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Yacht Club, Port Huron
Yacht Club and other
Craft Beers sailing clubs organized a
Cocktails long distance fresh-water
Full Bar race on Lake Huron. The
Daily Happy first annual race from Port
Hour @ 3pm Huron to Mackinac Island
was held on July 25, 1925.
Steamships towed boats
from Lake St. Clair sixty
10 TVs
- LET’S GO! Moderate Portions SALADS WALLEYE & PERCH Port Huron. Twelve boats Difference FUNdraised
ITALIAN
RIBS
BURGERS
miles up the St. Clair Riv-
KENO
PIZZA
SEAFOOD
OYSTERS
er to the starting line at
STEAKS
PRIME RIB
began the 261-mile race
Prices
to Mackinac Island, but
Large
only six boats finished
Free Harrison Twp. Marina
due to high seas, strong
Shuttle to us - Call 586-612-4454
Casual
winds and broken equip-
Dining
Annual entertaining
Wed 3-10pm
HOURS:
ment.
Mannequins Making a
Great New
Sun 3-10pm
Thurs 3-10pm
Besides the almost 200
Screened
Fri 3-11pm
Mon 3-10pm
sailboats registered to race
Patio!
$5,329.96!
Sat 3-11pm
Tues 3-10pm Summer
GET READY www.RiverRatRestaurant.com last year’s 99th event, ac- and carnival.
Closed Tues in Winter
cording to the Blue Water
Lake St. Clair’s local
586-465-6565
Festival organizers, Port
North Star Sail Club on the
Huron’s Boat Weekend at-
Clinton River had several
tracted over 100,000 peo-
29370 South River Rd. - Harrison Twp.
participating boats last sea-
North of 16 Mile & W. of Jefferson
ple to the small downtown
son. Audacious, Dean’s
over the week. Eight stag-
List, Hat Trick, Relentless,
es showcased 30 different
Snipe, Time Machine, and
bands. Also on hand were
Port Huron to Mackinac
Xcessive with elapsed
Sail Race Turns 100!
Historic Marker on Quay named Lloyd W. Berry and food trucks, a street fair, Continued to Page 46
Street in Port Huron Recap: won the 731-mile race from
In 1924, members of Newport, Rhode Island, to
the Bayview Yacht Club in Bermuda. Later that year,
Detroit raced a schooner members of the Bayview

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