WIORA
The Notice of Race for the 2026 Atlantic Cup offshore series has been published by the West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA). The expanded five-race series will run from late June to August, linking key sailing centres along Ireland’s…
Tralee Bay Sailing Club will celebrate its 70th anniversary by hosting the 2026 WIORA West Coast Championship. The event, running from 1–4 July, also marks the 50th anniversary of the West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association. Racing will take place…
The West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA) held its Annual General Meeting on 19 November at Dromoland. All West Coast clubs were represented. A new committee was elected featuring Liam Lynch (Commodore), Liam Burke (Vice Commodore), Pat Aylward (Treasurer)…
Race one of the 2025 WIORA Atlantic Cup Offshore Series took place on Sunday, August 25th. The race was postponed from the previous day due to calm winds. Four boats lined up at the start: Big Deal, Jimmy Bum, Out…
The West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA) Offshore Series is set to return this year with three thrilling races. The first race from Foynes to Fenit will kick off on August 23rd at 10:00 AM. Derek Dillon is back…
WIORA has shared photos of some of the other class winners in this past weekend’s championship finale on Clew Bay, where Hot Orange won the 2025 Ruffian Nationals. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, IRC One was won by Rachel Burke’s…
'Hot Orange' of Carrickfergus Takes Ruffian Nationals Title at WIORA on Clew Bay
21st June 2025 Ruffian 23
The WIORA championships concluded with the final two races on Saturday, June 21. On Friday evening, Race Officer (RO) Scorie Walls decided that due to Sunday’s forecast, she would try to run four races on Saturday, June 21, and cancel…
It was a glorious day on Clew Bay for day three of WIORA and day one 1 of the Ruffian 23 National Championships on Friday (June 20). Race Officer Scorie Walls set a windward leeward course with 4 rounds for…
Local sailor Joan Mulloy now leads a 17-boat Ruffian 23 fleet after a WIORA coastal race victory on Golden Girl, but the Mayo crew are on the same nine points as clubmate David Quinn's Lone Star. Third is the day…
WIORA 2025 kicked off with a briefing for the 41 skippers at Mayo Sailing Club at 09.30 on Wednesday, June 18. MSC Commodore Pat Aylward welcomed the competitors to the club while WIORA Commodore Ray McGibney recalled winning his class…
Low Loaders Transport Dublin Ruffian 23s West for WIORA and National Championships
17th June 2025 Ruffian 23
The Ruffian 23s are heading to Westport, County Mayo, this week, for WIORA 2025 and the Ruffian National Championships. As Afloat previously reported, Mayo Sailing Club, celebrating its golden anniversary, has pulled out all the stops to help transport visiting Ruffian…
Mayo Sailing Club Celebrates 50 Years with WIORA 2025 and Ruffian Nationals
10th June 2025 Sailing Clubs
As Mayo Sailing Club prepares to stage WIORA 2025 and the Ruffian 23 National Championships, Club Commodore Pat Aylward has compiled the following account of the history of the west coast club since it was founded 50 years ago. During…
Mayo Sailing Club will host the Ruffian 23 National Championship, which is being held in conjunction with the West of Ireland Offshore Racing Association (WIORA). The WIORA event will run for four days from Wednesday, June 18th, to Saturday, June…
Up to six Ruffian 23s will be transported from Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay to County Mayo for the 2025 WIORA Regatta, including the Ruffian 23 National Championships, in Westport. The initiative has come about to support the country's…
ICRA Conference Set for Updates on 2025 Key Irish Sailing Events This Saturday
11th February 2025 ICRA
Saturday's ICRA Conference at Dun Laoghaire Harbour will provide updates on 2025's key sailing regattas from around the coast. ICRA Commodore Denis Byrne will introduce delegates from the ISORA series, Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Calves Week, the Volvo D2D race,…
Dillon's Big Deal Comes From Astern In Atlantic Challenge to Take Top Place in Foynes Race
29th August 2024 Shannon Estuary
The unsettled weather saw the three-leg Atlantic Cup Challenge Stage 1, from Foynes in the Shannon Estuary to Fenit on Tralee Bay, go off as planned on Saturday (August 24th). But the next stage of the triangle will be completed…
