Lake Effect

Lake Effect (USA72), a J111, raced the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2026.

Lake Effect has 1 race on record in 2026. 11 other boats on Telltale are the same type, J111.

Boat details

Places and corrected times are the organisers'; tracked times, distances and speeds come from the organiser's tracker.

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2026, 10 Jul 2026. Skipper Matthew Romano & Sam Powers & Robert Matthews. Tracked elapsed time 47 h 42 min. Rating factor 1.004. Tracked over 338.7 NM at an average 4.6 kn, fastest leg 19.2 kn. Finished on 13 Jul 2026 at 16:52 UTC. Best 24 h run 172 NM. By distance to the finish she ranked 149th of 251 halfway, 109th of 247 three quarters of the way. Raced against 250 other boats in Line Honours All Boats. Tracker standing: finished 57th of 251 in Line Honours All Boats. 56 boats finished ahead and 194 behind. Finished 15 h 10 min behind the class leader Mockingbird. Just ahead: Drumleck (14 min ahead), Eagle (16 min ahead), elbow room (2 min ahead). Just behind: Shorthanded (11 min behind), Second Thoughts (13 min behind), Chewbacca (24 min behind).