Buddy Rego, skippering Tsunami , led home the IMS racing yachts after a spirited chase by E.John Thompson's Monkeyshines in a 27-mile race starting and finishing at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and turning at buoy 16 at St Catherine's Head.

Meanwhile, Lullaby , skippered by David Roblin triumphed over three other cruising boats, which sailed to and fro the Elbow marker at Shelly Bay.

Bermuda Oyster , captained by Paul Hubbard finished second.

Tsunami finished in four hours, 18 minutes, 46 seconds, little more than a minute ahead of Monkeyshines . Lullaby's time was 2:51.30, almost nine minutes faster than its nearest rival.

With winds high enough for a small craft warning by the end of the race, most of the cruising fleet worked their sails wing-on-wing to maximise their speed.

CRICKET CRI A total of 22 locals, mostly current and past players, have signed up for this weekend's four-day coaching course put on by Bermuda Cricket Board of Control and conducted by West Indian coach William Bourne.

The course will begin with evening seminars at CeadarBridge Academy from 5.30 to 8.30 and continue on Saturday and Sunday with all-day sessions at Stonington campus from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Bourne has been sent to Bermuda by the ICC Regional Development officer to help ugrade the standard of coaching.

The following will be involved: Grant Smith, Wendell White, Jeffrey Richardson, Shaun Roberts, Tucoma Robinson, Sara Tufts, Peter Philpott, George Cannonier, Clevie Wade, Winston Reid, Andre Manders, Herbie Bascome, Charlie Marshall, Perry Scott, Courtney Trott, Paul Ross, Reggie Tucker Jr, Dexter Smith, Jim West, Steven Bremar, Wendall Lindsay, James Pace.