Two Northern Ireland Boats Will Compete in ISORA's Holyhead to Strangford Lough Race

10th August 2023

Alan Hannon's Coquine with its 'dazzle hull', reminiscent of WW 1 battleships will compete in the ISORA Strangford Race

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.

Northern Ireland skipper Ross Boyd Photo: via Facebook

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.

Quoile Yacht Club is preparing to host the ISORA racers on Strangford Lough Photo: Courtesy QYC

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Betty Armstrong is Afloat and Yachting Life's Northern Ireland Correspondent. Betty grew up racing dinghies but now sails a more sedate Dehler 36 around County Down

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