ISORA - Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association

ISORA - Promoting the sport of Offshore Racing in the Irish Sea
1972 to 2022 50 years of ISORA
The Association is run by volunteers for the benefit of competitors by working in partnership with boat owners, crew, yacht and sailing clubs, other associations and the governing bodies for boating in Ireland, Wales and the UK
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About ISORA - Racing

ISORA provides offshore racing in the Irish Sea and two separate Coastal Series - in Ireland and UK

Offshore RacingCoastal Races

Friday 8th June - Liverpool to IOM - Midnight Race Weighting 1.2

The SIs are available on the Liverpool Yacht Club Web site

This race is two races in one. Usual ISORA class splits, safety etc apply to ISORA race.
Boats are encouraged to enter the LYC Race by completing the entry form and submitting to LYC on arrival.
Entry fee £30

For the skippers:

YB trackers will be allocated at Liverpool Yacht Club at 17:30 by Mark Thompson.
For those boats just entered in Race 7 (midnight race) please return “deactivated” to Chris Power-Smith (Aurelia) in the IOM
For those entered in Race 8, please retain your tracker, and hand back to Peter Ryan in the NYC after racing.
Those boats just entered in Race 8 can collect trackers from Chris.
It is recommended that trackers are “deactivated” after race 7 and “reactivated” before race 8. If left “activated”, they must be left above deck or the battery will discharge whilst searching for satellites.
To “Activate” - hold the centre button for 1-2 secs, the screen will change to the active working screen as per image

To “Deactivate” - scroll down with bottom key to the legend “deactivate” and press ok button. It will ask you to confirm
It is recommended you “activate” the tracker 1 hour before racing and check your boat name is on-line and showing on the YB app, for the relevant race.
If you do not appear on the YB tracker we will not get a fnish time!

 

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Amendment 18th April 2024

A race will be added to the Welsh Coastal Series as Race 17 CW5 - this will be run on 15th June - best three races out of 5 to count in the series.


2024 Class bands are anticipated as follows:

Class 0 = 1.070 or greater
Class 1 = 1.010 to 1.069
Class 2 = 1.009 or less

2024 bands will be published before the first Race.


 

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The Association is run by volunteers for the benefit of competitors by working in partnership with boat owners, crew, yacht and sailing clubs, other associations and the governing bodies for boating in Ireland, Wales and the UK.