ISORA - Promoting the sport of Offshore Racing in the Irish Sea
Since 1972
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.
About ISORA - Racing
ISORA provides offshore racing in the Irish Sea and two separate Coastal Series - in Ireland and UK
Offshore RacingCoastal RacesRaceNo. | Date | Type | Description | Distance (approx) | Start |
Race 1a | Saturday 25th April | Coastal Day Race | ISORA/RAYC - Dun Laoghaire to North Arklow | 50 miles | 1000 |
Raceace 1b | Sat. 25th April | Coastal Day Race | Pwllheli Castle Race Coastal | 50 miles | 1000 |
Race 2 | Sat. 9th May | Qualifying Race | Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead | 60 miles | 0800 |
Race 3 |
Friday 22nd May |
Qualifying Race | Holyhead to Isle of Man (Douglas) | 50 miles | 1900 |
Race 4 | Sunday 24th May | Qualifying Race | Douglas Isle of Man to Dun Laoghaire | 70 miles | 0630 |
Race 5 | 13th - 17th June | Dun Laoghaire to Dingle D2D | 270 miles | TBA | |
Race 6 | Friday 3rd July | Qualifying Race | Lyver Race Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire (evening start) | 100 miles | TBA |
Race 7 | 18th July | Coastal Day Race | ISORA/RAYC Lighthouse Race | 35 miles | TBA |
Race 8a | 7th August | Coastal Night Race | ISORA/RAYC Lighthouse Race | 35 miles | TBA |
Race 8b | 7th August | Coastal Night Race | Pwllheli Causeway | 35 miles | TBA |
Race 9 | 15th August | Qualifying Race | Dun Laoghaire to Pwllheli | 75 miles | TBA |
Race 10a | 29th August | Coastal Day Race | ISORA/RAYC Dun Laoghaire to Greystones | 50 miles | TBA |
Race 10b | 29th August | Coastal Day Race | Pwllheli to to Greystones | 50 miles | TBA |
Race 11 | 12th September | Qualifying Race | Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire | 80 miles | TBA |
A pdf copy of the schedule is available here.
Note - (RAYC) = Royal Alfred Yacht Club Coastal Series details here
The 2016 Race Schedule is published below and is listed in the Notice of Race
We are now working on the 2018 Race Schedule and it will be published here soon
The 2017 Race Schedule is published below:
Schedule V4 - Changed to show ISAF Catergory 3 and 3+lifraft more here
Schedule V5 - Changed to show 14 Race numbers
Schedule V6 - Changed to clarify which races of the VDLR count for the Overall Series and ISORA Points Series.
The Notice of Race is published here.
The SI's for each race will be will be issued by Newsletter before each event - have you subscribed to receive the Priority Newsletter?
ISORA has teamed up with Predict Wind Tracker to track competing yachts in the ISORA series.
This is a cost effective method of recording our races so that the races can be viewed live and also viewed after the event. This feature presently only works with an iPhone and Android phone.
The Predict Wind Tracker App must be downloaded from the App Store or Google-Play for the Android.
After installing the App start the app and then select the
“Club” as ISORA.
“Race” as 2014 Race 1 & 1A and then
“Division” as Dun Laoghaire or Pwllheli depending on what race you are taking part.
You then enter the boat name.
Don’t start the tracker until you are leaving the marina and remember to stop is shortly after you cross the finish line.
The race can be view by following this link.
NOTE:- The iPhone being used for the tracking should be fully charges and all Apps work in the background are switched off. This is best done by switching the phone off and restarting it. If you have any problems or queries about this, please contact send an e-mail to
The Royal Alfred Yacht Club's 2014 Coastal Series has been set and will again this year be run in collaboration with ISORA.
The Race Dates are 26th April, 26th July, 8th August and 23rd August – four races with one discard. These are shown on the ISORA race schedule.
Please support the Royal Alfred by entering the RAYC series here.
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