Six men attempt the swim from Rathlin Island to Ballycastle, one of the toughest straits of water in Ireland. There is no shame in not being able to complete this crossing. Over 3,000 people turned up in Ballycastle to see the swimmers come in.
The winner was Kendall Mellor, a bookbinder, of Ashleigh Road, Keighley, West Riding, and former Coldstream Guardsman. He completed the swim in two hours and 42 minutes, breaking the record set by Jack McClelland in 1959. He had previously swum the English Channel in 1963.