Raging Bull Top Again in First ISORA Race

1st May 2011

A 'tough opener' is how Commodore Peter Ryan has described the first ISORA offshore sailing race of the season from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire yesterday. Inspite of the difficult conditions though there was little change at the top of the leader board. Skerries domination of Irish Sea racing continues with the Sigma 400 Raging Bull maintaining his winning form. It was a very hard race with usual flukey conditions trying to leave Dublin Bay at 8am on Saturday morning (Afloat.ie followed the fleet out of the bay on twitter). Strong winds followed for the beat to the M2 buoy before another long leg and a short beat to Holyhead. The sea conditions on the 60-mile course were trying for many crew who were out for the first time this season.

ISORA has formed three classes this season, the aim is to give better competitive sailing between similar boats. First race results below.


Boat Name	Sail No.	Type	IRC Rating	Finish Time	Time elapsed	Corrected	Place	Place
			(provisional)			Time	Class	O/A
English Mick	GBR4771R	Beneteau 47.7	1.130	19:18:26	40706	45997	2	8
GFT Adventurer	GBR23161	Beneteau 45	1.101	19:54:46	42886	47217	3	9
Quite Correct	IRL 5405	DS54	1.095	RET	-	-	-	-
African Challenge	IRL 2649	Fast 42	1.077	RET	-	-	-	-
Tsunami	IRL 4007	First 40.7	1.061	18:48:01	38881	41252	1	4
Lancastrian	GBR 7682T	Starlight 14.5m	1.059	20:27:00	44820	47464	4	10
Rebellion	IRL 6001	Nicholson 58	1.054	RET	-	-	-	-
Orna	IRL 532		1.047	DNS	-	-	-	-
Madam Wen	GBR1417L	Sweden 42	1.04	RET	-	-	-	-
Aztec 3	IRL29832	A35	1.034	18:59:30	39570	40915	3	3
Raging Bull	IRL 9666	Sigma 400	1.027	18:42:30	38550	39590	1	1
Jedi	IRL 8088	J109	1.029	RET	-	-	-	-
Sgrech	GBR9319R	J109	1.026	19:01:52	39712	40744	2	2
Miss Scarlett	IRL 4763	Sunfast 40.3	1.025	RET	-	-	-	-
Lula Belle	IRL 3607	First 36.7	1.019	19:35:55	41755	42548	5	6
First of September	IRL 8581	First 43.5	1.017	DNS	-	-	-	-
Dinah	IRL 3508	JOD 35	1.016	19:36:22	41782	42450	4	5
Adelie	FRA 9631	First 34.7	0.988	21:26:00	48360	47779	2	11
Mojito	GBR 4184	Bravaria 39	0.988	20:36:22	45382	44837	1	7
Mistral of St Helier	K 8337	Sigma 38	0.984	RET	-	-	-	-
Yahtzee	IRL 1068	Oceanis 411	0.983	02:23:00	66180	65054	3	12
Obsession	IRL 4513	Sigma 33	0.905	RET	-	-	-	-
Sarnia	IRL 2260		0.891	RET	-	-	-	-

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