Welcome to the ISORA web site.

ISORA is the Association that has been running offshore yacht racing on the Irish Sea since 1971. The Association is run in conjunction with all the leading yacht clubs on the east coast of Ireland and on the west coast of Wales and England.

This season ISORA will run eleven races that will consist of traditional offshores of distances from 50 to 270 miles and long day and night inshore races of under 50 miles. The races are also run in conjunction with the RORC Lyver Race run by Liverpool Yacht Club and the Royal Dee Yacht Club and the Dingle Skellig Hotel Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race run by the National Yacht Club. Some of the races are scheduled to tie up with other popular racing events such as the Dun Laoghaire Regatta, the Arklow Turbine race and the Abersoch Keelboat Week.

While offshore racing can be difficult at times, it is very rewarding for all those who take part. There is great camaraderie amongst all the boats and crew that take part in the races, resulting in a great social scene in the host clubs before and after racing.

If you are a boat owner and are thinking of entering or you are interesting in crewing on an offshore boat, we would love to hear from you. You can contact me by using the “Forum” section of this site or directly by email at (Enable Javascript to see the email address) .

We hope to see you on the start line of our ISORA races in 2011.

Peter Ryan,
Chairman