The National Yacht Club's J109 Ruth (the Shanahan family) won overall in ISORA's 2024 Musto ISORA Series, bringing home the prestigious Wolf's Head Trophy to Dun Laoghaire's East Pier club after a thrilling coastal race finished in light airs on Dublin Bay on Saturday (28th September) evening.
Ruth came from behind to take the title from the overall leaders, the Pwllheli-based J122 Mojito (Peter Dunlop and Vicky Cox), who finished second overall by a margin of 4.4 points. The results are below.
The J109 Ruth (Shanahan family) chases the overall leader J122 Mojito (Peter Dunlop and Vicky Cox) shortly after the start of the final race 16 of 2024, a coastal fixture along the Dublin and Wicklow coasts to decide the overall winner Photo: Afloat
The results were confirmed on Saturday evening after 16 races sailed this season, including a medium and light wind re-run of an earlier postponed Irish coastal race sailed on Saturday.
To win the overall ISORA series for the Wolf's Head Trophy, the points for the best five results out of all 2024 sailed races are counted, which, significantly, included two weighted cross-channel race wins for Ruth with a victory in May's cross-channel race, lifting July's K2Q trophy in Crosshaven after the Dublin to Cork Race as well as a Dun Laoghaire to Arklow race win in the same month.
The Tom Shanahan skippered Ruth crew in top form. The Ruth crew took third ISORA wins in the 2024 season; the Dun Laoghaire to Arklow race, May's cross-channel race and July's K2Q trophy in the Dublin to Cork Race Photo: Afloat
Finishing third overall is Belfast Lough's JPK 1030 Coquine, skippered by Alan Hannon.
Over 43 boats competed in the series that began in April and will be celebrated at the ISORA prizegiving in November, which will include the overall presentation of the Wolf's Head Trophy.
The race programme is built around a busy racing calendar and is aimed to provide a full series of Coastal Races in Ireland and Wales. The Offshore Series was designed to provide a challenging series with a variety of ports and complexity.
ISORA's Class O Champion for. 2024 is Mojito, the Class 1 Champion is Coquine, and overall champion Ruth is the Class 2 champion.
The Winner of the Welsh Coastal Series Sponsored by Plas Heli is Jackknife. The Winner of the Irish Coastal Series Sponsored by Viking Marine is Indian
The Winner of the Team Trophy is the Pwllheli Sailing Club.
Celebration time at the National Yacht Club after the overall winner was calculated with the winning Ruth crew and Shanahan family, including Liam Jnr, skipper Tom, Alice and Ruth Photo: Peter Dunlop/ISORA
