Port Huron to Mackinac sailing race won't just have sailboats at starting line
· Yahoo Sports
To Jon Somes, the most spectacular thing about the Bayview Mackinac Race is the scene that morning.
“When the boats get to the starting line, the wind will be behind them and they’ll put up their spinnakers, which are multicolored sails that are in front, and they all pop at once," he said. "The boats generally accelerate quite a bit if there’s any wind at all, and they’re all on a line and they’re all right there.”
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It’s a scene Somes knows from the many Bayview Mackinac Races he’s competed in – 38 in all − but also from his perch in recent years as someone who helps make the famed sailboat race possible, volunteering his boat and his time.
Somes’ boat isn’t powered by the wind, however.