why not enjoy the scenery while also getting some quality exercise?

The island is pretty flat making the ride less strenuous than you think. The best part? You’ll have a water view for the entire 8-mile ride!

TIP! Stop at Daud’s Grocer, located across from the Visitor’s Center, to pick up picnic supplies for a beautiful picnic during your bike ride. Fun fact: Daud’s claims to be the oldest family-operated grocery store in America!

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1. Carriage Tour: Taking a carriage tour offers a great history lesson, scenic highlights of the island and the opportunity to sit back and relax on a horse-drawn carriage! Your tour can be public, private or your own drive-yourself carriage ride.

2. Taxi Service: Horse drawn taxi carriages are dispatched 24 hours a day, available at your convenience to take you to your destinations across the island.

TIP! With over 500 horses on the island for transportation, you will see and smell manure so just grin and bear it by taking in the beauty of the island!

“I’m not really a tourist-attraction kind of guy”:

“I’m so hungry...and thirsty!”:

The island has so much history and beauty, so allow yourself the opportunity to just be a tourist!

If you want a fancy, white tablecloth dinner (like my husband says), live music or just drinks, Mackinac Island offers something for all:

1. Fort Mackinac: Once occupied by 18th century British Red Coats and 19th century American soldiers, this historic military compound offers history through military demonstrations, tours and activities.

TIP! During the Race to Mackinac, enjoy lunch at the Fort Terrace Cafe which gives you a great vantage point to see the boats finishing the race!

2. Mackinac Art Museum: Let the art and photography displayed tell you the story of the island.

3. Historic Downtown Mackinac Island: Visit historic structures of the island including The American Fur Company & Retail Store depicting a time when Mackinac Island was the center of the American Fur Trade almost 200 years ago.

4. Arch Rock: One of the most famous geological rock formations, it forms THE perfect eye-hole of Lake Huron, not to mention THE perfect photograph.

1. The Carriage House at the Iroquois Hotel: An island favorite overlooking the Mackinac Island waterfront serving classic American cuisine.

2. Pink Pony in the Chippewa Hotel: One of the island’s most popular restaurants, bars and music venues. The incredible lake views and trendy cocktails make it the perfect place to hang out after an afternoon discovering the island!

3. The Woods Restaurant at The Grand Hotel: Offers a casual dining experience that is unique...you can also test your bowling skills at America’s oldest operating duckpin bowling alley!

4. Reserve at Mission Point: Reserve offers a wide selection of wines, charcuterie boards and artisan cheeses that you build yourself!

5. Horn’s Gaslight Bar & Restaurant: Tunes and tacos…. enough said!

So, if you’re there for the Mac Race or just want a perfect weekend this summer, Mackinac Island offers you the perfect getaway. And I’m warning you now... you will not leave the island without sampling the fudge! Enjoy!

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Island Goats Sailing Society

By Shawn O’Neill, IGSS Commodore

Legend of the Island Goats Sailing Society Following the 1959 Chicago to Mackinac Island race, three

making the Society one of the most exclusive sailing

veteran racing sailors, Red Olson, Eddie Schnabel and Lynn

fraternities in the world. Because some of the contestants

Williams, enjoyed their post-race camaraderie so much

had been accused of looking and smelling like goats after

that they decided to form an organization to preserve the

three or four days at sea, goats once lived on islands, and the

tradition of the longest fresh-water sailing classic in the

race destination is an island, the name Island Goats Sailing

world. To qualify for membership, they agreed, participation

Society (IGSS) was adopted.

in 25 or more Chicago to Mackinac races was required, 2017-2019 IGSS Flag Officers:

Directors:

Shawn O’Neill, Commodore

Gary Allie

Tim Hoffman, Vice Commodore

Jim Armstrong

Angela Graham, Secretary

Don Glasell

Peter Barrett, Treasurer

Jack Kunze

Larry Kwiat, Corporate Treasurer

Jamie Lowe

Tom O’Laughlin, Past Commodore

George Morrissey Paul Murray

Directors Emeriti:

Allan Teske

Bruce Hillstrom

Bob Zeman

Deane Tank, Sr.

