First Boats at 45th Parallel
GL 70’s Holua and Evolution were septerated by just 1 minute as they crossed the 45th Parallel. Holua was the leader calling in at 1719 Sunday. Windancer crossed 26 minutes later.
The only other class with boats this far north is the Turbo class. Denali was the 1st from this class to reach latitude 45 at 1758. This puts them ahead of the TP 52 Beau Geste by 36 minutes on elapsed time and more than an hour on corrected time.
Although this has not been a rapid race it is about an hour faster than 2004. However, when Pyewacket set the monohull record in 2002 her time to the Manitous was 9 H 50, while the boats now calling in are well over 24 hours from Chicago to the Manitous.
The northern Lake Michigan weather buoy shows 12 knots of wind. Some boats have even seen speeds of 6 knots, not fast for the bigger boats!
Forecasts now show winds increasing tonight and staying strong- around 20 knots- on Monday. As so often happens in the Mac, you’ll have to sail in a variety of conditions to reach the Island, let alone win!
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