The Kings Point Offshore Sailing Team will travel to the Great Lakes this summer to compete in two classic yacht races. The Team's newest vessel, a 66' Judel-Volijk named Defiance, will travel the 2100 nautical miles from the finish of the Newport to Bermuda Race to Port Huron, Michigan for the start of the first of the two races. The second race, the 333 nm Chicago to Mackinac race starts one week later. There are currently 337 boats entered in the centennial race, and Defiance will be in the hunt for First to Finish. A combination of Midshipmen and Alumni will be aboard for the races and the exceptional training voyages to and from the great lakes. The transit from Bermuda will take the crew to around Nova Scotia, through the Gulf of St. Lawrence, past Quebec City, and Montreal, and then through 15 locks and lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, and Michigan.
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