2018 Spring Dinner On May 5th, the Island Goats Sailing Society held its 59th annual Spring Dinner. The Spring Dinner is where we induct

Master Mariner Award (50 Macs!)—Art Leonard and Captain John “BB” Whitton

our new Goats that have achieved the milestone of racing

This last year we had two of our IGSS members reach

in at least 25 Chicago to Mackinac races. This year we

legendary status by completing their 50th Chicago

welcomed 13 new members to our exclusive organization.

Mackinac. Next time you see them on the island or around the Club, ask them to tell you a Mac story, we’ve been told

Drew Axelrod

Larry Kerner

Boris Bonutti (Chicago Yacht Club)

Peggy McGrath

Jairo Cruz

Tom Spees

Maria Cruz David Finlay (Chicago Yacht Club) Michael Franceschini

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David Salk Bill Tait Jonathon Tucker Jon Weglarz (Chicago Yacht Club)

that they have more than a few tales to share.

2018 Fresh Water Award Recipient Ted Jones (CYC Member) In 1959, the Island Goats Sailing Society established the Fresh Water Award to recognize meritorious service and outstanding contribution to offshore sailing. This award is presented annually at the discretion of the Board. At this year’s Annual Spring Dinner, Chicago Yacht Club member, Ted Jones was presented with this honor for his extraordinary contributions to sailing and exhibiting the spirit of yachting.

active contributor to date. He has been part of the Chicago

Ted is a Chicago Yacht Club member and a member of the

Yacht Club Protest Committee since 1999 and chaired the

Island Goats Sailing Society. Most of his Mac Races were

committee for 4 years. He has volunteered his judging

aboard Painkiller, which is owned & skippered by his spouse,

services for the past two decades at the NOOD, Verve,

Alice Martin (who is also on pace to be a member of IGSS

Colors and countless other regattas locally, nationally and

after this year’s Mac race). Ted was instrumental in helping

internationally. The next time you see Ted, please thank him

establish the Judges Roundtable in 2008 and remains an

for his many years of dedication to our sport!

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Double Goat: Remarkable Life Achievement

By Robert J. Weisen, Co-Chair Double Goat Honor Roll Committee Chicago Yacht Club Member Since 1972

It all started in 1898 with the first sailboat race to Mackinac Island from Chicago. Since that historic event, over 770,000 sailors have eagerly set out to Mackinac Island within two annual sailing events, one starting from Chicago and one starting from Port Huron, Michigan. Of this extraordinary number of participants, only forty-six avid sailors have achieved Double Goat status, thereby earning the right to have their names engraved on the Double Goat Honor Roll Trophy, one displayed in the Chicago Yacht Club, sponsor of the Chicago Mackinac Race, and an identical trophy displayed in the Bayview Yacht Club, Detroit, sponsor of the Bayview Mackinac Race.

But what is a Double Goat one may ask? To start, a Goat is a sailor inductee member of the Island Goats Sailing Society, Chicago, having raced in a minimum of 25 Chicago Mackinac Races; or, a sailor inductee member of the Society of Mackinac Island Old Goats, Detroit, having raced in a minimum of 25 Bayview Mackinac Races. An inductee member of one society or the other is thereafter affectionally known as a “Goat.” An inductee member of both societies is thereafter affectionally known as a “Double Goat.”

To be a Goat of either one of these preeminent sailing societies is an unimageable 25-year minimum undertaking assuming all races are accomplished in consecutive years. Now think about what a sailor must set out as a goal in life at a relatively youthful age to be a Double Goat, which would thus require a minimum of 50 total Mackinac races, equally distributed among the two annual sailboat racing events. In any segment of our lives but particularly in the world of sports, what a commitment a sailor makes to accomplish these goals! Double Goats will also attribute gratitude and appreciation for the allowance of time and patience given to the sailor by the Double Goat’s spouse, children and loved ones. When one thinks in these simple human terms, being a Double Goat is a truly remarkable life achievement.

