Newport Bermuda Race - Carina wins Lighthouse - Nine boats to finish

8:22 PM Wed 23 Jun 2010 GMT

'’Carina’ a McCurdy/Rhodes 48 skippered by Rives Potts from Westbrook CT, at the start of the 635 mile Newport Bermuda Race' PPL Photo Agency

Newport Bermuda Race - Carina has won the St. David's Lighthouse Division in the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race. Owned and sailed by Rives Potts (Westbrook, CT) with a crew blending four families, Carina is the 46th winner of the race's top trophy in the 104-year history of the race, which runs 635 miles from Newport, RI to St. David's Light, Bermuda. The 48-foot McCurdy & Rhodes designed sloop won on corrected time under the Offshore Racing Rule by the very large margin of 3 hours, 35 minutes over Gregory B. Manning's Sarah (Warwick, RI). Belle Aurore, a Cal 40 owned ...

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by John Rousmaniere