David Caso will take home the Gosling's Rum Founder's Trophy for first overall in the monohull fleet in the 30th anniversary Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race — a trophy which is to be awarded for the first time tomorrow.

Caso's Cherubini's 50 Silhouette from Duxbury, Massachusetts finished at just after 7.15 Tuesday evening and took first place overall and first in Class D.

Kathleen, a classic 72-foot yawl sailed by Jim Feeney, finished first in Class A and second in fleet.>

Silhouette is a ketch and looks much like a classic Herreshoff design.

Herreshoff said that gentlemen don't sail to weather and since the race was a run and a reach, this boat really sailed. They piled on the mizzen, mizzen staysail, main, staysail and jenny or asymmetrical spinnaker. And they hit every puff just right.

Kathleen, a yawl, followed suit and had a battle with Bermudian Preston Hutchings' Morgan's Ghost and Peter Savage' Venture for first to finish on elapsed time.

Kathleen sailed non-spinnaker, and in the reaching conditions that prevailed for most of the race, she powered along at an even pace with Morgan's Ghost.

A wind shift in the final hours of the race allowed Morgan's Ghost to fly her chute for five hours, gain needed speed and take the honours.

Since the wind died Tuesday, many boats turned on the ‘iron genny' and motored to Bermuda for the festivities at The Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.

By late Wednesday morning only 22 of 72 boats had finished. It was a slow race for the smaller boats that couldn't finish before the wind dropped.

The prizegiving for the Marion to Bermuda Race will be held tomorrow at Government House. Festivities start at 5.30 p.m. A Gala Dinner follows at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.