Crews hope the weather is favorable for record-breaking year of fast finishes for boats competing in this weekend’s 115th Chicago Yacht Club Race To Mackinac. People come from all over the world to compete, departing a few miles out from Chicago’s Navy Pier. The finish line is between the lighthouse on Round Island and the race committee trailer on Mackinac Island, both in Michigan.
Boats participating in the Race to Mackinac pass by Navy Pier at the start of the race on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)Roy Reger, left, and Mark Wolbrink, of the boat “Return to Sender” work to prepare their boat for the Race to Mackinac on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Chicago Yacht Club in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)
A boat crew prepares their boat for the Race to Mackinac on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Chicago Yacht Club in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)Boats participating in the Race to Mackinac pass by Navy Pier at the start of the race on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)Boats participating in the Race to Mackinac pass by Navy Pier at the start of the race on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)
A boat crew prepare their boat for the Race to Mackinac on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Chicago Yacht Club in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)A crew member of the boat “Return to Sender” works to prepare their boat for the Race to Mackinac on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Chicago Yacht Club in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)Boats participating in the Race to Mackinac pass by Navy Pier at the start of the race on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)
Boat crews wait for the start of the Race to Mackinac on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Chicago Yacht Club in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/for Chicago Tribune)
