Going the extra mile paid off for Pike Severance and fellow crew onboard Redwood, who have secured Marion Bermuda Race line honours.

The American team were successful despite having sailed a longer distance to the island chasing the wind. Beverly Yacht Club helmsman Severance steered the Ker 50 across the finish line off St David’s Lighthouse at 7:13am on Wednesday to complete the 645 nautical-mile race with an elapsed sailing time of 4 days, 18 hours 33 minutes and 42 seconds.

Integrity, Gallant, Defiance and Lyric are among the remaining boats to have completed the biennial race so far.

Among those yet to finish is sole Bermuda entry Avalon which is being co-helmed by Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club commodore Roger Beach and Canadian Jeff Bennett.