THE RACE STARTED IN DRIFTING CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT SOUTH WEST WINDS  FILLING IN  AROUND 1900.  THESE LIGHT WINDS WERE SEEN TILL ABOUT MIDNIGHT WHEN THE WIND ABRUPTLY VEERED TO THE NORTHWEST

BY SATURDAY MIDDAY MOST BOATS WERE ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF POINT PELLEE.  MOST BOATS WERE SEEING NORTH WINDS AS INDICATED.  TOWARDS EVENING  THE WIND CLOCKED TO SOUTH AND MOST BOATS BEAM REACHED FROM PELEE ON IN TO THE DETROIT LIGHT

SOME OF THE LATE FINISHERS REPORTED15 TO 20 KNOT HEADWINDS FROM PELEE ON END.

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