Randy
07/14/2008, Mackinac Island, MI

Congratulations Denali crew. Denali gets more silver and win flags to display. Denali corrected to 3rd in class and 6th overall. Very impressive considering how far behind she was at one point, and the heavy upwind battle for the last 9 hours. Yeah Denali! Next, the boat leaves to day for the trip down Lake Michigan to prepare for the Chicago to Mackinac Race. Stay tuned for updates late this week, and the start on Saturday. #

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Race Crew
07/13/2008, Mackinac Island, MI

Well we finished the race at about 11:30 AM today. Very fast race, but not the conditions for us. Too much heavy wind (20 - 35 kts.) as we beat our way from the Weather Buoy to the finish line for 9 hours. Some of the time we were slightly eased sheets and going very fast. All are safe, no equipment issues and we are looking forward to a toast at the Pink Pony soon.

We will do a follow-up with our finish position tomorrow, but we know some boats beat us.

Thank you Denali friends and family for your support.

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Randy
07/12/2008, Port Hope

Just north of Port Hope at the tip of the thumb at 7:30 PM. Ran into bad luck in a transition zone of left over storm and many in our class passed us in much more wind. We stuck it out and now a huge wind shift later, we are going very fast and passing many of the boats back. Hope our luck continues,,, we will need it. We have seen boat speeds as high as 16 knots today, and as low as 4 knots. Forecast looks good from here for reasonable wind strength. All are in great spirits and focused hard on trim for speed. Oh, and we miss the G-man.

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