Division Leaders Become Clear

Race News     6/23/2010 UPDATED Wed, 0840hrs For additional, updated details, see race results.   The provisional winner of the 39-boat Cruiser Division was Neal Finnegan’s Clover III (Dedham, MA), a Swan 56.  The 26-boat Double-Handed Division for boats with two sailors was led by Jason A. Richter’s J-35 Paladin (Mt. Sinai, NY), with a sistership, Darren Garnier’s Great Scot (Melrose, MA) 34 minutes back on corrected time.  In third place was the four-time winner of this division, Lora Ann, Richard du Moulin’s Express 37 (Larchmont, NY).  Five boats were still on the race course.   On Tuesday Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy’s Swan 56 Noonmark VI (London, UK) became the provisional winner of the 13-boat Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division for boats with professional crews, with a two and a half hour lead over Snow Lion, raced by Larry Huntington (New York, NY).   The Open Division, for the largest and fastest boats in the fleet, was won by the 90-foot Genuine Risk, sailed by Mark Watson, representing the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the race’s co-sponsor with the Cruising Club of America. There were two other boats in the Division.