THE TOP trophy at this year’s West Highland Yachting Week (WHYW) was lifted by Rhu-based Jack Aitken on his family’s First 36.7 Animal. With a score of 11 points counting three firsts and four second places, the Aitkens won Class 1 and were awarded the Peter Cocks Memorial Trophy for the best overall performance in the series.
Owned by Jack’s parents Kevin and Debbie Aitken and now in a third season of campaigning, Animal has been a highly successful boat winning many major Scottish regattas.
And having competed in six WHYW events, always with the family, Jack (19) is no stranger to being a winning helm. He is a world-class dinghy sailor and straight after WHYW left to compete in the Laser Standard under-21 World Championships in Germany thereafter heading to Croatia for the European Championships.