Slow Race Finally Ends

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The 2018 version of the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race came to a tedious end on Tuesday afternoon when the final boat to finish, Fast Forward 41, crossed the line at 3:24 PM.  The yacht had been sailing on Lake Huron for 73 hours, 24 minutes, and 33 seconds.  Locally it was another good year for Port Huron Yacht Club with first place finished for Val Saph’s Rowdy in Class G and Larry Fair’s Gale Runner in Double Handed Class J.  Win Cooper and Chris Benedict took 2nd place in Class L on Shape, while Bob Bert sailed to a second place finish in Class F on Liberty, and Wayne Jurs yacht Vaite placed second in the multii-hull division.  Rounding out the boats bringing back a flag were Bob and Pam Wall and their boat Chippewa, which took third place in Class O.