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Summer Regatta Prelude The sailing world will be watching Chicago Yacht Club this fall! I think it’s safe to say there are very few clubs in the world much less the United States that are capable of hosting two World Championships, two North American Championships and one U.S. Championship within the of 8 weeks! Only the exceptional corps of skilled volunteers, paired with the excellent facilities and professional staff at Chicago Yacht Club could pull off a fall season so jam-packed with high-caliber events!

By Jay Kehoe

will house all the boats where some of the greatest sailors in the U.S. will be hanging around after racing.

Farr 40 Pre-Worlds October 3-4, and World Championships, October 6-9 Still one of the hottest ‘big boats’ in the world, with three former World Champion boats already committing to attend, and multiple amateur and open North American champions coming to town. This regatta is certain to be high octane and fun! All racing out of Belmont and parties to boot! With the Farr 40 series happening during Verve and pre-worlds occurring right before the Worlds, Belmont will be bustling!

J-88 North Americans Thursday, August 9 through Sunday, August 12 A relatively new class, we will be hosting their North American Championships in conjunction with the Verve Offshore. We will have roughly 16 boats, with over 10 from the Great Lakes, 2 teams from the East coast and 2 teams from Florida and Ohio. Member Ben Wilson and Rich Stearns will be the locals to watch.

M-32 Worlds Wednesday, September 19 through Friday, September 24 These high performance flying catamarans make up a talent laden class returning to Chicago Yacht Club after an amazing North Americans in 2017. Watch for locals, Don Wilson (defending amateur helm World Champion) on Convexity and Jennifer Wilson with rockstar Ava Wilson, on Convergence. Also, local, Jimmy Pendergast on Gravedigger will be a team to watch. With teams coming in from all over the world, Monroe Station will turn into a Pro sailor mecca!

Etchells-22 North Americans Tuesday, September 11 through Saturday, September 15 This international powerhouse class consistently attracts great sailors and teams. We are expecting over 30 boats with 3-4 sailors on each boat. Teams will come from all over the continent to sail in one of the classes favorite venues!

We expect over 15 teams from around the world to descend on Chicago. With the local fleet of over 9 boats, including former World and North American Open Champion, Helmut and Evan Jahn and their Team Flash Gordon looking to repeat in Chicago and Commodore Sigmond’s Norboy, a former Corinthian North American Champion ramping up their effort all summer, this event is going to be another great one to watch.

Prince of Wales (US Match Racing Championship) Friday, October 19 through Sunday, October 21 Qualifying through a ladder system in their home water, the top 10 Match Race teams from around the USA will compete for this coveted trophy whose engravings list a Who’s Who of American sailing royalty. Teams will be sailing our Sonars in a three-day round robin of Exciting one-on-one match races.

This one is going to be and exciting finale for our crazy fall.

Top notch race management, umpires and competitors will descend on Chicago Yacht Club.

This concludes our crazy fall and really puts a fitting end to a great season. Huge thank you to our skilled and dedicated volunteers who run these awesome events, many classes are reaching out to inquire if Chicago Yacht Club is available to run their events!

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Summer in the City with the Associates Committee

By Abby Artig

The Associates Committee is enjoying another fun-filled

Make plans to participate in

summer! The committee’s annual Big Kahuna party is

our exciting upcoming fall and

fast approaching and takes place immediately following

winter events including the highly

the Sheldon Clark Regatta on Saturday, September 22 at

anticipated Associates Club Crawl

Belmont Station. The Hawaiian-themed party is filled with

that is taking place on Friday,

hula dancers, a live band and awesome Hawaiian food for

November 9th and don’t forget about

everyone to enjoy. The Big Kahuna Party is always a blast

the Tacky Sweater Party that’s hosted

and fun for all ages. All members are welcome

at Belmont Station on Saturday,

to attend.

