Stevie Dickinson added the Laurence (Stickers) Hendrickson Trophy to his impressive collection of silverware after enjoying another solid weekend on the surf.

Not even competing with unproven crew member Trevor Crockwell and a different boat could topple the comet king from his throne.

Dickinson captured a first and two seconds to lay claim to top honours, while West End Sail Boat skipper Rudy Bailey, putting an end to his self -imposed exile, won a tiebreaker over club-mate Gladwin Lambert to seize sole possession of second place.

Lambert took line honours in the second race of the regatta while Bailey, warming up for next month's Comet Championships in the US, celebrated his return by winning the day's final race.

Racing took place off the shores of the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club between skippers from the east, central and western clubs.

"The competition was really good," said Dickinson, who edged out Howard Lee to capture the opening race by five boat lengths.

Dickinson said he decided to compete at the last moment, and upon arrival at the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club took over the helm of Jamie Harvey's boat Team Windjammer.

"There was some very close racing. Jamie's boat is pretty fast and it didn't take long to adjust to it," he added. "It felt a little different from my boat (Kitty Hawk), but Crockwell did well. It was his first time racing, and all he did was listen and he did a marvellous job."

Dickinson's regular crew, Ty Trott, had to attend to a previously arranged engagement.

Bailey, meanwhile, was equally pleased with the day's pickings.

"I managed to get three fantastic starts and I ended up with one win," he said. "I should've ended up with three wins but that's what happens when you get a little rusty."

Bailey departs for the US on August 20 to compete in the North American Comet Championships in Maine.

"I do intend sailing a few more Sundays before I leave," he declared.

Lambert, meanwhile, extended his consistent form of late.

"I was quite pleased. Gregg (Proctor) and I have had three good regattas and we've managed to hold our own and be more consistent," he said. "We've finished in the top three during the last three regattas and it was a nice feeling to get a first yesterday (Sunday). We've had a lot of seconds and thirds and all of the races were extremely tight."

The race for the Coronation Cup heated up on the waters off St.George's Harbour where skipper Mike Lewis guided Elizabeth to a clean sweep of top honours during Fitted Dinghy racing on Sunday.

Such was Elizabeth's dominance that she led every race by the first weather mark, leaving the rest of the fleet toiling in her wake.

The Royal Amateur Dinghy Club's entry replaced Contest at the top of the points standings with five races remaining.

Contest, with Somers Kempe at the helm, captured a second and two third place finishes to remain in the hunt for the coveted cp.

"Mike and his guys simply sailed better than us," conceded a disappointed Kempe yesterday.

Contest actually led Victory in the final race before her jib man missed a hiking strap coming around the last windward mark and fell over the side.

"The conditions were tough. We were on the wrong side of all of the shifts, we had no height and we struggled to get the boat going," added Kempe.

Contest, the defending Coronation Cup champion, now has her work cut out in order to regain the early form which saw the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club's entry run out to a sizeable lead in the standings earlier this summer.

Victory, meanwhile, proved to be consistent after capturing two seconds and a third.

Fitted Dinghy action resumes on August 8 in Mangrove Bay.

Five of Bermuda's top Optimist sailors are more than holding their own while competing in the IODA World Championship in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.

After two days of the 10-day event, Jesse Kirkland is in eighth position, Sean Bouchard in 30th, Oliver Riihiluoma in 38th, William Hutchings in 116th and Cameron Pimental in 164th

More than 220 young sailors representing over 50 countries are competing at the Real Club Nautica.

The combined results of the Island team's scores so far qualifies them for Team Racing.

Only the top 16 countries are chosen and Bermuda have been ranked seventh - a milestone achievement as the only other time Bermuda qualified for Team Racing at the Worlds was in China in 2001 where the sailors eventually placed 14th.

The team square off against Peru today.