2022 Scottish Islands Peaks Race – May 20/21 2022

A long weekend with a difference for two of our members! An adventure with a difference.

This adventure race is for teams of sailors and fell runners (both youth and adult) and is held annually on and around the most beautiful parts of the west coast of Scotland.

The race has several objectives: one is to encourage sailors to appreciate fell running, for runners to appreciate sailing and for both to enjoy what must be some of the best sailing and hill running in the world; another is to help to build the self confidence of the youngsters sailing in the Youth Teams; yet another is to raise funds for various good causes; but the main objective is to provide a challenging experience to sailors and runners who may be too busy to devote weeks to sailing the Atlantic or trekking in Tibet but who still relish overcoming a challenge which is well beyond those normally encountered in our modern well insulated lives.
The race is for teams of hill runners and sailors over a long weekend around the beautiful West Coast of Scotland. The sailing course of 160 nautical miles includes the strong tides and overfalls of the Corryvreckan and the Mull of Kintyre whilst the runners cover 60 miles and 11,500 ft of climbing.

The race starts in Oban with a short hill run, then a sail to Salen on Mull, run over Ben More, sail to Craighouse on Jura, run the Paps, sail to Arran, run Goat Fell, then sail to Troon. The race takes 3 to 4 days and caters for multihulls, racers, and cruisers.

Each team consists of 5 (usually 2 runners and 3 sailors), and there is also an All Rounders class for sailors that can run or runners that can sail, and a class for Youth (with the assistance of a few adults). All runners should have hill navigational experience.

2022 results

Congratulations to 2022 Scottish Islands Peaks Race winners, Tangaroa! Skipper Des Balmforth, runners Robin Wilkins and David Wallace, with crew Stephen Forteith and Nicolas Le Clanche came in with a time of 38:29:45.

Well we had Rob [in Fearless Friend] and Peter [in Laura] in the competition this year – they were also in the same Class [3] as the winners!

Rumour has it that Universal are looking to sign Rob if they make Fishermen’s Friends 3

I cannot interpret the results table but looking at our guys Strava..