Hey John - I remember the white Mackinaw better myself. My wife got to ride her for the start of the race in 1972, nine months pregnant with our first, Made the corpsman's day having to watch her. I was too busy patrolling the Black River with a 17' patrol boat. The good old days.

I also remember Cheboygan giving her skipper a ticket for discharging sewage a couple of years prior to that. It was just before the CG secured their overboard discharges. The CG paid the entire crew in silver dollars so Cheboygan would realize the effect the Mackinaw dollars had on the community. They also paid the fine, but made their point. Oh yeah, the good old days.

Rich

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