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Chicago to Mackinac
2003 Coverage

The UnOfficial, Independent Source of Chicago to Mackinac Race Information

Monday, July 14th, 2003 - Chicago Mackinac Race

Monday, July 15, 2003 1315
Mackinac Island, MI
All times are Michigan Time unless otherwise indicated.
 

Final results and corrected times for the for the 97th running of the "Mac" in the race's four divisions are:

Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division

1st Place - Retriever, Alden51 owned by David Verdier of Grand Rapids, Mich., 30:12:39.

2nd Place - Bacchant, 75 Square Meter owned by Jerome D. Sullivan out of Milwaukee Yacht Club, 30:35:08.

3rd Place - Wooton 2, Sabre40 owned by W. Harris Smith out of Chicago Yacht Club, 30:37:19.

First-to-Finish Honors - Rosebud, TransPac52 out of San Francisco owned by Gary Evans and Roger Sturgeon finished the race in an elapsed time of 36:44:40.

Mackinac Cup Division

1st Place - Bantu, Block Island 40, owned by Thomas J. Kuber out of Marinette and Menominee Yacht Club, 29:55:18.

2nd Place - Cheep N Deep, C&C39 owned by Randall B. Kuhn out of Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club, 30:01:00.

3rd Place - Nana, Ericson 39 owned by William McCaffrey and Alan Baske out of Waukegan Yacht Club, 30:28:34.

First-to-Finish Honors - Cheep N Deep finished the race in an elapsed time of 48:33:11.

Multihull Division

1st Place - Cathexis, Crowther 10.6 owned by Irving DeRoeck out of Escanaba Yacht Club, 42:34:12.

2nd Place - Gamera, F25C owned by Matthew Scharl of the Midwest Open Racing Fleet, 44:45:51.

3rd Place - Nice Pair, Crowther Super Shockwave owned by Bruce Geffen of Ann Arbor, Mich., 44:54:16.

First-to-Finish Honors - Caliente, a Criswhite44 owned by Michael Steck of Naperville, Ill., finished the race in 41:38:32.

Open Division

1st Place - Lightning, Schock 40 owned by Krzysztof Kaminski out of the Polish Yachting Association, Chicago, 33:01:55.

2nd Place - Alchemy, Andrews77 owned by Richard and Mary Compton of Santa Barbara, Calif., 36:37:20.

Overall and Division First-to-Finish Honors - Alchemy, which finished the race in an elapsed time of 35:25:17.

Skippers and crew of winning boats in each division are awarded Lands' End squall jackets and Korbel champagne.