Edward M. Mills Trophy Race to Mackinac Section Trophy Elapsed Year Boat Owner Club Type of Yacht Time Division Section 1940 Belle Aurore Joseph Hruby Columbia YC 37' Cutter 71:13:10 Cruising C 1941 Breeze Sumner W.D. Scott Columbia YC 40' Ketch 52:58:23 Cruising C 1942 Stormy Petrel Kenneth J. Stanford Chicago YC Cutter 62:50:11 Cruising C 1943 Windsong Clyde E. Larish Chicago YC 36' Cutter 58:42:32 Cruising C 1944 Lassie William J. Lawrie South Shore YC 30' Cutter 78:23:39 Cruising C 1945 Bangalore Too Edward B. Lumbard & John D. Kinsey Chicago YC 44' Yawl 70:38:48 Cruising C 1946 Reverie II Albert E. Wendt Chicago YC 40' Cutter 71:21:58 Cruising C 1947 Bangalore Too Edward B. Lumbard & John D. Kinsey Chicago YC 44' Yawl 52:27:14 Cruising C 1948 Flight Byron H. Knapp, Jr. Columbia YC Sloop 45:23:03 Cruising C 1949 Flight Byron H. Knapp, Jr. Columbia YC Sloop 64:30:19 Cruising C 1950 Whisper III Hollis M. Baker, Jr. Macatawa Bay YC Cutter 58:40:48 Cruising C 1951 Peggy Charles L. Kotovic Milwaukee YC Sloop 69:01:22 Cruising C 1952 Highlight Too Chester Krusienski Racine YC Sloop 51:12:14 Division 2 C 1953 Highlight Too Chester Krusienski Racine YC Sloop 64:11:15 Division 2 C 1954 Maiden Robert C. Richeimer Columbia YC 40' Cutter 76:57:48 Division 2 C 1955 Luxen Robert R. Luxford Sturgeon Bay YC Cutter 86:02:15 Division 2 C 1956 Marlin M.R. (Bud) Lowenstine, Jr. Chicago YC 40' Cutter 54:53:21 Division 2 C 1957 Luxen Robert R. Luxford Sturgeon Bay YC Cutter 51:04:13 Division 2 C 1958 Meteor III Henry Burkhard Bayview YC 38' Cutter 75:15:36 Division 2 C 1959 Aura Roger McCormick Chicago YC Block Island 40 63:11:46 Division 2 C 1960 Romahajo III Harvey I. Nedeau Muskegon YC NDF 42 Sloop 58:48:47 Division 2 C-1 1961 Meteor III Henry Burkhard Bayview YC 38' Cutter 60:43:12 Division 2 C 1962 Flame James E. Doane Chicago YC Kettenberg 40 63:47:51 Division 1 3 1963 Flame James E. Doane Chicago YC Kettenberg 40 53:32:04 Division 1 3 1964 Marlin M.R. (Bud) Lowenstine, Jr. Chicago YC 40' Cutter 62:21:45 Division 1 3 1965 Bantu H. Richard Richheimer Columbia YC Block Island 40 71:55:40 Division 1 3 1966 Haste Mac & Robert Pohn Columbia YC Kettenberg 40 72:45:39 Division 1 3 1967 Ingen Albin & Phil Erlandson Chicago YC 40' Sloop 50:19:18 Division 1 3 1968 Dauntless IV Thomas J. Hanson Bayview YC Sloop 42:27:10 Division 1 3 1969 Romahajo III Harvey I. Nedeau Muskegon YC NDF 42 Sloop 69:40:28 Division 1 3 Edward M. Mills Trophy Race to Mackinac Section Trophy Elapsed Year Boat Owner Club Type of Yacht Time Division Section 1970 Endurance Roger H. Derusha Marinette & Menominee YC C&C 43 46:14:51 Division 1 3 1971 Glory Bea James W. Carlin Bayview YC C&C 36 54:07:07 Division II 3 1972 Margaret Henry W. Williams Rochester YC C&C 39 45:09:13 Division II 3 1973 Charmer IV Joseph Schoendorf, Jr. Milwaukee YC Standfast 40 61:41:11 Division II 3 1974 No Go VII Ed Siegle & Grant Crowley Chicago Corinthian YC Wylie 39 46:44:51 Division II 3 1975 Fever Harry Kostoff Port Huron YC Tartan 41M 64:35:59 Division II 3 1976 Tyche Vitas Thomas Racine YC C&C 42 52:32:27 Division II 3 1977 Moonraker Nils L. Muench Detroit YC Ericson 39 49:37:45 IOR 3 1978 Ricochet Henry Burkhard Bayview YC Peterson 40 51:17:13 IOR 3 1979 Drumbeat