Crews anticipate shortening Sunday's 24-mile course in ISORA's third Viking Marine coastal race due to a light wind forecast, keeping the duration to the promised four-hour time limit.
That will be in marked contrast to last Saturday's sail-busting weather that saw an eight-boat fleet race a fast course in 20-knot westerlies under spinnaker to North Kish on Dublin Bay.
A three to five-knot north-easterly is forecast for Sunday morning off Dun Laoghaire as Ireland's biggest marine leisure centre enjoys the first fine boating weekend weather of the year.
Sunday's course will follow the usual start for all classes at 11 am: from the Dun Laoghaire Outfall buoy to the Muglins (S) to Bray Outfall (P) to North Kish (P), then to ISORA Dublin Virtual (S) and a finish between the pier heads at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Sunday's ISORA's third Viking Marine coastal race course will follow a usual start from the Dun Laoghaire Outfall buoy for all classes at 11 am to the Muglins (S) to Bray Outfall (P) to North Kish (P), then to ISORA Dublin Virtual (S) and a finish between the pier heads at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
As Afloat reported earlier, the fleet is hotting up for the third race. The Belfast Lough JPK 1030 Coquine, skippered by Alan Hannon, arrived in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday for the weekend fixture.
Among the contestants are last week's Dun Laoghaire joint winners, the J122 Aurelia (Chris Power Smith) from the Royal St. George Yacht Club and ISORA 2023 champion, the JPK 1080 Rockabill VI (Paul O'Higgins) from the Royal Irish Yacht Club.
Some early mid-week training on Dublin Bay has ensured the return of the J122 Aurelia (Chris Power Smith) from the Royal St. George Yacht Club to the ISORA circuit has been a successful one Photo: Afloat
Also expected are visitors to the bay from the nearby Howth Yacht Club.
