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Thursday, 10 August 2023 ‍

‍MUSTO - ISORA Main Sponsor 2022

isora 2022 - season starts now!

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5‍0 Years of ISORA - 2022 Season

ISORA has been organizing offshore racing in the Irish Sea since 1972.

After the last two very strange seasons, when cross channel races were not possible, ISORA is planning a full calendar of Coastal and Offshore racing in its 50th season.

The full calendar includes 15 races, 7 traditional offshores and 8 coastal races – 4 on the Irish side and 4 on the Welsh side.

There are several changes planned to the racing in 2022. These include the pre-setting of offshore courses and the use of staggered starts. For 2022, the offshore races have their courses set and will not be altered due to weather conditions, good or bad. It is hopes that this will result in boats gaining more experience in night racing. We are also using staggered start times for all races, where the lower rated boats will start earlier. It is hoped that this will bunch the boats towards the finish of the races and this will facilitate all boats to take part in the social après-race activities.

In promoting Offshore Racing, we have joined up with the Offshore Racing Academy who have compiled a series of “Zoom” seminars relating to offshore racing. Details of these seminars can be found on their website: https://www.offshoreracingacademy.com/isora-training-2022

The seminars cover topics for the basic requirements for offshore racing to the highly technical end of weather planning and tactics. The first event takes place on Wednesday 23rd March and it is hoped that this event will introduce new crew to boats.

The main offshore racing events this season is the Round Ireland Race and the Kingstown to Queenstown Race. The ISORA racing calendar was also planned around providing experience to boats and crew in preparation for these events.

The social aspect of ISORA has always been a very important part of offshore racing experience. This year, with the staggered starting times, we will work with the finishing clubs to provide “après race” facilities to all boats, irrespective of when they finish.

Missing for two years was the main social event in ISORA, the Annual Prize Giving Dinner. This year we have booked the 12th November for our AGM and Dinner in the National Yacht Club.

This, our 50th season, we are happy to have MUSTO as our main sponsor. It is fitting that a great offshore clothing company agreed to be associated with ISORA.

This year we happy that our regular sponsors will also be supporting us: TUDOR, Plas Heli, Viking Marine, Hendrick Ryan and Jack Ryan Whiskey. We are always looking for other sponsors or benefactors to support the promotion of offshore racing.

Our Notice of Race has been published and our online entry is active.

I look forward to meeting with all participants during ISORA’s 50th Season.

Peter Ryan – Chairman ISORA

‍Notice of race 2022

‍2022 Race Schedule

‍ISORA online Entry

The on-line entry form is open and available by following this link :

‍ISORA Crew Manager App.

All competitors are reminded of the requirement to register all crew on the ISORA Crew Manager App along with the race finish time. This is a mandatory requirement.

See the App 

We are delighted to announce that the ISORA Title Sponsor for the 2022 Season is Musto. 

‍ISORA Chairman, Peter Ryan, said 'this sponsorship is perfect fit for ISORA. Musto produce excellent sportwear for offshore racing and these can be purchased through our Coastal Sponsor Viking Marine'

‍ISORA Coastal Series Sponsors 2022

2022 Coastal Series Sponsors 

 'Supplemental Sailing Instructions' (SSIs).

For every Race, we will publish ' Supplemental Sailing Instructions' (SSIs). This will give race specific instructions and must be read by all skippers.

The SSIs can be accessed from the web site from a number of different directions

• From the Notice of Race just click on the SSIs link 
• From the web site > Notice Board> Race Supplemental Sailing Instructions and the choose the race 
• From the 2022 Calendar. Select the race on the relevant date and follow the link to the SSIs

We will always publish the SSIs on the home page of the web site before the race, along with the course for that race.

For now, check out the list of SSIs here. 

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What Next?

D‍ates for your Diary....

First Coastal Races on 23rd April and then on 30th April - in Ireland and Wales

First Offshore Race 14th May

‍ISORA (Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association) is a not-for-profit members organisation responsible for offshore racing in the Irish Sea.

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.

Our mission is to promote the sport of offshore racing in the Irish Sea.

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