Five yachts competed for the Kishorn Cup on Saturday.

A "Pursuit Race" with a staggered start gave the slower handicapped boats a head start on the faster ones. John Murphy's Contessa 26 "Ella" started first, followed by Steve Patch's UFO 31 "Planet Express", then Graham Smith's Beneteau 285, "Asterix" and finally then the two Fulmars of Kevin Kitson-Jones and Dave Murray, "Playtime" and "Mhojo".

Most yachts were heavily reefed to cope with the Force 5/6 Westerly winds which produced particularly steep seas on the North shore of the loch. We recorded gusts of up to 32 knots (apparent) and most crews were severely tested by the conditions. All the yachts completed the race and a very close finish saw John Murphy in Ella (just) retain his pole postion to take the Kishorn cup. Graham Smith and crew ran a very close 2nd and were justly pleased with that result as their first ever race in Asterix. Dave Murray (Mhojo) came third , Steve Patch (Planet Express) fourth and Kevin Kitson-Jones (Playtime) fifth.

(John Murphy is presented with the Cup by Commodore Cathy Kitson-Jones.)

 Afterwards we rafted together with David Johnson on Meridian and had a splendid barbeque hosted by Lillian with her assistants Sheila and John MacPherson.

 The evening ran on into the twilight hours with some of the boats opting to remain rafted up for the night. A good time was had by all.