Chicago - Mackinac 2010: a little bit of news



1:04 PM Mon 26 Jul 2010 GMT
'2010 Chicago Mackinac start' Scott Diamond Layline Photography
102nd Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot. Line honours leader Karl Kwok's Beau Geste, the Farr 80 from Hong Kong, beat Dick and Doug DeVos' Z86 Windquest by 36 minutes, the two boats finishing last night at 21:43 and 22:19 respectively. The news from the 353 boat race fleet has been sadly limited. While the 2009 tracking was hailed as very successful, its fair to say that the tracking for this 2010 race has been disappointing, with complaints coming from every quarter. When offshore races like the Rolex Sydney to Hobart and the Rolex Fastnet can ...


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