The 104th running of the Race began on July 21, 2012. 320 boats were entered in the race. All boats completed the race. The Mackinac Trophy was won by "Providence", owned by Greg & Jerry Miarecki representing the Chicago Yacht Club. The Mackinac Cup was won by Tom & Joe Londrigan's "Realt Na Mara". George & Scott Petriz won the Double Handed division in "TFWB Relentless". Lori & Jonathan Alvord won the multihull division in "Triceratops." The Chicago Yacht Club's Ron White won the Martin D. Rieck Trophy for the first multihull to finish in "Cheeke Monkey." The Royono Trophy, given for the first monohull to finish, was won by Peter Thornton's "Il Mostro", representing the Chicago Yacht Club. In the Cruising division, "Intuition", owned by Tom Kershner, Mark Gillespie, Chris Hynes, Bill Burns and Jenn Macainag from Madison, Wis, won the 42 boat division. "Infinite Diversion", a Hanse 630e owned by Chicago Yacht Club Commodore Joe Haas, was first to finish in the Cruising Division.