IT was rum all-round in Barbados for Team Concise 10, owned by Haslemere businessman Tony Lawson, as the prize for winning the Grand Prix Multi-Hull event.

In the Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race, Team Concise 10 sailed the 67 miles in a record two hours 37 minutes, averaging 28knots and smashed the record by two hours.

The team carried off the main trophy and a prize of the skipper Ned Collier Wakefiled’s weight, nine cases, in Mount Gay XO rum.

Making a rare appearance onstage with his team at the presentation, Mr Lawson said: “Team Concise has won world championships, broken lots of records, but this was the one I wanted so bad.

“Not for the team, but for the whole of Barbados the place I love and which is like a second home to me. And we did it.

“What you saw out there was Grand Prix racing of the highest calibre. I don’t think our record will be broken for some time.

“To do it, the next lot, like us, will have to lay it all on the line and then go some more.”