December 1st!

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The 2018 Cruising Sail Fleet Season

By Eric Moore, Chair Cruising Sail Fleet

Off the water events: • The Cruising Sail Fleet started the year off with “Meet the Fleet”, CSF’s premier off the water event. CYC members Gus and Carol Hancock spoke of their 13-year live aboard sailing adventure to the U.S. east coast, South America, and finally the Mediterranean Sea. A unique adventure it was – from hot air ballooning over the desert to attending a camel wrestling competition (who would have guessed there was such a thing) in Turkey!

• Also, on the calendar is our Friday night presentation/discussions.

So far this season we have heard topics ranging from “Cruising Croatia” to “Critical Diesel Engine Know How”. The discussions are based on group interests and we always welcome suggestions.

• Finishing up the year we will have our Season End Celebration and our Christmas Party.

• On August 28th, we host the SOS Children’s Village. This organization serves foster kids providing the opportunity for siblings to live together in the same home and is one of the beneficiaries of the Chicago Regatta. In addition to raising money for the SOS Village via the Chicago Regatta, the CSF wants to provide the kids with a personal on the water experience they won’t forget!

Cruises and on the water social events • The CSF 2018 cruise schedule includes a variety of distance sails from short hops to lake crossings. Our first cruise is up the lakeshore 45 nm to Kenosha. Next, we join the other CYC Fleets on the 12 nm cruise to Hammond. Our long cruise, 85 nm, is to Holland in August.

We finish up the season with our shortest cruise (extremely short if one’s boat is moored there) to Belmont. So, you might say when it comes to cruising we have something for everyone!

Charity cruises:

• Besides our destination cruises we also do informal sails every 3rd Saturday of the month as the calendar permits.

• This year we have two charity cruises on the calendar! We are anticipating taking out approximately 80 passengers for each of these charity cruises.

• Lastly, we have our Ladies Skipper Race open to all lady skippers.

The race is a fun non-spinnaker event with a casual race format!

• On June 26th, we host the PALs organization. It serves kids with Down Syndrome providing them with a memorable summer camp experience. In the past years, the CSF cruise has been one of the highlights of their summer!

See the full CSF calendar in the Cruising Sail Fleet’s section of the Chicago Yacht Club website and visit the Club’s calendar for event details and to register. See you at the docks or out on the water!

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Chicago Regatta Preview

By Greg Miarecki, Chicago Regatta Chair

On Saturday, September 8th, Chicago Yacht Club members and friends in the boating community will come together to make a difference in the lives of Chicago’s kids. Through the Chicago Yacht Club’s Chicago Regatta, presented by Wintrust, the Club will raise money for the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, SOS Illinois Villages, and the Chicago Yacht Club Foundation. In 2017, the Chicago Regatta raised over $80,000.

This year’s Chicago Regatta events will begin on Tuesday, August 28th, when our Cruising Sail Fleet will host a sailing adventure for the kids of SOS Illinois Villages. SOS kids will visit the Club for dinner at Monroe Station, and take a short cruise along Chicago’s lakefront. The Chicago Regatta itself will feature seven different events: • A radio-controlled boat race for our growing DF65 fleet • A buoy race for selected one-design boats • A distance race for offshore racing boats

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• A casual race for cruisers and newer racers • A poker run for power boaters • An exciting regatta for M-32 catamarans, one of the hottest new classes in sailing today • An epic post-race party at Monroe Station, complete with a silent auction, live music from Chicago’s famous Blue Roots band and a fabulous buffet from Chef Larry Please make plans to join us on Saturday, September 8th. Onwater events are free to all members and guests, but we hope you will consider a donation to one or more of our worthy charities. Visit www.chicagoregatta.com to learn more, to register for the on-water events and post-race party, and to donate. If you’d like to be a regatta sponsor, or donate a silent auction item, please e-mail the Chicago Regatta Chair, Past Commodore Greg Miarecki at greg@miarecki.org. We look forward to seeing many Mac Racers at the Chicago Regatta!

