The Oyster BVI Caribbean regatta ended on a high note back at Nanny Cay with today's Class winners in the Pantaenius Cup race also securing the overall honours.

Chris and Susan Shea sailed a masterful race on their Oyster 72 'Magrathea'  to save their time over class 1 rivals, Mariusz Koper's Oyster 72 'Katharsis II' and Stuart Smith and Barry Cooper's  Oyster 82 'Oceana' , while David and Tamsin Kidwell's Oyster 435 'Twice Eleven'  repeated Friday's victory in class 2.

Today's race from St Peter Island Resort, took the fleet on a stiff beat up the Sir Francis Drake Channel to round Ginger Island before running down behind Cooper and Salt Islands and reach between  Dead Chest and Peter Island to finish off Nanny Cay. The sparkling 20knot conditions provided a fitting end not just to the regatta, but Alan Brook's jovial eight year  tenure as race officer to the Oyster fleet.

"I wanted this to be as memorable for the competitors as it was for me" he said at the finish after what turned out to be a classic trade wind race.

Magrathea'  was first to reach the Ginger Island turning point, just ahead of Robin and Carla Stoop's Oyster 82 Rivendell, leaving the 'Oceana'  crew pinching dangerously high in their dirty air to just squeeze round the steep cliff face.  'Katharsis  was 4th round but first to get their spinnaker drawing and managed to cut inside Oceana.  

Magrathea'  chose to pole out their headsail instead, and taking a more direct downwind route down to Peter Island, kept their lead until Katharsis' and 'Oceana' could start to make their chutes pay on the tighter reach to the finish.

The Class II fleet had an equally exciting race with Mark Howard and his crew on the Oyster 56 ' Amanzi'  7 seconds ahead of Vincent Bloem's 'Windflower'.  But neither could save their time against the Kidwell's evergreen Twice Eleven', the oldest and smallest yacht in the fleet.