ISORA
Plas Heli, the Welsh National Sailing Academy and Events Centre at Pwllheli on the Irish Sea coast of North Wales, has been recognised as one of the UK's leading sailing venues as it prepares to host the Topper World Championships…
A proposal to broaden ISORA’s offshore programme with more north-south racing along the Irish coast is among the ideas being put forward for discussion at the association’s 2026 AGM. Barry O’Connor’s proposal suggests looking beyond ISORA’s predominantly east-west Irish Sea…
The Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) will hold its 2026 Annual General Meeting at the National Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire on Saturday, 14 November at 3pm, with the 2027 race programme and race-management arrangements among the principal items…
Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) Honorary Secretary Stephen Tudor is stepping down as Chair of the GBR IRC Committee after five years in the role, saying the time is right to end more than a decade of service on…
Simon Knowles of Howth is “Sailor of the Month (Offshore)” for September
1st October 2026 Sailor of the Month
In the hyper-busy contemporary sailing programme available to cruiser-racers, it can be something of a jigsaw puzzle putting together your optimal crew in order to hit top form just when it is needed. Simon Knowles of Howth, with the J/109…
Sam Hall of Pata Negra has won the inaugural ISORA Under 25 Sailor Prize after a first season that attracted 35 young sailors across eight boats in the Irish Sea offshore racing fleet. Thirteen sailors qualified for the season-long prize,…
The ISORA Technical Committee has stressed that competitors' views expressed in the offshore racing association's open WhatsApp group did not influence the decision to cancel Saturday's season-ending James Eadie Race from Pwllheli to Dún Laoghaire. The clarification followed a discussion…
The concluding James Eadie Race of the 2026 Musto ISORA Offshore Series, scheduled from Pwllheli to Dún Laoghaire on Saturday (September 12th), has been cancelled because of the weather forecast. The 75-mile offshore race was due to start from Pwllheli…
Fourteen boats have now declared for Saturday’s concluding race of the 2026 MUSTO ISORA Series from Pwllheli to Dún Laoghaire, including already-crowned Wolf’s Head Trophy winner Pata Negra, with several of the remaining overall and class positions still to be…
Andrew and Sam Hall's Pata Negra leads the MUSTO ISORA 2026 Series after 18 races, having already secured the Wolf's Head Trophy ahead of the concluding Pwllheli–Dún Laoghaire race on September 12. The Pwllheli Sailing Club Lombard 46 tops the…
John Malone and Emmet Sheridan's two-handed JPK 10.30 Loinnir won Saturday's ISORA Dún Laoghaire–Pwllheli race overall on IRC after a long passage across the Irish Sea. According to proviiosal resyults on the race ytracker, the Lough Ree Yacht Club/Royal Irish…
The Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) has amended the course for Saturday morning's Dún Laoghaire–Pwllheli offshore race following the introduction of a temporary maritime exclusion zone off the Wicklow coast. Revised Supplemental Sailing Instructions issued for the penultimate race…
Defending ISORA champion and current series leader Pata Negra will sit out Saturday's penultimate offshore race from Dún Laoghaire to Pwllheli, giving her closest championship rivals an opportunity to strengthen their challenge with just two races remaining. The Andrew and…
El Syd Wins ISORA Night Race as Howth's Indian Takes Viking Marine Coastal Series
22nd August 2026 ISORA
Frank Whelan's Sydney 43 GTS El Syd from Greystones won Friday night's final Viking Marine ISORA Irish Coastal Series race on IRC, while Simon Knowles' Howth Yacht Club J/109 Indian produced the result it needed to leap from third to…
The three leading boats in the Viking Marine ISORA Irish Coastal Series will go head-to-head off Dublin and Wicklow tonight (Friday, August 21st) in a higher-scoring night race that will decide the 2026 series. As Afloat reported earlier, Royal St George…
A scoring update to the ISORA Viking Marine Irish Coastal Series has tightened the battle at the top of the 2026 standings, with the best three races now counting towards the overall result. Royal St George Yacht Club's J/122 Aurelia,…
