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Detroit — The weather conditions are a bit abnormal, but there's been absolutely no talk of canceling the 102nd Bayview Port Huron to Mackinac Race.
The thick wildfire smoke enveloping southeast Michigan creates an issue, said Sandra Svoboda, Bayview commodore. But it's not expected to impact Saturday morning's start of the annual race.
"This is definitely not a normal situation for us," Svoboda told The News on Thursday. "But sailors are used to planning for a lot of different kind of weather conditions, hazardous sometimes, and whether it's the sun or bugs or wind, or who knows what else, CVOID, there are precautions, and you do what can. And no one is forced to go.
"But this definitely was not part of our planning process."
Crews were inside Bayview Yacht Club on Thursday for registration, though there wasn't much activity outside.
There's a possibility that some of the activities Friday in downtown Port Huron, for the annual party before the race, will be scaled back. The race, expected to have approximately 200 boats and 1,600 sailors, gets under way Saturday.
Detroit had the worst air pollution in the world Thursday morning among major cities, amid the wildfire smoke coming down from Canada and Minnesota, but projections have called for more clearing heading into the weekend — ahead of the start of the race on the Black River in Port Huron. Storms are in the forecast later Saturday.
"As we're speaking, it's about 48 hours away," Svoboda said Thursday afternoon. "Hopefully we'll get a bit of clearage."
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This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Mackinac race ready to sail despite wildfire smoke, dangerous air
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The thick wildfire smoke enveloping southeast Michigan creates an issue, said Sandra Svoboda, Bayview commodore. But it's not expected to impact Saturday morning's start of the annual race.
"This is definitely not a normal situation for us," Svoboda told The News on Thursday. "But sailors are used to planning for a lot of different kind of weather conditions, hazardous sometimes, and whether it's the sun or bugs or wind, or who knows what else, CVOID, there are precautions, and you do what can. And no one is forced to go.
"But this definitely was not part of our planning process."
Crews were inside Bayview Yacht Club on Thursday for registration, though there wasn't much activity outside.
There's a possibility that some of the activities Friday in downtown Port Huron, for the annual party before the race, will be scaled back. The race, expected to have approximately 200 boats and 1,600 sailors, gets under way Saturday.
Detroit had the worst air pollution in the world Thursday morning among major cities, amid the wildfire smoke coming down from Canada and Minnesota, but projections have called for more clearing heading into the weekend — ahead of the start of the race on the Black River in Port Huron. Storms are in the forecast later Saturday.
"As we're speaking, it's about 48 hours away," Svoboda said Thursday afternoon. "Hopefully we'll get a bit of clearage."
[email protected]
@tkulfan
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Mackinac race ready to sail despite wildfire smoke, dangerous air
Continue reading...
