{"id":263,"date":"2013-07-14T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/14\/mackinac-race-fleet\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:32:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T21:32:48","slug":"mackinac-race-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/14\/mackinac-race-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackinac Race Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went sailing both Saturday and Sunday in weather that was beautiful in every imaginable way BUT winds. <\/span><\/p>\n

The winds were slightly better on Saturday (5 – 8 knots) than Sunday (little to no winds).<\/p>\n

On Saturday, my wife and I went for a pleasant sail and got to see the Mackinac Race Fleet go by later in the afternoon. At 3:30 we first started to see the sails of the racers coming up from the southern horizon and by 5:00 most of the fleet was in the Waukegan area off to the east from our location. Very cool to see so many sails in one area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mackinac Race Fleet coming into view<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Mackinac Race Fleet<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Whenever I bring someone out for the first time on the boat I always say “Respect the Boom” as part of my safety talk. One of my daughters thought it would be a good idea to reinforce that with a decal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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“Respect the Boom”<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On Sunday I went sailing with my brother, one of his daughters and his daughter\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Boring!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
BORING!<\/span><\/span>We bobbed around for a few hours then called it a day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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