High winds and stormy weather on Lake Michigan ripped sails worth thousands of dollars and broke equipment but failed to prevent Scott Sellers, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah and their eight-person team of sailors from winning first-in-class during the 2022 race from Chicago to Mackinac. “I have never seen a weather radar covering this expanse of thunderstorms,” Scott Sellers told the Free Press, completing the 289 nm course in 1:12:38:34 after the July 23 start. “It was nonstop for seven to eight hours.” This was his second win for his J/111 “nosurprise” in back-to-back races to Mackinac Island. Scott Sellers won first-in-class a week ago in the 204nm Bayview Mackinac Race’s double-handed class with his 14-year-old daughter Merritt. Read the full story by clicking here.