The canting keel Elliott 57, Opal, skippered by Frank Whelan of Greystones, will compete in Friday's ISORA Viking Marine Coastal night race from Dun Laoghaire.
According to organisers, the likely course will be 20 miles along the Dublin and Wicklow coast to the Molutditch buoy off Greystones Harbour and back.
The list of eight starters (below) includes two Beneteau 34.7s and two Sunfast 3600s for the last six-race series off the Dublin coast but recently crowned overall 2023 ISORA Champion Rockabill VI (Paul O'Higgins) is not racing.
As regular Afloat readers know, this Dun Laoghaire Harbour-based race was postponed due to gales on August 18th.
The Molutditch buoy off Greystones, County Wicklow is the likely turning mark in Friday's ISORA night race Photo: Afloat
A start time of 18.30 has been set by organisers to get all boats back to the National Yacht Club by 10 pm.
The final course will be published on Friday morning.
Simon Knowles's J109 Indian from Howth will compete in the ISORA Night Race
Meanwhile, ISORA is mourning the loss of one of its stalwarts with the death of Liam Shanahan Snr this week, as Afloat reports here.
Friday's ISORA night race starters
Update at 12 noon (Friday, September 22): ISORA Night Race course is confirmed. Usual Dun Laoghaire start at the outfall buoy, Muglins (S), Moulditch (P), Muglins (P), and finishes between the pier heads. The start time for all classes is 18.30. VHF Ch17.
