2015 Marion to Bermuda Race – Last finishers arrive in Bermuda

by Talbot Wilson on 26 Jun 2015

By late afternoon Atlantic Daylight time all of the yachts that had continued racing had finished in Bermuda. ‘Bacchanal’ (60435) a Hunter 380 Skippered by Mike Crawford won the last Cook’s Trophy for being the last Class C boat to physically finish the race - 2015 Marion to Bermuda Race SpectrumPhoto/Fran Grenon

2015 Marion to Bermuda Race – By late afternoon Atlantic Daylight time all of the yachts that had continued racing had finished in Bermuda.‘Bacchanal’ a Hunter 380 Skippered by Mike Crawford won the final Cook’s Trophy for being the last Class C boat to physically finish the race and the last boat to finish overall.

Other Cook’s Trophy winners were ‘Icebear’ in Class A with an elapse time of 108:43:06, ‘Eagle’ in Class B with an elapse time of 108:01:31, and ‘Gemini’ a Shannon 39 skippered by Mark Competiello with an elapse time of 121:19:27.

‘TI’ skippered by Greg Marston was confirmed Wednesday as the overall winner of the 2015 Marion Bermuda Race Founders Division. ‘TI’, an Alden Mistral 36 sailed under Celestial Navigation by a family crew to take the big prize. Her corrected time was 86 hours, 35 minutes 56 seconds.

The crew of ‘TI’ consisted of the skipper Greg Marston, navigators Andrew Howe and Chase Marston, Watch Captain Peter Snoops, and crewmembers John Omeara and Jake Marston. They are all related, and all are from Falmouth Maine.

Looking back to Monday, ‘Mischievous’, sailing for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy grabbed line honors in the 645-mile race. She crossed the finish line at St. David’s Lighthouse Bermuda during the twilight Lighthouse Committee cocktail party at the finish tower on Monday evening at 6:42 EDT.

‘Spirit of Bermuda’, the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s sail training vessel chartered by Jim Butterfield for an employee team building an adventure, had a strong fourth for line honors and first in the Classic Division. This is her best showing ever in a Bermuda Ocean Race by ‘Spirit of Bermuda’.

The fleet from the fastest to slowest boats experienced many hours of gale force winds with sustained winds noted at 40-50kts. One late arrival, Joe Cummings skipper of a Tashiba 40 ‘Shuang Hsi’, asked his navigator Skip Gresko what the top wind speed was. Gresko confirmed they saw 120 on their dial. Cummings said that may have been caused by recovering quickly from a knock down when they were in an intense white-out squall. “The rain was horizontal, like bullets,” Cummings said. “We had sustained winds of 40-50kts.”

All of the positions are preliminary. Thirty-nine boats have finished.

‘Gemini’ and ‘Bacchanal’ have finished, but have not reported their times. They are not listed in the finishers chart.

Six boats have retired and one did not start:
Class A boat ‘Kiva’ an Aerodyne 47 ripped her mainsail and ‘Free Range Chicken’ had a rigging failure. Both returned to the US.

‘Legacy V’ from Class B retired after one of her crew, Bill Fasnacht, died of natural causes. His crewmates could not revive him after an hour of CPR. ‘Legacy V’ has returned to Connecticut. ‘Restive’ also from Class B also retired.

‘Swell’, Class C, did not start and Class D entry ‘Is Fearr Cara’ retired earlier and returned to Maine while classmate 'Shuang Hsi' motored to Bermuda.

Full results

Division Class A (Finishers)

Division Rank	Class Rank	Yacht Name (Sail Number)	Skipper	Corrected + Penalty
7	1	MARGALO (USA11772)	Chip Johns	3d 17:58:13
12	2	ARIEL (USA60510)	Bob Anderson	3d 19:24:58
16	3	DEFIANCE (51868)	Peter Noonan	3d 21:20:43
18	4	ORONOCO (USA60426)	Adrian Ravenscroft	3d 23:23:09
21	5	MISCHIEVOUS (50065)	Charles Cahill	4d 01:11:55
22	6	LUCY GEORGINA (USA60492)	Peter Bacon	4d 01:16:41
30	7	FEARLESS (33555)	Shaun Ensor	4d 09:08:39
31	8	BALLYHOO (43744)	Wes McMichael	4d 09:33:26
33	9	SCARLET (MON2323)	Barry Feldman	4d 13:28:33
34	10	SPIRIT (35753)	Priscilla Stoll	4d 14:24:04
35	11	ICEBEAR (48601)	Kurt Harrington	4d 14:36:35

Division Class B (Finishers)

Division Rank	Class Rank	Yacht Name (Sail Number)	Skipper	Corrected + Penalty
4	1	SWIFT (NA11)	Kyle Briggs	3d 16:21:45
5	2	DEFIANCE (NA23)	Jared Valeske	3d 16:24:45
6	3	INTEGRITY (NA22)	Tom Wester	3d 16:26:32
13	4	MAHINA KAI (GBR5402C)	Arthur Wayne Haubner	3d 19:55:25
15	5	ARIEL (51444)	Eric Eichler	3d 21:09:12
25	6	EAGLE (42788)	Dana Oviatt	4d 03:10:02
26	7	CONVERJENCE (50903)	Bill Bowers	4d 03:54:43
28	8	MOMENTUM (51020)	Paul Kanev	4d 06:22:12

Division Class C (Finishers)

Division Rank	Class Rank	Yacht Name (Sail Number)	Skipper	Corrected + Penalty
2	1	SILHOUETTE (USA42605)	David Caso	3d 15:03:16
8	2	BLACK MALLARD (40866)	Tracy Day McRoberts	3d 18:07:11
11	3	ATTITUDE (USA52571)	Shawn Dahlen	3d 18:55:06
17	4	ETOILE (60205)	Anne Kolker	3d 22:52:01
19	5	CORSAIR (74044)	David Risch	4d 00:05:38
20	6	ESCAPADE II (8516T)	Tom Bowler	4d 00:10:52
23	7	JOVINI (60609)	John Rizzi	4d 02:22:54
27	8	PANACHE (41992)	Robert Scribner	4d 03:56:18
29	9	SPIRIT (USA5181)	Manny Hontoria	4d 07:32:45

Division Class D (Finishers)

Division Rank	Class Rank	Yacht Name (Sail Number)	Skipper	Corrected + Penalty
1	1	TI (1863)	Gregg Marston	3d 14:35:56
3	2	TRUST ME (USA60475)	Jeff Dowling	3d 15:39:41
9	3	ROUST (USA37)	Ian Gumprecht	3d 18:10:03
10	4	FREE SPIRIT (24)	Thomas Stokes	3d 18:30:41
14	5	HOTSPUR II (2175)	Ron Wisner	3d 20:44:24
24	6	SPARKY (42023)	Rob McAlpine	4d 02:23:16
32	7	WISPER (61034)	Peter Helmetag	4d 09:56:08
36	8	QUE SERA SERA (12)	Edwin E. (Ted) Geiger	4d 15:57:42
37	9	GEMINI (USA3)	Mark Competiello	5d 01:19:10