Return, skippered by Seattle’s Mark Bradner, won the San Juan 24 North American Class Association Championship Regatta on Penn Cove Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21.

Return, which finished fifth in last year’s regatta, won its third title in five years.

The North American Championship was hosted by the Oak Harbor Yacht Club and included 13 races over the weekend.

Return was one of three boats to pick up three individual race wins but took the title by being consistently strong throughout the regatta, never placing higher than fifth.

The worst result for each boat was tossed out and not included in the final totals.

This year’s regatta was “very competitive,” according to co-chair Dave Steckman.  “Top honors was anybody’s to take going into Saturday.”

Return finished with 31 points. Bellingham’s Tumbleweed, skippered by Jon Seestrom, and Orcas Island’s Ekono Juan, the defending champion and skippered by Ryan Forbes, tied for second with 41 points.

Tumbleweed, which finished in third in the 2014 regatta, took the early lead this weekend by winning the first two races but was hurt by a ninth-place finish in the next to last race.

Three boats based out of Oak Harbor were part of the 16-boat field.

Renaissance, skippered by Steckman, placed ninth, one spot ahead of Ehu Kai and skipper Bill Walker. Mayhem, skippered by Jason Joiner, placed 12th.

Renaissance’s best individual race result was fifth place in the fourth race;

Ehu Kai finished fourth in both the first and the final race; and Mayhem nabbed second in the fifth race.

The Oak Harbor Yacht Club has hosted the regatta since 2011.

Steckman, who co-chaired the event with the husband and wife team of Shannon and Denise Buys, said, “The regatta went very well. Everyone enjoyed the weekend and the Oak Harbor Yacht Club and Oak Harbor Marina hope they get the chance to host the regatta next year.”