ISORA
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…
A fleet of 10 confirmed entries will contest Saturday's MUSTO ISORA Championship offshore race from Pwllheli to Greystones after competitors finalised their plans this week. The 70-nautical-mile crossing is the seventh offshore race of the 2026 championship and carries a…
The ISORA offshore fleet returns to action on Saturday (July 25th) with the latest race of the 2026 championship, a 70-nautical-mile passage from Pwllheli to Greystones that is expected to provide another important test in the season-long series. The race…
ISORA's seventh offshore race of the 2026 Musto Championship will finish at Greystones Harbour Marina instead of Arklow, organisers have confirmed. The 75-mile race from Pwllheli on Saturday, July 25, had been listed throughout the season as finishing at a…
The 2026 Kingstown to Queenstown Race gets under way on Friday with a 12-boat fleet set to tackle the 160-nautical-mile offshore passage from Dun Laoghaire to Cork Harbour. The race is a key fixture in the ISORA Championship and follows…
John Malone's Loinnir Girl will sit out this Friday's (July 4th) K2Q (Kingstown to Queenstown) Race after an intensive month of offshore competition that included success in both the Round Ireland Race and the Inishtearaght Race. The red and white-hulled…
The 2026 Musto ISORA Championship resumes this Friday with one of the series' classic fixtures as the fleet races from Dún Laoghaire to Cork in the 160-mile Kingstown to Queenstown (K2Q) Offshore Race. Race 13 of this year's championship starts…
