BERLIN — For the second consecutive year, the combined team of Ayers Creek Adventures and Baked Desserts Café has out-run its competition during the Berlin Bathtub Races.

Pushed by Blake Taylor and steered by Amy Bennett, the kayak racer beat Collin Maycomber and Stephen Barrett of Barrett Chevrolet in the final race of the double-elimination competition last Friday.

Ayers Creek Adventures and Baked Desserts Café were the top seed in the final race, with Barrett Chevrolet earning its spot after beating the third-place team of Mark Huey and Lisa Capitelli, representing Ocean City Today and Bayside Gazette.

Thirteen local businesses participated in the races, which drew a crowd of more than 1,000.

During each heat, two businesses raced against each other along a 250-foot stretch of North Main Street.

Ayers Creek Adventures and Baked Desserts Café won a trophy donated by Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care, a free banner ad on the Web site of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce — which organized the event — and recognition in all of the chamber’s e-mail blasts.