The Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race has announced that “TI” is the overall winner for this year. The biannual race traverses 645 miles from Marion to Bermuda.

Skippered by Gregg Marston and with a family crew, all of Falmouth, Maine, the “TI” finished with a corrected time of 86 hours, 35 minutes and 56 seconds. The boat used celestial navigation, a division of the race that saw growth this year.

While plenty of celebrating was to be had for those who crossed the finish line, it was overshadowed by the death of Bill Fasnacht, a crew member from Mystic, Connecticut on the “Legacy V.”

On the evening of July 20, a day into the race, Fasnacht suddenly fell over unconscious. The crew tried to revive him for an hour using CPR and a defibrillator but without success. Race officials announced his passing and said he died of natural causes. His crew returned to the US.

Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race Executive Director Allan McLean said, “We extend our deepest sympathy to Mr. Fasnacht’s wife Betsy Bowman and all of his family, crew mates and friends. We will fly our flags at half-mast in his memory and also have a moment of silence in his memory before the prize-giving Saturday night.”

Two other boats experienced problems and had to turn back. The “Kiva” got a ripped mainsail and “Free Range Chicken” had a rigging failure.

The weather proved challenging for competitors when they hit the Gulf Stream.

“It was a difficult situation as we had two low pressure systems and tropical storm Bill coming,” said Ray Cullum of Marion. “We had forty knots of wind for several hours. Then everything went into the fifties and we simply waited it out.”

On Monday, “Mischievous,” sailing for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy grabbed line honors in the race. She crossed the finish line at St. David’s Lighthouse Bermuda on Monday evening at 6:42 EDT.

‘Spirit of Bermuda”, the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s 118-foot training vessel chartered by Jim Butterfield, had a strong fourth for line honors and first in the Classic Division.

A recap of the individual classes is as follows.

Chip John’s Baltic 58 “Margalo” now stands first in Class A on corrected time preliminary data. The J46 “Ariel” skippered by Bob Anderson moved into second and “Defiance” Peter Noonan’s Swan 56 is third.

USNA “Swift,” skippered by Kyle Briggs, has a lock on Class B honors. “Defiance” NA23 skippered by Jared Velaske leapt back into second at the end and “Integrity” NA22 skippered by Tom Wester fell back to third in class. 1-2-3 for the navy midshipman is a clean sweep.

The lowest, slowest handicapped boat in Class C, David Caso’s ‘”Silhouette,” finished first in Class C. Standing second in Class C is “Black Mallard” a Cardinal 46 skippered by Tracy Day McRoberts. “Attitude,” a Beneteau 423 skippered by Shawn Dahlen, is third.

The smallest boats, those in Class D, were led by overall winner, “TI,” the Alden Mistral 36 sailed by Gregg Marston. Following in second was “Trust Me,” the Moody 47 skippered by Jeff Dowling. In third is “Roust,” sailed double handed by Ian Gumprecht and Mark Swanson. “Roust” was the big overall winner in 2013.