The Newport Bermuda came to a close June 23 at 10:17 p.m. EDT when the last boat, John Melvin’s 39-foot wooden Concordia Westray, arrived at St. David’s Head, rounding out the 184-boat fleet.

A prize giving ceremony took place June 26 at Bermuda’s Government House where Bermuda Governor Richard Gozney and a number of guest presenters handed out 113 trophies and prizes as well as a special award for race chairman Bjorn Johnson.

“Look at some of the facts of the race. You can sail it with two people. You can sail it with 26 of your closest friends. You can sail it in a cozy 33-footer or a cavernous 100-footer, you can sail a 41-year-old boat like Carina and win, or you can sail a shiny new boat,” said Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Commodore Peter Shrubb in his opening address. “Young, old, big, small, modern, antique, rich, poor, novice ocean racer or old sea dog. It really doesn’t matter. It’s all incredible, racing to Bermuda. It’s priceless. The memories will last forever.”

Among this year’s winners were Rives Potts’ Carina, a McCurdy & Rhodes 48 built in 1969 that took home 11 awards, capped off by the coveted St. Davis’s Lighthouse Trophy. Carina won Class 3 and the 103-boat St. David’s Lighthouse ORR Division.

Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy’s Noonmark VI won Class 9 and the 13-boat Gibbs Hill Lighthouse ORR Division. The Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Trophy was the first lighthouse trophy awarded once in 1946 to Howard Fuller and Gesture. It was then re-introduced in 2006 as the prize for professional sailors division.

Neal Finnegan’s Clover III won Class 13 and the 38-boat Cruiser Division. Finnegan won the Carleton Mitchell Finisterre Trophy and his keeper is a half model of Mitchell’s yacht that holds the record three-in-a-row winning streak.

Mark Watson’s Genuine Risk won first in Class 16 and the Open Division’s Royal Mail Trophy while Jason Richter and Robert Fischer won Class 14 and the Weld and Moxie prizes for first place in the 26-boat Double Handed Division in the J35 Paladin.

For a complete list of prizewinners please click here.

To view official results, please visit Newport Bermuda’s homepage here.

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