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The Mac Race is about a lot of things. One thing that is certainly high on the list is being awarded a brag flag on Tuesday afternoon. There’s hundreds of boats, so not all win flags. Here, based on past performance, are 10 boats that can be expected to be flag winners.

Bantu - Block Island 40 Hailing from the upper pennisula of Michigan, Bantu often collects the top prizes upon finishing at Mackinac Island which is in the UP. Bantu appears on form having won the Queens Cup and her Shore Course class in the Port Huron Mac.

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Bacchant a wooden 75 square meter is both beautiful and successful. In 2003 Bacchant was 2nd overall and another such finish would be no surprise.

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Rosebud is one of several Transpac 52’s in the race. 2003 was her 1st Mac and she was 2nd over the line and 4th overall. Earlier this year she was the top TP 52 in the Bermuda Race.

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Saturn is a J145 and won Class A in the Port Huron Mac. In the 2003 Chicago version of the race she was 3rd in Section 1.

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Eagle, a Sydney 38 sports an experienced crew led by a father/son duo. Last year they were 1st in section 4 but only by 14 seconds over Serenissima a sistership.

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Mischief sails in the large and competitive T-10 fleet. Last year they netted a 3rd.

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Gamera won flags in both 2003 Mac races. Last week they were 4th in the Port Huron Mac.

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Holua was the most successful of the GL 70’s in 2003 with a 1st in the Chicago Mac and a 2nd in the Port Huron. In the Port Huron race this blue hulled 70 was 3rd showing that all is well with this regular flag winner.

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Denali has had a fine run of results in the big boat/Tubo classes the past two years. This Detroit based crew has posted a 3rd in the 2003 Port Huron Mac, a 2nd in the 2003 Chicago Mac and an overall win the recent Port Huron Mac. Continuation of this trend will see Denali in the noise in this race.

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