ISORA's Big Boats Come Out to Play for Final Coastal Races of 2024

25th September 2024

Pete Smyth's Ker 46 Searcher will compete in both of this weekend's ISORA fixtures on Dublin Bay Credit: Afloat

Last Saturday's Race 15 of the ISORA calendar was the year's final cross-channel race, but the results from this weekend's final two Viking Marine Irish coastal races will decide the overall Wolf's Head Trophy.

Already, the series' biggest contenders have announced they will be on the line for the season's conclusion, with Pete Smyth's Ker 46 Searcher and Frank Whelan's canting keel 65-footer Opal both racing.

Frank Whelan's canting keel 65-footer Opal from Greystones Harbour in County Wicklow Photo: Afloat

The Irish night race will be on Friday, September 27th, a three-hour race starting at 18.00 and the postponed Irish coastal race two will be on Saturday, September 28th, with the usual 10.00 start for a five-hour race.

Chris Power-Smith's 2024 Inistearaght Race winner, the J122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club will race in Friday's ISORA night race Photo: Afloat

Although the overall leader won last weekend's 80-miler from Dun Laoghaire to Pwllheli, the J122 Mojito (Vicky Cox and Peter Dunlop), on 534.6 points, is still being chased for the overall title by the J109 Ruth (Shanahan family) from Dun Laoghaire, 2.7 points adrift on 531.9. ISORA Chief Peter Ryan said last weekend, 'We calculate that the series will be decided after the last race!'

Contenders will be racing for the overall ISORA Wolf's Head Trophy as the season concludes off Dun Laoghaire this weekend

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