ISORA
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,…
A strong Dublin Bay fleet is assembling for the final race of the ISORA Viking Marine Irish Coastal Series next Friday evening, 21 August, with the start time moved to 19:00 to avoid a clash with a Royal Irish Yacht…
Justin Burke’s JPK 10.30 ReQuest overcame a last-minute propeller drama to win Saturday’s Viking Marine 25-mile ISORA coastal race from Dún Laoghaire, taking overall IRC honours in a race that ranged from a timid five-knot start to a testing southerly…
Although there is not a specifically Irish boat in the 30-plus fleet starting on Sunday August 9th from Cowes in the Golden Jubilee of the 1800-mile RORC quadrennial circuit of Britain and Ireland, there are Irish crews to be found…
ISORA has introduced a new offshore finish for Saturday's Dún Laoghaire Coastal Race, replacing the traditional harbour entrance finish as competitors prepare for the fourth race of the 2026 Viking Marine Coastal Series. The revised sailing instructions move the finish…
Pata Negra completed a commanding double in Saturday's Musto ISORA Championship race from Pwllheli to Greystones, taking both line honours and IRC overall victory after a hard-fought beat across the Irish Sea. Andrew Hall's Lombard 46 covered the 73-nautical-mile course…
