THE top award for Tennent's West Highland Yachting Week, The Peter

Cocks Memorial Trophy, last night went to Elliot Nichol and Stephen

Smith's Sigma 38 Arthur.

They already had clinched Class 1 before yesterday's final race -- an

Olympic triangle off Oban, with the north-westerly breeze steady at 15

knots.

Arthur, steered by sailmaker Nicky Kirk, completed a hat trick of wins

this week by sailing a measured race yesterday to win by almost two

minutes on corrected time, adding this regatta's top trophy to their

class win at Ford Week in Ireland last month.

Local sailmaker Diana Owen came out top of Class 5 in the SK700

Michael The Mini-Tonner. She also helmed to three wins, and had a second

place and a fifth, scoring these from an entry of 28 starters.

By winning the last race David Wilson (Vendaval) denied Jon Fitzgerald

(White Lightning) a record fourth overall win in the Sigma 33 class.

Managing director Angus Meldrum last night confirmed Tennent's

continued support for the event, which this year attracted 165 boats,

for at least three more years. Race 6 results:

Class 1 -- 1, Arthur (S Smith and E Nichol) 1-43.58; 2, First By Farr

(I McNair) 1-45.29; 3, Thornoxon (J McIntyre) 1-48.29. Overall -- 1,

Arthur 3pts; 2, First By Farr 19; 3, Sovereign (I Fyfe) 31.

Class 2 -- 1, Quaila (C Morrison) 1-47.36; 2, Valhalla of Ashton (A

Dunnet) 1-49.48; 3, Shaytana (J McIntyre) 1-51.61. Overall -- 1, Slo'

Djinn (M Stratton) 11.7; 2, Valhalla of Ashton 20.1; 3, Swedish Lady (I

Harris) 28.7.

Class 3 (Sigma 33) -- 1, Vendaval (D Wilson) 1-49.55; 2, Rupert (G

Watson) 1-50.56; 3, White Lightning (J Fitzgerald) 1-51.00. Overall --

1, Vendaval 13.7; 2, White Lightning 14.7; 3, Rupert 1l6.7.

Class 4 -- 1, Revolver (R Perry) 1-18.08; 2, Impact (K McClelland)

1-19.17; 3, Ailish II (W Malone) 1-19.54. Overall -- 1, Revolver 11; 2,

Ailish II 21.7; 3, Seasmoke (E Chapman) 29.7.

Class 5 -- 1, Michael The Mini-Tonner (D Owen) 1-19.37; 2, Diana (J &

F Hunt) 1-23.28; 3, Cynara (C Porteous) 1-23.54. Overall -- 1, Michael

3; 2, Diana 14.7; 3, Good Krack (D Forbes) 31.4.

Class 6 -- 1, Allegro (B Taylor) 1-22.41; 2, Rowan (A Ure) 1-25.31; 3,

Cherry Ripe (C Craig) 1-25.40. Overall -- 1, Hot Toddy (A Chadwick) 8.7;

2, Allegro 16.7; 3, Rowan 22.4.

Class 7 -- 1, Supertram; IV (D Lyons) 1-32.17; 2, Mezzanine of Down (R

Clegg) 1-35.31; 3, Hocus Pogus (D Denholm) 1-36.10. Overall -- 1,

Mezzanine 9; 2, Supertramp IV 23.7; 3, Silver Dollar (G Jones) 33.4.

Class 8 -- 1, Kelana of Clynder (H Arbuthnott) 1-31.12; 2, Crunluath

(W P Marshall) 1-31.33; 3, La Marissa (J Mowat) 1-34.18. Overall -- 1,

Flying Squad (B Curran) 18; 2, Crunluath 33.7; 3, Reiver of Lorne (A

Armstrong) 49.4.