Two Northern Ireland boats are entered into the ISORA race from Holyhead to Strangford Lough, which starts on Friday at 19.30 hrs.
Ross Boyd’s Elan 40 Evenstar from Royal Ulster Yacht Club (RUYC) on Belfast Lough, Quoile YC on Strangford Lough, and Alan Hannon’s JP10.8 Coquine from RUYC.
The Friday 11th night race will finish at the Fairway Buoy and restart at the same location on the Sunday morning of the 13th. After entering the Lough by the Narrows between Portaferry and Strangford village, the fleet will stop over at the nearby Quoile Yacht Club at the southwestern end of the Lough.
"It's the start of opportunities to increase linking offshore sailing across all the regions of the Irish Sea"
Ross was part of the crew on Rob Rendall’s Grand Soleil 44 Race, Samatom with a credible 16 th out of 100 in IRC Class 1 in what proved to be a very windy and challenging Fastnet race. Ross said that he is delighted to participate in this ISORA race and added that he hopes this will be the start of opportunities to increase linking offshore sailing across all the regions of the Irish Sea.