David A. Rodenkirk Milwaukee YC North American 40 46:42:29 IOR 3 1980 Frangipani Lyndon J. Lattie Grosse Pointe YC North American 40 59:05:24 IOR 3 1981 Moonraker Nils L. Muench Detroit YC Ericson 39 62:44:31 IOR 3 1982 Daybreak Robert Chatain, Jr. Chicago YC New York 40 53:43:04 IOR 3 1983 Leading Edge Eugene Mondry Bayview YC North American 40 56:44:54 IOR 3 1984 Sprint G. John Stevens Bayview YC Joubert/Nivelts 40 42:16:59 IOR 3 1985 Slip Sliding Away John Malec Chicago YC Grahm & Schlageter 39 45:42:01 IOR 3 1986 Saucy Al Rose Chicago YC Farr 37 45:58:30 IOR 3 1987 Trader Fred Detweiler Bayview YC Joubert/Nivelts 40 32:40:03 IOR 3 1988 Pinocchio S. Fred Horwitz Milwaukee YC Grahm & Schlageter 30 57:36:51 IMS 9 1989 Magic Walter R. Lindemann Milwaukee YC Sparkman & Stephens 38 81:55:58 IMS 9 1990 Magic Walter R. Lindemann Milwaukee YC Sparkman & Stephens 38 42:42:40 IMS 9 1991 Cygnet Ken Chambers Burnham Park YC Swan 37 51:31:53 IMS 8 1992 Water Works Rick Lillie & Tim Snyder Chicago YC Tartan 10 51:55:10 LMPHRF 8 1993 Leading Lady Eugene C. Miller, Jr. Leland YC C&C 39 42:04:40 LMPHRF 8 1994 Jonathan Swift Ronald Nolan Columbia YC Hobie 33 45:38:14 LMPHRF Div II 7 1995 Jeannine Jack O. Roeser Columbia YC Grahm & Schlageter 35 62:62:26 PHRF 7 1996 Wavelength Jerry E. Norbut Midwest Open Racing Fleet Ericson 35 47:05:20 PHRF 7 1997 Time Charles Cable South Shore YC Express 35 42:46:19 PHRF 7 1998 Jonathan Swift Ronald Nolan Columbia YC Hobie 33 46:39:11 PHRF 7 1999 Mir III Ivan Slezic Polish Canadian YC Beneteau 39 62:34:34 PHRF 7 Edward M. Mills Trophy Race to Mackinac Section Trophy Elapsed Year Boat Owner Club Type of Yacht Time Division Section 2000 Time Charles Cable South Shore YC Express 35 63:47:53 PHRF 7 2001 Cheap N Deep Randy Kuhn Chicago Corinthian YC C&C 39 51:07:36 PHRF 7 2002 Lucky Comet Frank Giampoli Columbia YC Comet 13 40:35:31 Trophy 7 2003 Cheep N Deep Randy Kuhn Chicago Corinthian YC C&C 39 48:33:11 Cup 7 2004 Smokum Too Peter Mather Thornbury YC Beneteau 42s7 Lwshoal 71:50:31 Trophy 6 2005 Collaboration II Robert Vickery & Chris Jungmann Chicago Corinthian YC Beneteau 40.7 46:22:42 Trophy Beneteau 40.7 2006 Carinthia Frank Kern III Bayview YC J120 46:48:32 Cup J120 2007 Zeitgeitst Robert & Cornelia Zerban Kenosha YC J109 55:19:31 Trophy J109 2008 Mystery Stephen Jay & Clark Carruthers Sarnia YC C&C 35 59:31:35 Trophy 9 2009 Skye Bill Zeiler & Rich Stearns Chicago YC J122 62:34:20 Double Handed 2010 Nice Pair Bruce Geffen, Gary Hall, Bart Hall & North Cape YC Crowther 38 44:13:44 Multihull 1 Brad Glance 2011 Pterodactyl Mark Symonds Grosse Pointe YC J105 47:21:06 Cup J105 2012 Tsunami Stephen Polk Bayview YC Swan 42 39:09:51 Cup 2 2013 Quick Silver Gintaras Karaitis St Joseph River YC Schock 41 68:01:23 Trophy 5 2014 On Edge Steve Dorfman Chicago YC Thomas 35 50:38:28 Trophy Level 35 2015 Jug Band Harry Simmon Chicago YC Jeanneau 45.2 61:45:07 Cruising 1 2016 Chico 2 Jim Weyand Bayview YC One Design 35T 37:05:16 Cup 4 2017 Flyswatter Mark Pirie Charlevoix YC Beneteau 40.7 60:06:01 Trophy Beneteau 40.7 2018 Tango in Blue Daniel Griggs, David Gullo & Maxwell Chicago YC CM-1200 51:28::21 Cup 3 Bardeen 2019 Surprise Bill Strzelewicz The Anchorage YC Pet 34 58:29:23 Cup 8