Fleet 5 Schedule 2023
Larsen Marine - Championship
Series
Sailing World Regatta (W/L)
June 9, 10 & 11
Verve Cup Regatta (W/L) Aug.
8, 12 &
13
Weekend Warrior Series
Colors Regatta June 3 & 4
Halyard July 9
Columbia Cup Aug. 5
& 6
MORF Open
Sept. 16
Chicago Yacht Club - Race to
Mackinac
Race to
Mackinac
July 22
Vin Chicago - Distance Series
Chicago to Waukegan June 24
Waukegan to Chicago June 25
Michigan City June 30
100 Boats Aug 8 & 9
Chicago to St. Joe (Bi-State)
Friday, Sept. 1
St. Joe to Chicago (Bi-State) Sept. 3
Wednesday Night Beer Can Series
Beer Can Races May 24 - Sept. 6
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR)
Columbia Yacht Club – Sept. 23 through Sept. 24
2023 Fleet 5 Events
Spring Meeting Zoom April 2
Spring Party (TBD)
Feb. 25
Mac Island Party July 26 – 11:00am EST
Fall Meeting (TBD)
End of Season Party (TBD)
Larsen Marine - Championship Series
- The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a race like no other. More than three hundred fifty boats leave Chicago every July for the dash to Mackinac Island. At 333 miles (289.4 nautical miles), the Race
- to Mackinac is the oldest annual freshwater distance race in the world. ‘The Mac’ starts at the Chicago Lighthouse, just off Navy Pier and continues to Mackinac Island. The J105 Fleet will once again be one of the largest One Design Sections. This is a Class A3 event and the Special Addenda: 2023 Chicago-Mac Race applies (see “Documents” page).
Weekend Warrior Series
Vin Chicago - Distance Series
The regatta consists of windward/leeward buoy races on Lake Michigan offshore of Chicago. Teams arrive on Friday and have the opportunity to practice on their assigned boats that afternoon. Race committee attempts as many races as possible all day Saturday and on Sunday morning. Award ceremonies are Sunday during lunch and teams will have the afternoon for travel back to campus.
Past participating college teams – Navy, Michigan, Michigan State, Miami of Ohio, Hope College, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Grand Valley State, Toledo, Northwestern, St. Mary's College of Md., Michigan Tech, Minnesota, Ohio State, South Carolina, and Illinois.