Dinghy racing, held on her home turf in Mangrove Bay under blazing sunshine.

Skipper Paul Fisher and his Somerset crew clinched a $700 prize purse after winning five out of six races in Sunday's match racing series, hosted by the Maritime Museum Association.

A remaining $1,000 prize purse, to go towards dinghy maintenance, will be split among the rest of the boats according to placing.

Challenger also captured the Cambridge Bowl in Monday's race. The race for the Gilbert Bowl was cancelled because there was not enough wind.

Her victories put her in the top spot for the Coronation Cup, which goes to the season's overall winner.

Despite the light winds -- less than five knots on Sunday and between five and 10 knots on the Queen's Birthday holiday -- the two-day event was not without sinkings.

Echo , skippered once again by Martin Siese as Peter Bromby was off the Island, sank twice on Sunday, once as she crossed the finish line and once as she approached it. Both times only Siese was left on board, having sent his crew, including fiancee Lisa Davis, overboard.

The Sandys Boat Club dinghy nearly sank yesterday as well after running into trouble at the stake boat.

But she made a marked recovery after the crew, cheered on by race committee members and spectators, bailed frantically for several minutes to keep her afloat. Siese managed to place fourth.

Echo's mediocre performance moved her out of first place overall, which she had shared with Challenger .

In the match racing series, Challenger was defeated only by St. George's Dinghy and Sports Club boat Victory , which saw the return of crew member David Hillier.

Fisher beat Echo and the White family's Port Royal by seconds. Elizabeth sank at the finish boat with only one man on board.

In yesterday's race, which got under way as scheduled at 4 p.m., there was fierce competition between Fisher and Paul White, skippering Port Royal , which sails out of the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.

Victory , sporting number two sails that proved too small for the winds, lagged behind the fleet for the entire race -- passing only the Maritime Museum's Bloodhound .

The other boats battled it out for third place with RBYC's Contest skippered by Andreas Lewin sinking midway through the race for reasons that were not weather related.

Echo is likely to protest Port Royal for brushing her as the two dinghies rounded the stake boat.

Siese ran into trouble seconds later when his boat went off balance and filled with water. About 20 boat legs were lost in trying to keep her from sinking.

Fisher maintained a good lead from the second leg on, winning the five-leg finish-to-windward race by more than 200 yards to the delight of Somerset supporters.