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ISORA applauded its 2023 overall champion Paul O'Higgins and his Royal Irish Rockabill VI crew at the association's annual sell-out black-tie dinner at the National Yacht Club on Saturday, November 11th. The winning JPK 10.80 crew and many other prizewinners…

ISORA has published a draft schedule for its 2024 fixtures that starts on May 6th with an early coastal series on both sides of the Irish Sea. The first cross-channel race is May 11th with a Dun Laoghaire - Pwllheli…

It’s prize-giving time down beside the Old Granite Pond. Last night (Friday), Commodore Eddie Totterdell presided over Dublin Bay Sailing Club’s annual re-distribution of their enormous cache of trophies in the National Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire. And tonight (Saturday),…

Decreasing fleet numbers this season is 'the elephant in the room', according to a Dublin yacht racing organiser who wants to raise his concerns before the 2024 season. Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) Chairman Peter Ryan has asked fleet…

Liam Shanahan Senr was widely known in the sailing community as a determined offshore racing and cruising owner-skipper and a pillar of the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire, both as a longtime Club Trustee and a racing and sea-going…

The life story of Sean Flood, who has died at the age of 91, is in many ways the story of modern Ireland as seen through a sailing and business lens. From a family of traditionally and strongly patriotic outlook,…

ISORA will applaud its 2023 overall champion Paul O'Higgins and his Royal Irish Rockabill VI crew at the association's annual black-tie dinner at the National Yacht Club on November 11th.  The winning JPK 10.80 crew and many other prizewinners will…

Pete Smyth's Sunfast 3600 Searcher from the National Yacht Club won ISORA's Friday night IRC race overall from Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Seven boats took part in the final race of the Viking Marine coastal series around the Moulditch Buoy off…

The canting keel Elliott 57, Opal, skippered by Frank Whelan of Greystones, will compete in Friday's ISORA Viking Marine Coastal night race from Dun Laoghaire. According to organisers, the likely course will be 20 miles along the Dublin and Wicklow coast…

Afloat.ie regret to record the death of National Yacht Club member and former Trustee Mr. Liam Shanahan Snr. Liam and his wife Emir and family have been stalwart members of the National Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour for many years.  "Together with their family,…

The last race in the ISORA Viking Marine Coastal Series for the Vincent Farrell trophy will be sailed on Friday, 22nd September. As regular Afloat readers know, the Dun Laoghaire Harbour-based race was postponed due to gales on August 18th. …

Despite placing fourth and a strong final challenge from Welsh yachts in Saturday's end-of-season ISORA cross-channel race, Paul O'Higgins's Rockabill VI of Dun Laoghaire maintained her overall advantage and was crowned 2023 ISORA champion by a 3.1 points difference. In the…

The last ISORA cross-channel race of 2023 takes place this Saturday (September 2nd), and there are early indications of a 12-boat turnout for the Irish offshore season's closing fixture. The 60-mile James C Eadie Cup Race from Pwllheli in North Wales…

A poor weather forecast has postponed Friday's (August 18) ISORA Night Race from Dun Laoghaire Harbour.  The race will now be sailed on Friday, September 22, at 7 pm. As Afloat reported earlier, the Night Race is the Final Viking Marine…

A course beginning and ending off Dun Laoghaire Harbour will round out the 2023 ISORA Viking Marine Coastal Series this Friday (August 18th). The series' last race of six off Dublin Bay will start at 19.55hrs on Friday, August 18th, with the…

Following an intense weekend of ISORA racing at Strangford Lough, the stage is set for an exciting end-of-season offshore climax to decide the Wolf's Head Trophy. Clear overall winners are emerging for Class 1 and 2, but there will be…