The last ISORA cross-channel race of 2024 takes place this Sunday (August 25th), and there are indications up to 20 boats may contest the Irish offshore sailing season's closing Ireland-Wales fixture.
The 80-mile James C Eadie Cup Race from Pwllheli in North Wales to Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay follows an intense season of 15 ISORA races, which is set for an exciting end-of-season climax that – with a weighting of 1.3 – will most likely decide the overall Wolf's Head Trophy.
The James Eadie is the penultimate race of the year, and it will be followed by a September coastal race to conclude the 2024 season.
As Afloat previously reported, the overall leader, the IRC Class Zero Mojito (Vicky Cox and Peter Dunlop of Pwllheli), still faces a challenge from the National Yacht Club's IRC Two Class J109 Ruth, sailed by the Shanahan family, already a winner of two Irish offshore fixtures this season.
While organisers are hoping for a bumper turnout, two of the season's top cruiser-racer performers have already indicated they will not be on the line as Volvo Cork Week winner Valentina, skippered by Johnny Treanor, bowed out, as has May's Inistearaght Race winner Chris Power-Smith's J122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club.
Mark Thompson's Jac Y Do is lying sixth in IRC Class 2 in the 2024 Musto ISORA Irish offshore sailing series Photo: Afloat
The Sailing Instructions for the Sunday morning race from Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire for the James Eadie Trophy are published and can be downloaded below.
The course, approximately 80 miles long, is as follows: Starting line at Pwllheli to PSC 1 (Racing Turning Mark) (P) 52º 52.738'N 04º 24.218'W • Kish Light N53⁰ 18.654 W 5⁰ 55.548 (P), ISORA Dublin Bay Virtual Mark (S) 53⁰ 17.110N 6⁰ 00.100W and the finish line at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
James Eadie Race - the last ISORA cross-channel race of 2024 takes place this Sunday (August 25th), and there are indications up to 20 boats may contest the Irish offshore sailing season's closing Ireland-Wales fixture.
