Welcome to the ISORA web site – 2012 Season.

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 2012 season ISORA will run ten races that will consist of traditional offshores of distances from 50 to 100 miles and long day and night inshore races of under 50 miles. Some of the races are also run in conjunction with the Royal Alfred Yacht Club. The race schedule has beed designed to tie up with other popular racing events such as the ICRA (Irish Cruiser Racing Association) in Howth in May, the Round Ireland Race in Wicklow and the Arklow Turbine race in June and the Abersoch Keelboat Week in August.

To ensure a better spread of prizes it has been decided to run a Silver Fleet  this year for those boats that may not be high specification racing machines or who take a more Corinthian approach to offshore racing. The list of boats who qualify for the fleet will be selected immediately prior to the first race.

Also in 2012 we intend to use “virtual” marks as part of the course to ensure that there is at least one “corner” to round during the race.

ISORA are very pleased to announce that they have teamed up with lynx metmAsts to promote the Pwllheli to Wicklow race on the 2nd June. The race will be known as the lynx metmAsts ISORA Pwllheli to Wicklow race. lynx metmAsts will be presenting a new trophy to the Overall winner of the race. Information on lynx metmAsts can be obtained by clicking the HERE.

ISORA feels that this association with lynx metmAsts will help promote its offshore racing to a wider audience and will greatly help in attracting more new boats to its race series.

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)  (Enable Javascript to see the email address). To make it easier, you can now enter online application by clicking here.

For any further information on ISORA contact me directly at (Enable Javascript to see the email address)

We hope to see you on the start line of our ISORA races in 2012.

Peter Ryan,
Chairman