ISORA
Paul O'Higgin's JPK10.80 Rockabill VI from the Royal Irish Yacht Club was the IRC winner of ISORA's race eight over a 64-mile course off Dublin Bay yesterday with Chris Power Smith's corinthian crew on the J122 Aurelia taking line honours…
There are six proposed starters for Saturday's first ISORA race since June's big offshore Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race including the 2021 Irish Sea Coastal Champion Rockabill VI (Paul O'Higgins of the Royal Irish Yacht Club). The Archambault 31 A Plus,…
National Yacht Club's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race is Clarion Call for Ireland's 2021 Sailing Season
5th June 2021 W M Nixon
Way back whenever, as each wave of COVID seemed to sweep over its predecessor with a power worthy of Aileens herself, the incurable optimists among Ireland's sailors continued to hope that by some miracle we'd have reached a stage on…
Only Three Boats Finish 12-Hour ISORA Race Training Marathon on Dublin Bay (Update)
30th May 2021 ISORA
Billed as the last training event before June 9th's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race, a fleet of 11 boats turned out on Saturday morning for a light wind training run but after 12 hours of racing over a 50-mile course,…
A 17-boat fleet can expect light winds for Saturday's ISORA Training Race as part of the Viking Marine Coastal Series off Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The race is the last before June 9th's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race and thus provides…
Next Saturday's ISORA Training is Final Test Before 2021 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Start
24th May 2021 ISORA
ISORA boss Peter Ryan has described next Saturday's training race as 'the last chance for skippers to ensure their crew are offshore battle-hardened and have recent offshore experience' before the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race on June 9th. Ryan has published…
"Sailing is a lifestyle activity which evolves as an expression of a vehicle sport afloat". There you go. So now you know. And please note that it's "lifestyle" and not "lifetime", though the latter also applies. Yet you were thinking…
Four New Boats Expected to Join Next ISORA Training Run, the Last Before June's Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race
19th May 2021 ISORA
After last Saturday's high octane start to the ISORA season at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, several new boats are expected to join the Irish offshore fleet as the scene hots up for the National Yacht Club hosted Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race…
Howth J109 'Outrajeous' Takes First Win in ISORA Coastal Training Event After Results Correction
17th May 2021 ISORA
Howth ISORA debutante Outrajeous was the winner of Saturday's 35-mile training event following a recalculation of IRC rating results. The impressive performance of the north Dublin J109 crew came to light on Sunday evening after it was discovered the boat…
O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 'Hot Cookie' Shows Her Pace in First ISORA Coastal Training Run (UPDATED)
16th May 2021 ISORA
ISORA's first event of its “Viking Marine Coastal Series at Dun Laoghaire Harbour yesterday mustered a high powered IRC fleet of 13 for a 35-mile course. Starting in a testing south-easterly breeze of 18 to 20 knots at 0955 am, the…
Greystones J122 'Kaya' Will be New Test for ISORA JPK 10.80 Champion 'Rockabill VI' in Saturday's Training Run
14th May 2021 ISORA
ISORA has a potent cruiser-racer fleet of 14 entries and possibly more for Saturday's first training event of the 2021 season from Dublin Bay. In an exciting development for Irish offshore crews, the ISORA fleet will be joined for the…
Kenny Rumball & Pamela Lee to Provide ISORA Pre & Post Race Offshore Training
11th May 2021 Pamela Lee
Dun Laoghaire Harbour sailor Kenneth Rumball a previous successful competitor on the ISORA circuit, along with teammate Pamela Lee has been competing in the toughest offshore sailing circuit, the one-design Figaro circuit in France. This circuit has produced some of…
Sailing in Dublin Bay Area in 2021 Will Be Resuming on a "Gently Does It" Basis
8th May 2021 W M Nixon
The welcome announcement that the National Yacht Club's biennial 280-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2021 will be going ahead on Wednesday, June 9th, is encouraging. But it should not be seen as a clarion call to get the 2021…
ISORA will be running training events this month ahead of the first big Irish offshore fixture of the season, the 320-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire-Dingle Race on June 9th. The training events, starting on the 15th of May, will allow boats to…
'All Systems Go' for Irish Sailing Season But Regatta Organisers Require More Detail From Sport Ireland
30th April 2021 Coronavirus and Boating
Worry over if there will be a 2021 sailing season at all has been replaced by hope after the Government outlined its latest path out of COVID-19 last night. There has been overwhelming optimism following the news of the accelerated…
Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) Has Golden Jubilee This Year
20th March 2021 W M Nixon
On Sunday, August 29th 1971, a group of offshore devotees who had campaigned the previous day's annual cross-channel Abersoch-Howth Race for the James C Eadie Cup gathered in the bar of Howth Yacht Club and gave some purpose to their…