The Race Cayman 2010 regatta reached a successful conclusion on Monday 15th March 2010 with Ian Barrows of US Virgin Islands winning the Byte CII North American Championship and Cayman's Compass Marine Team of Mike Farrington, Matt Diaz and Sam Dawson claiming victory in the CISC J/22 International. Both events were run simultaneously by the Cayman Islands Sailing Club (CISC) with excellent conditions prevailing in the North Sound where a total of 25 races were held over 6 days.

Jane Moon the event organiser said, "This event was the biggest international sailing event that Cayman has ever hosted. A total 17 countries from the Caribbean, Europe and the United States took part. Within the overall Race Cayman event there was a youth event, racing in single-handed Bytes, and an adult event racing J/22s, a fixed keel boat typically raced by a crew of three or four."

The youth regatta combined the Youth Olympic Games regional qualifying event and the Byte CII North American Championship, while the adult event was the CISC J/22 International regatta.

Jane Moon continued, "The event exceeded our expectations and the hope is that we will be able to continue to host more major international sailing events in the future. Over 100 visitors came to Cayman for Race Cayman and they were very excited by the ideal natural sailing location that the North Sound offers. The water is warm, the sea is sheltered and there is always an ideal sailing breeze."

In the Byte class, Ian Barrows US Virgin Islands (ISV) put in an awesome display of sailing skills to run out clear winner of the Byte CII North American Championship and the North American and Caribbean qualifier for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The top four nations in the boy's and girl's division qualify for the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore in August 2010

Behind Barrows, Eugene Hendrix from the Netherlands (AHO) took the silver medal, with Spain's Marti Llena, already qualified for the YOG but in the Cayman Islands to get some additional racing practice, taking third.

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