More than 200 sailboats will leave Port Huron in a race to Mackinac Island July 18, marking the 102 annual Bayview Mackinac Race.
More than a century ago, on July 25, 1925, only a dozen sailboats took on the inaugural race, with only six making it across the finish line due to high seas, strong winds and broken equipment.
The first race was won by Bayview Yacht Club's Bernida, finishing the 261-mile race in 49 hours and 50 minutes, the Times Herald reported on July 28, 1925.
Commodore Brian Geraghty, Bayview Yacht Club's historian, told the Times Herald in 2019 — prior to the 95th running — the idea for the races started after a crew from the Detroit-based yacht club went out east to Rhode Island in 1924.
They chartered a schooner named Lloyd W. Berry and won a 731 miles race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda.
More than a century ago, on July 25, 1925, only a dozen sailboats took on the inaugural race, with only six making it across the finish line due to high seas, strong winds and broken equipment.
The first race was won by Bayview Yacht Club's Bernida, finishing the 261-mile race in 49 hours and 50 minutes, the Times Herald reported on July 28, 1925.
Commodore Brian Geraghty, Bayview Yacht Club's historian, told the Times Herald in 2019 — prior to the 95th running — the idea for the races started after a crew from the Detroit-based yacht club went out east to Rhode Island in 1924.
They chartered a schooner named Lloyd W. Berry and won a 731 miles race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda.
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