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DragonForce 65: RACE DAY

By Daniel Burns & Alina Dix If you haven’t heard, Chicago Yacht Club is the new home of an ever-growing fleet: the DragonForce 65. You may have seen more and more of these remote-control boats milling about.

Maybe even racing. To date, this fleet has had two series, workshops, and a few standalone regattas. So, what does a typical race day look like for this fleet?

First, from a management side, we try to keep things simple and fun. However, we do have rules, specifically Appendix E of the Races Rules of Sailing. The great thing about these boats is that we don’t have to be outside to sail. If the weather is too cold or raining, we can operate from inside the Club. However, on nice days, you’ll see us crowding the back deck at Belmont or the patio wall at Monroe. The one-lap courses are generally short and set up relatively close to the competitors for better visibility. We rarely adjust the courses for wind shifts and leave it to the competitor to navigate the course.

Now for the starts...blink and you might miss it! It’s a prerecorded two-minute audio file with an attention signal at the two minutes and the warning signal at one minute to the start. The sequence is played over two Bluetooth speakers.

It’s simple and allows our Race Committee volunteers to just concentrate on the start and calling out “over-earlies.” After the start, we sail up to the windward mark with an offset and then back down to finish. Races typically last 7-10 minutes and we generally have a goal of sailing 10 races. It’s a short race window and sometimes the starts/finishes get a bit frantic and we’re lucky to have such a stellar Race Committee that never misses a finisher.

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Chicago Yacht Club Power Fleet Update

By Ed Falkenhayn

We kicked off April with our Meet the Fleet Party sponsored

Thank you to Mark Svoboda, Sherwood Bollier, Pat and Nancy

by Chicago Yacht Works. We reviewed our calendar of events

Marek for all their efforts to make this a signature event for the

for the rest of the year. The club staff made this event very

Club. We held our first cruise June 8-10 to Michigan City and

special, we had great appetizers and cocktails. This year we

followed that with our first Charity Cruise June 19th.

held two raffles during the event. Mark Voight won the raffle for first time cruisers entry fee. He has signed up to attend our Michigan City Cruise. John Vignocchi won the raffle for a CYC tote bag.

In May, we held our Predicted Log training and cocktail hour

The Power Fleet will have three more opportunities to share your love of the water: June 27th– Youth Sight Impaired Cruise August 7th– Boys and Girls Club Cruise August 21st– Adult Sight Impaired Cruise

sponsored by John Vignocchi. We had about 15 participants.

Please see the Club calendar for contact information for those

The training covered how to do the calculations of time,

events. We are still looking for volunteers to captain their

speed and distance, as well as how to fill in the contest forms.

boats and other volunteers to help with our guests.

We will be having 5 contests over three days, June 16, July 23 and July 14. We are making plans for the club to host the National Championship in August of 2019. All are welcome to compete, please contact John Vignocchi with any questions.

August brings us our cruise to Saugatuak August 10-12. We will have a full schedule of events for this cruise, such as shopping, beaches, and winery tours, sign up now! We close our summer with our Dock Party August 29th and will close

Our summer events got going in June. The Power & Sail In-

the outdoor season with the power fleet sponsored Poker Run

Water Tech Show sponsored by Wintrust was June 1 and 2.

for the Chicago Regatta September 8th.

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Chicago Yacht Club and the T-10: Forty Years of Fun

By Michael Platzke

In March 1978 hull #1 of a new boat rolled off the production line of Tartan Marine in Grand Falls, Ohio. Born on the Great Lakes, the Tartan Ten (aka T-10) sailboat would go on to become one of the dominant one-design racing classes on Lake Michigan and its rich history would be closely intertwined with Chicago Yacht Club.

