Bayview Mackinac Race - Windquest first to cross finish

by Sail-World.com on 16 Jul 2012

Windquest racing in Chicago Mackinac 2011 Event Media

Doug and Dick DeVos' 86-foot yacht Windquest,out of Macatawa Bay Yacht Club is the first boat to finish the annual yacht race from Port Huron to Mackinac Island, just as she was in the 2011 Chicago Mackinac race.

The 200 + boats in the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race 2012, organized by Bayview Yacht Club, got underway on Saturday 14th July from just north of the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron with light winds under blues skies.

Windquest crossed the finish line at 5:31 p.m. Sunday however Detroit sailor Phil O'Niel's TP52 Natalie J, which finished at 8:45 p.m., is the current handicap leader.

The Australian Sydney to Hobart racer Margaret Rintoul IV, now owned by Andrew Kiteley, was leading the PHRF B class on the Cove Island Course.

Bernida, which was the winner of the first Mackinac race in 1925, was well placed on handicap winner on the Shore Course.

Revelry of Grosse, left; Prosecco of Whitby Yacht Club Pointe Sailing Club, center; and Whirlwind of Tawas Bay Yacht Club sail up the lake Saturday, July 14, 2012, during the Cruising C Class of an annual Port Huron to Mackinac Island, Mich., sailboat race - Bayview Mackinac Race 2012 © The Times Herald, Mark R. Rummel / AP

Words are exchanged as Equation of Bayview Yacht Club, left, is cut off by Defiance of Chicago Yacht Club on Saturday, July 14, 2012, at the starting line for the PHRF A Class - Bayview Mackinac Race 2012 © The Times Herald, Mark R. Rummel / AP

The Bernida of the Bayview Yacht Club races up the lake Saturday, July 14, 2012, during the PHRF H Class. The Bernida, the restored first winner of the Mackinac race in 1925, has no motor and received special permission to race without all the safety equipment - Bayview Mackinac Race 2012 © The Times Herald, Mark R. Rummel / AP

A crew member of Windquest of Macatawa Bay Yacht Club stands on the spar at the starting line Saturday, July 14, 2012, in the PHRF A Class - Bayview Mackinac Race 2012 © The Times Herald, Mark R. Rummel / AP
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