The goat had been purchased from a butcher prior to the event and though a spokesperson claimed the goat had not been slaughtered for the event, many were left skeptical considering goats aren't typically decapitated in such a manner.
Compiled by the Island Goats Sailing Society, it contains essays, articles and many historic photographs--though none, sadly, that show drunken yachtsmen trying to steal the cannon from old Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, which they tried to do (unsuccessfully) in 1960.