235 Yachts Set Sail in the 84th Bayview Mackinac Race

PORT HURON, Mich., July 12 /PRNewswire/ — An array of 235 sailboats in 19 classes with nearly 3,000 sailors jockeyed for position as they crossed the starting line to the sound of race committee canons and windswept waves as the 2008 Chrysler Jeep Superstores Bayview Mackinac Race got underway at the noon hour on Saturday.