Ricky Sousa and Nick Cabral were back on the podium after claiming victory in the National Championship series in Dockyard last Sunday.

The pair were crowned overall and B class winners in the opening timed race contested in the Great Sound.

Their latest success arrived fresh on the heels of securing class and overall honours while also blazing a new B class course record (37min 54sec) in the prestigious Rubis Round the Island Race last month.

Brandon DeSilva and Blake Burgess finished second overall and Chad Sutherland and Lee Wilson third.

DeSilva and Burgess also claimed A class honours, Sutherland and Wilson C class honours and Matthew Smith and Brendan Renaud D class honours.

Sutherland then went two better to claim overall and class honours in the second and final race after Sergio Raynor replaced Wilson as co-pilot.

Tai Bean and Quince Dowling were second overall across the line, with DeSilva and Burgess rounding off the top three finishers.

DeSilva and Burgess also led the A class across the line, Bean and Dowling claimed B class honours, while Sutherland and Raynor won C class and Smith and Renaud D class.

Sousa and Cabral were denied a sweep of overall and class honours after failing to finish the second race in their 23ft Ocke Mannerfelt boat.

The national championship event was held in conjunction with the Rickai “Pugi” Memorial Race, observed by hundreds of spectators on pleasure craft and those lining the wharf at Cross Island.

Also among those competing was Raynor’s father, Ricky, who delivered on a promise to continue competing in his late son’s honour on what would have been his 29th birthday.

The 63-year-old served as co-pilot on Damon Morris’s boat. The pair finished fourth in B class in the first race but were unable to compete in the second due to mechanical issues.

Raynor had hoped to race in the restored boat his son tragically lost his life in a crash while racing in Hamilton Harbour in June but was unable to because of propeller issues and a lack of parts.