News: 2014 Race

Here’s our early July update for things you should be thinking about for your entry in the Chicago Mac. We have just over two weeks to race day. Here’s what owners should be working on now. 

Michigan Avenue magazine and the Chicago Yacht Club host Ashore Thing, the Official Parade of Boats Viewing Party, presented by BMO Harris Bank. The festivities celebrate the start of the 106th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac – Saturday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the East End of Navy Pier.​

With just one month to go until the start of the race, the 106th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac officially has 333 registrants as of the June 13 entry deadline — a coincidental number of participants for the 333-mile race that begins July 18 and July 19.

Here’s our mid-June update for things you should be thinking about for your entry in the Chicago Mac. On Monday, you received an email update for Crew members (you are, after all, a crew member as well as a skipper!). I am not going to duplicate the information in there, but I ask that you please read it as well. You’ll hear back from me around the end of the month. All these updates are being posted on the Mac Website, under News. 

If you're sailing on the Mac this summer, this is what you need to know right now.

This is our final reminder that the entry deadline for the 106th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is June 13, which is this Friday. Per the NOR, by that date you must have completed all the steps laid out in Sections 5.1 through 5.5 of the NOR. If you have not, a $500.00 late entry fee will be automatically applied; there will be no exceptions made to this fee.

With only five days until the June 13 registration deadline, the 106th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac already has 330 entrants from throughout the Midwest, the U.S. and Canada.

With only 50 days to the Race, I am sure that you are well into your preparations for the 106th running of our annual classic. Thank you again for choosing to join us! As we are about to enter June, here are a few points that you should be thinking about now.

We have been receiving a lot of questions about the ratings certificate process, so I wanted to try to answer them all here for all competitors. As always, this is just a courtesy, and you should refer to the official race documents for further information. 

It seems that spring may finally be here. The harbors are filling up as the boat yards are emptying out, and ferry service has resumed to the Island. The pictures of ice in the harbor that we’re seeing on Facebook are a bit unsettling, but it will be long gone come this July.