The Scottish Islands Peaks Race

Q: Will seeing SIPRees sail past our house ever get old?
A: Obviously not. (Hello Yemaya! 👋)

We have another video log for your enjoyment: this one from Shrewsbury School on Indigo. https://www.scottishislandspeaksrace.com/about/race-reports/

Next up we have a video log from Marc Turner on Excalibur III: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYmo0-8q24a/

If you've got a log from this year's race, send it in! We'll get it up on our website, share it here, and you'll be in the running for this year's Fascinator Trophy.

The race logs have started to come in! First up is this written report from Robin Wilkins on Tangaroa: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRVqM2PfO86emkBsCfiOmjIDB18-LKxStvOmofK2ftTLv7CAVz-bV0700pH-SM0B_O8PHTCP62Sn-D_/pub

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/helensburgh-advertiser/20260528/281994679150973

School team fin­ishes gruelling race for the second year in a row | Helensburgh Advertiser PUPILS from Lomond School in Helens­burgh com­peted in the gruelling Scot­tish Islands Peaks Race for the second year in a row. The inde­pend­ent school on Stafford Street entered the race for the first time last year after a 12 year absence. The...

The crew of Oban vessel Hecla II were the final finishers of this year's Scottish Islands Peaks Race, and showed incredible determination to finish despite difficult conditions! Well done to them all.

Read more: https://www.westcoasttoday.co.uk/news/obans-hecla-ii-perseveres

And finally, thanks to all of you. All of you who are crazy enough to attempt this race, those of you who are even crazier and finish it, all of the families and friends, and all the spectators and supporters. This weekend would be rather dull without all of you showing up. Let’s do it again next year, shall we? Say weekend of 14 May? And in the meantime, see you at the ceilidh on 30 January!

We are eternally grateful for everyone at the , , , all the other patches along the west coast of Scotland. And for all the folk and . Not just during the race, but as islanders ourselves, we understand how vital all of you are. Having said that, we do slightly prefer the years where we don’t see any of you. Nothing personal! 🤣

An especially huge thank you to all the fine (and endlessly patient) people at Troon Yacht Haven and . You have no idea the amount of chaos we cause for them… we don’t either, we only see a fraction of it! And yet they welcome us back every year with smiling faces. You are, and always will be, our very favourite finish line.

A big thank you to our hosts on Mull, the fantastic . We can’t recommend this place highly enough! Clean, great facilities, friendly folk.