Years pass and the tales told over drinks at the yacht club bar become increasingly embellished.
The waves in the storm grow to 20 feet, the winds rise to 50 knots and the boat speeds increase to world-record levels. Ironically, the truth is often more thrilling than the fictional versions of the same stories. Mackinac Island sailboat races. They took on their first Nanny Goat, Maggie Wake, in 1984 when there was a total of 81 Billy Goats. The Old Goats' names and the date of their first Mackinac trip are inscribed on a varnished panel adjacent to the bar at Bayview.