ISORA
Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) has signed off on a 'final' race schedule for 2024 As regular Afloat readers know, the association was quick off the blocks at its agm when it published a draft schedule for its 2024 fixtures last…
Lombard 46 'Pata Negra' Retires from RORC Transatlantic Race With Rudder Damage
21st January 2024 RORC Transatlantic
ISORA campaigners Andrew and Sam Hall retired from the RORC Transatlantic Race after his yacht Pata Negra lost a rudder with 900 miles to go in the 3,000-mile race. According to Liverpool Yacht Club crew reports on social media, the…
The death of an inspirational figure in sailing, ISORA's Richard Tudor of Pwllheli, has been remembered this week by his North Wales club in a special website tribute to the sailor who was a top sailor across a wide spectrum…
Paul O’Higgins of Royal Irish YC is “Sailor of the Month (Keelboats)” for December
1st January 2024 Sailor of the Month
While sailing in Ireland has its conspicuously attention-getting aspects, the real backbone of the sport continues to be the active club sailor who can quietly keep a usefully large crew panel together in order to have the right mix of…
His many sailing friends on both sides of the Irish Sea have been saddened to learn of the death of Richard Tudor of Pwllheli, an inspirational figure in sailing and across a wide spectrum of interests in boats. He was…
Howth and Pwllheli Crews Will Sail For Irish Sea in RORC Caribbean 600
1st January 2024 Caribbean 600
Howth Yacht Club J/109 skipper Simon Knowles – the inshore and offshore campaigner of Indian in Irish waters – and noted Pwllheli father-and-son offshore team of Andrew and Sam Hall, will be ensuring that the Irish Sea is well represented with…
'Rockabill VI' Crew Hailed ISORA 2023 Champions at NYC Prizegiving Ceremony (Photo Gallery Here)
13th November 2023 ISORA
ISORA applauded its 2023 overall champion Paul O'Higgins and his Royal Irish Rockabill VI crew at the association's annual sell-out black-tie dinner at the National Yacht Club on Saturday, November 11th. The winning JPK 10.80 crew and many other prizewinners…
ISORA has published a draft schedule for its 2024 fixtures that starts on May 6th with an early coastal series on both sides of the Irish Sea. The first cross-channel race is May 11th with a Dun Laoghaire - Pwllheli…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Enjoying Weekend Of Circulating DBSC and ISORA Silverware
11th November 2023 W M Nixon
It’s prize-giving time down beside the Old Granite Pond. Last night (Friday), Commodore Eddie Totterdell presided over Dublin Bay Sailing Club’s annual re-distribution of their enormous cache of trophies in the National Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire. And tonight (Saturday),…
"Decreasing Fleet Numbers in 2023 are the Elephant in the Room" - Peter Ryan, ISORA
13th October 2023 ISORA
Decreasing fleet numbers this season is 'the elephant in the room', according to a Dublin yacht racing organiser who wants to raise his concerns before the 2024 season. Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) Chairman Peter Ryan has asked fleet…
The Late Liam Shanahan Snr Exemplified Modern Ireland’s Success Ashore And Afloat
11th October 2023 National YC
Liam Shanahan Senr was widely known in the sailing community as a determined offshore racing and cruising owner-skipper and a pillar of the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire, both as a longtime Club Trustee and a racing and sea-going…
The life story of Sean Flood, who has died at the age of 91, is in many ways the story of modern Ireland as seen through a sailing and business lens. From a family of traditionally and strongly patriotic outlook,…
ISORA To Salute 2023 Champion Yacht 'Rockabill VI' at Prizegiving Dinner on November 11th
28th September 2023 ISORA
ISORA will applaud its 2023 overall champion Paul O'Higgins and his Royal Irish Rockabill VI crew at the association's annual black-tie dinner at the National Yacht Club on November 11th. The winning JPK 10.80 crew and many other prizewinners will…
Pete Smyth's Sunfast 3600 Searcher from the National Yacht Club won ISORA's Friday night IRC race overall from Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Seven boats took part in the final race of the Viking Marine coastal series around the Moulditch Buoy off…
Greystones Harbour Canting Keeler 'Opal' for ISORA Viking Marine Coastal Night Race Contest
21st September 2023 ISORA
The canting keel Elliott 57, Opal, skippered by Frank Whelan of Greystones, will compete in Friday's ISORA Viking Marine Coastal night race from Dun Laoghaire. According to organisers, the likely course will be 20 miles along the Dublin and Wicklow coast…
Afloat.ie regret to record the death of National Yacht Club member and former Trustee Mr. Liam Shanahan Snr. Liam and his wife Emir and family have been stalwart members of the National Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour for many years. "Together with their family,…