Chicago Yacht Club member Lindy Thomas is considered the father of the Chicago T-10 fleet and was the first T-10 class president. His boat, Goblin, won three T-10 midwinter championships and captured the T-10 North American Championship in 1988. In 1978, Chicago Yacht Club member and Olympic sailor Dick Stearns on Glider was the first T-10 North American Champion. He also went on to capture the 1980 NAC title and his son, Richard, won the same title 19 years later. Other Chicago Yacht Club T-10 NAC winners include Mark Wurtzebach on Susan in 1982, 1984 and 1987 and Don Wilson on Convergence in 2014. Chicago Yacht Club has hosted the T-10 North American Championships four times; 1988, 2002 (47 boats!), 2008 and 2014.

For 40 years, Chicago Yacht Club has played a significant role in the T-10 fleet and in turn, the Club has been enriched by members who love sailing this classic boat. Commodore Leif Sigmond, (Norboy) is past president of the T-10 class association and Secretary Rick Lillie races on his T-10 (Waterworks). Current T-10 class president is member John Schellenbach (Mutiny) and the Chicago fleet captain is Chicago Yacht Club member Mark Croll (Retention).

After those many years, the T-10 class still turns out some of the largest fleets for the signature Chicago Yacht Club events.

It’s likely that there will be Chicago Yacht Club sailors racing T-10’s around the buoys or up to Mac for years to come.

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Opti Sailor, Christian Pendergast represented Team USA at the International Easter Regatta March 30th April 2nd. We are so proud of Christian who finished 46th overall, qualifying for Gold fleet.

2018 USODA Team Trials

The Summer CYC Junior Racing Season Is Upon Us!

By Tatia Torrey

Our CYC Junior Racing program consists of Lasers, 420s and Optis. The Lasers and 420s teams are high school students (and a few 8th graders) and our Opti racers are ages 9-13. In the shoulder seasons our junior racers prepare for their busy summer season. Our booming scholastic program, with over 100 students from 5 local high schools – New Trier, Latin, Walter Payton, Hinsdale and St Ignatius, competing in Lasers and 420s. The racers sail for their respective schools from Labor Day through the first week of November and again from early March through Memorial Day; participating in multiple regattas across the Midwest. This year we set a club record and had all 5 teams qualify for Nationals in either fleet or team racing.

From these sailors, our coaches, including our Head Coach, Matt Peter, nominated the team of Aisling Sullivan and Lolly Vasilion to compete as the Helly Hanson Youth team in the NOOD Regatta, scheduled in Chicago June 8-10th. This race will determine qualifications for the J70 Jr Youth Championship in St Petersburg, FL in November. They will compete against Ray and Bridget Groble, competing a second time as a junior team in the NOOD. Our Opti program comprises of 10-15 sailors in Green – RWB fleets; they compete in the shoulder season across a number of events. Three sailors from our Opti fleet qualified to represent Team USA; to compete internationally over the summer. Peter Barnard will compete in the North American Championship in 51 Blinker | Summer 2018

Mexico, Christian Pendergast will travel to Mynamar and Annie Samis will travel to Belgium.

Heading into summer, our sailing school will welcome hundreds of sailors from age 7 through high school, beginner to advanced, to participate in a variety of boating activities to everything from introduction to the water to competitive sailing. As we introduce new young interest in the club, we also continue to grow a competitive junior race team.

Over the summer our travel race teams, 420, Laser and Optis will compete in a variety of events in the Midwest and across the U.S. over the summer. Our Laser team will head to the West Coast to compete at Hood River Gorge; our 420 teams will head East and race from Massachusetts to Martha’s Vineyard and our Opti teams will compete in Pensacola, FL at the Opti Nationals in July.

All of this culminates in the CYC Junior Race week during the first week of August. This is an event you do not want to miss.

We kick it off with Buoy Racing at Belmont on August 4th and 5th, followed by a Mini Mac race on August 6th from Belmont to Monroe, leading into the Skyline Series to end the season.

