Live Race Reports - 100th Race To Mackinac

Flying Wasp

Flying Wasp

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cariguy said:
You were so close to our stern we talked about getting out the rubber gloves. Come to think of it, I am sure Dr. Rob had a pair.
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Even in the back of the J120 pack we were having fun chasing Jahazi and Scirocco from the bridge to the finish. 12 120s finished within a 2 hour window. 5th -12th place was separated by 30 minutes. Safe to say Carinthia and Persevearance had a gear the others couldn't find. Nice work out there.

 
Monkey

Monkey

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Clean, nice job on the reporting. I especially loved the way you laughed about the crazy little Laser 28 starting in section 9 during your start line coverage (seriously). Don't worry, we weren't offended, we were going for that reaction from the beginning. If only you'd posted your phone number a few days earlier, I would have sent some great "on the water" repots from the second smallest boat in the fleet. It would have given me something to do while forced to spend the entire night on the rail outside Grey's reef.

 
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wallysailor

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Capo26sailor said:
Just heard Dandelion (section 8) saw 45 knots sometime last night. From what I hear with a reefed main and blade it was still over the top!She's made it to the island (retired).

Any other info about what blew thru last night?

Still plenty of boats out there.
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newbie here, so be gentle.

Got caught in this squall ourselves. Came outa nowhere around 10:30 or so (give or take an hour). Just kept getting worse and worse. Dropped all sails at one point as winds hit 21-25 sustained, gusting to 30. Seas continued to build to 6 to 8. Steep, breaking bastards. Wind and waves directly out of the north. We were between Beaver and the mainland. Couldn't make any northern progress, and didn't relish trying to tack thru Grey's Reef under those conditions. Threw in the towel around 3 AM and spent the next 2+ hours fighting our way into Charlevoix. Never showed signs of letting up the whole time out there. Fun time had by all! (<-- sarcasm alert).

wallysailor

 
MR.CLEAN

MR.CLEAN

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Damn wally - that's a bitch. I just got off the water after a day in light air in Marblehead. We're staying with Dan and Maureen Tucker Mackinnon (sp?) and there's a barbecue and real dark & stormies. Depending on how many I drink, I intend to post the rest of the videos and some pics tonight. Sorry for the delay.

 
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wallysailor said:
newbie here, so be gentle.
Got caught in this squall ourselves. Came outa nowhere around 10:30 or so (give or take an hour). Just kept getting worse and worse. Dropped all sails at one point as winds hit 21-25 sustained, gusting to 30. Seas continued to build to 6 to 8. Steep, breaking bastards. Wind and waves directly out of the north. We were between Beaver and the mainland. Couldn't make any northern progress, and didn't relish trying to tack thru Grey's Reef under those conditions. Threw in the towel around 3 AM and spent the next 2+ hours fighting our way into Charlevoix. Never showed signs of letting up the whole time out there. Fun time had by all! (<-- sarcasm alert).

wallysailor
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We were in it too approaching Grays reef 25-28 sustained on the nose for the better part of six hours then 20-25kts for another two. Reefed main and #1 rolled up to a #4, 4-6 ft waves with the occasional 10 ft that we drove through more than surfed. In control but not fun. Could not see anything with all the rain was using the depth sounder as a double check to decide when to tack. Ended up with only one very sea sick crew member. Arrrg that sucked myself and the other driver felt like we were beat with rubber hoses.

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Grinder

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MR.CLEAN said:
Here's a little sample of the action last night. It really is one of the parties of the year - the CYC bash on Mackinac Eve. We overheard some of the Equation crew bitching about the "circus" that the Mack has become - but considering the size of the regatta and the number of people enjoying it, we'd say that the CYC is probably doing it pretty well. Besides, it's mostly a handicap race - and the handicapped deserve parties.


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Fuckin hilarious, but painful to hear myself sing. Yeaoch!

 
BGeff

BGeff

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Just a huge thank you from the "Nice Pair" program for all your support and cheers and congrads over the last number of weeks. It truly meant a lot and made a difference. Particularly to Clean, Mer, and Kathleen for all the hard work they did to bring this all to the forefront for the general public to enjoy and follow. Everyone associated with the incredible success of the Chi Mac, Bayview Mac and the other races this year deserves and has earned our heartiest thanks. There are too many of you to mention, but all of it contributed to being THE BEST all around for all!

 
MR.CLEAN

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Finally back on track, and here's the video we did with Matt Scharl on his F-25C Gamera before the race. Matt won a Rolex by taking out the Multihull division, and we'll get you the post-race video shortly.



 
MR.CLEAN

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And here's that self-guided tour of Genuine Risk, along with a funny dude thanking SA for keeping him occupied while he was locked in a merchant ship for months with nothing but a computer.




 
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