'Reversed' James Eadie Race Sees ISORA Fleet Sail to Pwllheli in Wolf's Head Trophy Fight

18th September 2024

Light north easterly breezes are forecast for the start of Saturday's rescheduled final ISORA Ireland-Wales offshore race of the season from Dun Laoghaire Credit: Afloat

After three weekends of intense keelboat action on Dublin Bay, ISORA will sail its final Ireland-Wales offshore race of the season this Saturday (21st September).

The 80-miler follows an intense season of 15 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.

As regular Afloat readers know, the final cross-channel fixture was to have originally sailed on August 25th and had attracted a strong fleet of up to 20 boats but was postponed due to adverse weather forecasts.

The Shanahan family's J109 'Ruth' from the National Yacht Club has won two ISORA Offshore races this season and is a key challenger for the Wolf's Head Trophy in the 2024 Musto Offshore Series this Saturday in the James Eadie Race from Dun Laoghaire Photo: Afloat

Then – given other cruiser-racer events taking place in Dun Laoghaire up to the 15th of September – the James Eadie race now sets sails at 8 a.m. on Saturday with a reversed course from Dun Laoghaire to Pwllheli, a move that facilitated boats competing in last weekend's IRC Europeans at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

One of these competitors is the overall Musto offshore series leader, Vicky Cox and Peter Dunlop's Pwllheli J122 Mojito. But, as Afloat reported earlier, though current results show Mojito leading the standings, the National Yacht Club's J109 Ruth (Shanahan family) is in the driving seat when just four results are considered.

The overall ISORA Musto Offshore Series leader, Vicky Cox and Peter Dunlop's Pwllheli-based J122 Mojito Photo: Afloat

On that basis, she has a circa 18-point lead over Mojito and the Northern Ireland JPK1030 Coquine (Alan Hannon).

The Belfast Lough JPK1030 Coquine (Alan Hannon) Photo: Afloat

Also, Ruth's lowest of the four results is lower than the other twoboats, so if the final coastal race affects the results, it may well be said that Ruth is in the best position to improve from that race.

The James Eadie is the penultimate race of the year, and it will be followed by September coastal races to conclude the 2024 season. ISORA has announced that the Irish night race will be on Friday, September 27th, a four-hour race starting at 18.00. The postponed Irish coastal race will be on Saturday, September 28th, with the usual 10.00 start for a five-hour race.

Download the SIs for the 2024 James Eadie below.

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