Hats off to the dedicated team, including our Sailing Director Dave Gerber for creating, supporting and growing a program of future sailors and racers.

WOW!

By Laura Sigmond

The WOW Winter and Summer Series joined forces with Crew

Over 20 vendors participated with fundraising directly

U to kick off the sailing season for a lesson in “Sailing 101”.

benefiting the Chicago Yacht Club Foundation and the

The group participated in classroom instruction and hands

Chicago Regatta. The Luncheon had a new “look” with the

on racing boat demonstrations. The evening concluded on

“Glam and Glow on the Go” Make up Extravaganza. The

a social note with a barbecue, networking and shopping for

sold-out event featured Jenny Patinkin, national beauty

sailing gear. Thanks to the support and collaborative effort of

expert and author of “Lazy Perfection”. Her approach

Crew U, Crowley’s and Helly Hansen for making the evening

to skincare and make up is neither “Lazy” nor “Perfect”.

a great success!

She demonstrated how to use minimal effort to produce

The WOW Summer Series: Come Sail Away continues with sailing lessons on the Club Sonars at Belmont on select Thursday’s through September 6th. Keeping with the same theme, the WOW Happy Hour celebrated the excitement of Chicago Yacht Club’s fastest growing fleet. With over 100 boats and counting, the DragonForce65 remote controlled

stunning results. Her wise advice on skincare and make up tips for our on the go lifestyles were invaluable for achieving the “Dock-to-Dining” look. Jenny showed us how to look our best at any age on and off the water. This no fuss, natural, radiant and confident beauty stresses that when you look good ...you feel good. Isn’t that what it all it’s all about!

boats proved to be fun for all.

The highlight of the spring season has always been the Annual Ladies’ Luncheon and this year was no exception.

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The Chicago Yacht Club Foundation’s programs have been important to the personal development of many young people whose sailing experiences have contributed to various facets of their lives.

A personal story by Aisling Sullivan

I began sailing at age seven.

While I admit that, at first, I did sailing to be with my friends,

as I travel the country competing in high level youth regattas while flying the CYC burgee.

then, as soon as I began racing in the Club 420, the thrill of

Growing up sailing has definitely made me much more

competition really drew me. I loved learning the technique of

adventurous and independent as a person. When I first began

boat handling, racing strategy, and even the physics behind

sailing, foul weather and strong winds would frighten me, but

what makes a sailboat go fast. What I really love about sailing

now I embrace them as a challenge. Sailing has also taught

is that there’s always more to learn.

me ways to handle challenges off the water. In competition,

My two biggest sailing accomplishments are winning the C420 Triple Crown and coming in 5th at the 2018 Midwinters.

Winning the triple crown took a lot of focus as well as perseverance because Boyd, my skipper and I had to place

you always have to be planning out what the next decision is, and what the different outcomes of that decision are. I think this is similar in life, and sailing teaches you to really be ready for many obstacles that might come.

well at three regattas over the summer. I was extremely proud

Sailing is an extremely important part of my life. I have such

of how our sailing skill showed through our consistency.

a great passion for the competition of the sport itself, as well

Also, I am very proud of how I did at this year’s Midwinters

as the connections you make with others. One of the most

after starting the regatta with two black flags on the first

unique aspects of sailing is you can keep doing it for life,

day. It was very difficult maintaining focus after starting the

which is what I plan to do. I am very excited to embark on the

regatta so far behind, but Boyd and I maintained our focus

newest chapter of my sailing career at Dartmouth College

and closed the regatta with two race wins. The Chicago Yacht

next year. Being recruited to their program was such an honor

Club Foundation has been extremely supportive along the

and I cannot wait to represent the Chicago Yacht Club on the

way, from when I was just learning how to compete, and now

east coast for the next four years.

