Offshore racing continues its comeback and the first sign of renewal comes tomorrow morning on Dublin Bay when 21 boats muster for the first race of the Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead. It's all a far cry from just three years ago years when the domestic offshore fleet here dwindled to such an extent that in 2007, ISORA was ready to fold.
The 21-boat entry list for tomorrow morning's first ISORA race to Holyhead has been issued and commodore Peter Ryan warns there may well be a change of course for the 57-miler.
Boat Name | Sail No. | Type | IRC Rating | IRC |
(provisional) | No Spinnaker | |||
English Mick | GBR4771R | Beneteau 47.7 | 1.130 | IRC |
Quite Correct | IRL 5405 | DS54 | 1.095 | IRC |
African Challenge | IRL 2649 | Fast 42 | 1.077 | IRC |
Tsunami | IRL 4007 | First 40.7 | 1.061 | IRC |
Lancastrian | GBR 7682T | Starlight 14.5m | 1.059 | IRC |
Rebellion | IRL 6001 | Nicholson 58 | 1.054 | NS |
Madam Wen | GBR1417L | Sweden 42 | 1.041 | IRC |
Aztec 3 | IRL29832 | A35 | 1.034 | IRC |
Raging Bull | IRL 9666 | Sigma 400 | 1.030 | IRC |
Jedi | IRL 8088 | J109 | 1.029 | IRC |
Sgrech | GBR9319R | J109 | 1.026 | IRC |
Miss Scarlett | IRL 4763 | Sunfast 40.3 | 1.025 | IRC |
Lula Belle | IRL 3607 | First 36.7 | 1.019 | IRC |
First of September | IRL 8581 | First 43.5 | 1.017 | IRC |
Dinah | IRL 3508 | JOD 35 | 1.016 | IRC |
Adelie | FRA 9631 | First 34.7 | 0.994 | IRC |
Mojito | GBR 4184 | Bravaria 39 | 0.988 | IRC |
Mistral of St Helier | K 8337 | Sigma 38 | 0.984 | IRC |
Yahtzee | IRL 1068 | Oceanis 411 | 0.983 | IRC |
Obsession | IRL 4513 | Sigma 33 | 0.905 | NS |
Sarnia | IRL 2260 | 0.891 | IRC |