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Life on the Edge-Port Huron to Mackinac
 The Chamber is excited to announce that we now have available the first-ever copy of Victory by Tom Ervin!
At the age of 63, with very little big boat racing experience and no offshore experience, Tom Ervin decided to race in his first Bayview Mackinac Race in July of 2005. Little could he have imagined that this would become the greatest adventure of his life. The 2005 race was the fastest ever conducted in the 81 year history of the race. The wind came out of the south for twenty hours and for an eight hour period on the second day of the race prevailed at over 20 knots. These conditions permitted the entire fleet
on both courses to sail on a broad reach for the majority of the race and eclipse all previous speed records.
This book recites his experience aboard the J105, VENOM, and also includes stories from the Southampton Course overall winner, COLT 45 and the Shore Course overall winner, BANTU. You'll also read about Kevin Morin aboard another J105, JUNTO, who went up the mast during the height of the storm to
make a repair.
The dismasting of MYSTERY and the courageous voyage of Matt Troy, family and friends in his first race as skipper aboard his own boat, WHITE WATER, complete the racing stories from the 2005 race. You'll also look behind the scenes to glimpse the tremendous organization it takes to conduct a race encompassing 3,000 sailors, over 250 boats, numerous yacht clubs, race sponsors and the cities of Port Huron and Mackinac Island.
You'll hear, from its last living survivor, ninety seven year old Bob Roadstrum, a first hand account of the first Bayview Mackinac Race of 1925. This is followed by the 1975 dismasting of HERITAGE and a gripping photo of it passing the EDMUND FITZGERALD only months before it sank in Lake Superior. Finally, you'll hear the dramatic story of the 1985 sinking of TOMAHAWK and the rescue of its crew as told by Tom Lowry, skipper aboard TOMAHAWK and Charles Bayer, skipper of the rescuing sailboat, OLD BEAR.
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