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The Old Guard Race and Dinner

By Ken Colbert

Tradition, passion and community - all are encompassed by

that joined CYC in 1940’s, 50s and 60s. Expected race

the Old Guard Race and dinner, with the 69th annual event

participants for 2018 include John Buenz, Don Glasell, Frank

scheduled for July 11 at Belmont Station. The Old Guard is

Gutowsky, Bob Knight and Gene McCarthy. Gene McCarthy

composed of members with the top twenty-five seniority

has three previous Old Guards race wins and will be hunting

numbers. Its tradition finds willing Old Guard members

for another.

competing in a sailboat race for annual bragging rights.

The races are held in identical one-design racing boats. The competition is usually keen and spirited. The 69th annual race will be raced in Tartan 10s, 33 foot sailboats. Previous Old Guard race winners include CYC luminaries such as Robert Cameron, Edward Schnabel, Lynn Williams, Sam Clarke, Russ Moon and Mel Guthrie.

Old Guard members all exhibit a life-long passion for yachting. The current Old Guard is represented by members

After racing, the strong community of the Old Guard, family, and the other top 100 seniority members will convene at Belmont for the annual awards and dinner celebration.

Drinks, race stories, memories and great food will be shared by all.

As always, thanks go to the Chicago Yacht Club committee members, staff, volunteers and Race Committee that make this annual event successful.

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Not All Yacht Insurance is Equal

By Cary R. Wiener, President of Pantaenius America Ltd.

Unlike homeowner and automobile insurance, there are

resulting damage will not be covered. Other companies,

no standard clauses for policies insuring yachts (27 feet

however, will exclude the hose, but will cover the

or longer). Yacht insurance terms and conditions are not

resulting grounding damage. So, watch out for phrases

regulated by state authorities, and every insurance company

like “any and all damages arising from,” because they

provides different coverages and exclusions. Even if the key

provide more restrictive cover.

phrases seem similar, a careful reading of what they actually cover, or exclude, will reveal important differences.

• Depreciation. Some yacht insurance companies depreciate your entire vessel. Others will not depreciate

Here’s a partial checklist of some of the terms and conditions

your vessel in the event of a total loss, but may

you should be looking for:

depreciate parts of your vessel on an aging schedule in

• Implied Warranties. When you purchase a marine insurance policy, you probably don’t realize that federal maritime law states that you are promising, or giving a

the event of a partial loss. Still others never depreciate your vessel, even in the event of a partial loss.

• Latent Defects are hidden physical defects in the

“warranty,” to the insurer that your vessel is in seaworthy

material of a part or component existing at the time the

condition on the commencement date of your policy.

vessel was built or rebuilt, which is not discoverable

Most insurers do not mention these “implied” warranties

by ordinary observation by the owner or competent

in their policies. If it is later found that your vessel

surveyor. Does the policy cover latent defects, including

was unseaworthy on the commencement date, many

the defective part?

insurers may invoke these unmentioned warranties of seaworthiness to void the policy when faced with a claim. Thus, make sure the company you’re dealing with expressly states that Implied Warranties of Seaworthiness are excluded in your policy.

• Resulting Damage. Some companies will exclude any

• Agreed Fixed Value vs. Fair Market Value. Agreed fixed value means that in case of a total loss or a constructive total loss, the owner will get exactly what is stated in the policy as the agreed value. With a policy based on fair market value, there is uncertainty as to the amount the insurance company will pay. They will look

and all claims arising from their excluded coverage. For

at the current market value of your yacht, which can

example, suppose a hose in your engine breaks due to

fluctuate depending on the economy and demand for

wear and tear, causing the engine to fail and the vessel

used yachts.

to run aground. The hose will not be covered, and the

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BELMONT SEASON OPENER

NOOD REGATTA

AUTO SHOW BRUNCH

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BREAKFAST WITH THE BUNNY

EASTER

MEMORIAL DAY

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CITY CLUB SHOOT

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT JUNIORS TRASH BASH

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LADIES’ LUNCHEON

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HALLOWEEN ST. PATRICK’SPARTY DAY

GREEK NIGHT

SAILING SCHOOL STAFF

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