Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race 2012.

[KC9SGV]

Hi All,

The Chicago to Mackinac Island race is this weekend.

Cruising section starts this afternoon at 4 pm and racing sections start Saturday morning at 11 am thru the afternoon.

The racing boat parade will go past Navy Pier at around 10 am Saturday.

It should be a spinnaker start just off Navy Pier this year.

360 boats, 3600 happy sailors racing for the bars on Mackinac island.

The GLMMNet will follow them them all weekend long by Ham VHF and HF.

Frequencies are CFMC, 146.760 MHz FM (PL 107.2)

Day: 7.263 MHz LSB and 14.306 MHz USB.

Night: 3.935 MHz LSB.

Live tracking via Yellow Brick (sat based) and Facebook and Twitter feeds can be viewed via links here:

http://www.cycracetomackinac.com/

Best 73 and please check in.

Bernie Dekok

KC9SGV

NCS, Great Lakes Marine Mobile Net

http://www.glmmnet.org

[Jack DeWolf]

Will be leaving today from Marinette, WI for Les Cheneaux Islands via Beaver Island and Mackinac with HF so will try to contribute something but my wire antenna sucks on 40 and 75 meters..I'll have a telephoto lens too..

KA9TQC

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[Bernard Dekok]

Hi Jack,

Looking forward to hear from you via HF.

We listen on 14.306 MHz also.

Send some pictures later, please.

KC9SGV