ISORA
Seven years after winning one of the Irish Sea's oldest offshore races, Chris Power Smith is still waiting to pose with the trophy that came with victory. The Royal St George Yacht Club skipper's Aurelia won the 100th Isle of…
Andrew and Sam Hall's Pata Negra claimed overall victory in the 105th edition of Liverpool Yacht Club's Isle of Man Midnight Race, one of the oldest offshore yacht races in the Irish Sea. The race traces its origins to 1907…
The second leg of this weekend's ISORA Isle of Man double-header has been cancelled following a recommendation from the race safety team. Race Nine, scheduled to take the fleet from Douglas to Dún Laoghaire on Sunday, was called off after…
After the successful staging of the Inishtearaght Race from Kinsale, attention switches back to the Irish Sea this weekend as ISORA's offshore fleet prepares for a key double-header centred on the Isle of Man. The Liverpool-Douglas and Douglas-Dún Laoghaire races…
Pata Negra claimed both line honours and provisional IRC overall victory in Saturday’s ISORA offshore race from Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire, sealing the win with a spinnaker finish on Dublin Bay. The Lombard 46, campaigned by Andrew and Sam Hall…
The ISORA fleet is preparing for Saturday morning’s return crossing from Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire following last weekend’s high-speed eastbound opener. Race Seven of the 2026 offshore series starts at 08:30 on Saturday May 23rd, with online entries remaining open.…
The forecast for a rapid Irish Sea crossing proved accurate on Saturday as the leading boats in ISORA’s opening offshore race of the 2026 season blasted from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead in little more than five hours. The standout performance…
Pundits are predicting some of the fastest ever times for Saturday’s opening ISORA Irish Sea crossing from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead, with strong northerly winds set to produce a high-speed reach across the channel. ISORA Chairman Peter Ryan believes the…
Eighteen boats are entered for the opening ISORA offshore race of the season from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead on Saturday May 9th. The 55-mile crossing is scheduled to start at 08:00, with online entries remaining open. The channel fleet shows…
Light winds forced an early finish in Saturday’s ISORA Coastal Race off the Welsh coast, with skippers agreeing to abandon the full course and adopt a shortened result. The result is an early indicator of continuing form for current ISORA…
Former ISORA offshore champion Matt Davis of Skerries has died following an illness. He was 49, just one month away from his 50th birthday. Davis, a two-time ISORA champion in 2010 and 2011, was best known as helm of the Sigma…
Shanahan's Ruth Wins Viking Marine ISORA Coastal Race 2 Overall After Close Finish
25th April 2026 ISORA
Tom Shanahan’s J109 Ruth secured IRC overall victory in ISORA Coastal Race 2 after a closely fought race on Dublin Bay in a recent record turnout of 22 boats. The 2024 ISORA champion corrected out ahead of the fleet, with…
Dublin Bay’s offshore fleet faces a light-wind test this weekend as Viking Marine ISORA Coastal Race 2 adopts an 18-mile course. Race organisers confirmed the route following updated weather forecasts indicating light southerly breezes across the bay. The course starts…
A strong fleet of 23 boats is now entered for Saturday’s ISORA Viking Marine Coastal Series race in Dun Laoghaire, underlining growing early-season interest in the 2026 campaign. Following last weekend’s opening contest, which saw several boats testing early-season form, attention…
J122 Aurelia skipper Chris Power Smith outlines how his team recovered from an early setback to win the ISORA Viking Marine Coastal opener off Dun Laoghaire. “We had a great start and hoisted the A2 on the line as the…
Billed as an early-season clash of Irish contenders for June’s Round Ireland Race, the opening Viking Marine Coastal contest delivered—but not as expected, with one key entry retiring minutes before the start due to a rig problem. Disappointingly, the Sydney…
