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Light conditions for ISORA race 4

Report on Race 4 – Pwllheli – Causeway – Bardsey – India Nt – Wicklow – 5th June 2010.

From an entry list of 28 boats, 14 boats came to the line in Pwllheli for the 4th ISORA race – 75 miles to Wicklow. Due to tidal difficulties the race start time was brought forward to […]

Team Daft Update

Follow the progress of Mick Leady and Mark Pollock onboard their Class 40 and onto their double-handed Round Ireland Challenge LIVE! from their facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/TeamDaft

Mick and Mark will be flying the NYC Burgee at the start of the Round Ireland Race on Sunday June 20th.

Watch Team Daft’s interview on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnGkVSy939k

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Mark Pollock training in NYC 1720 ‘Hoot’ for the Round Ireland

Following the recent teaming up of adventure athlete and author Mark Pollock and NYC member Mick Liddy for their double handed entry in the round Ireland,Mark (who was a sailing instructor before he lost his sight) has been busy training in the National’s 1720 sportsboat, successfully helming in and out of Dun Laoghaire Marina and […]

ISORA Race 3

From an entry list of 30 boats, 19 boats came to the line in Holyhead for the 3rd ISORA race – 75 miles to Dun Laoghaire. The fleet, that was missing many of their “regulars” had four newcomers to ISORA- “Mojito”, Peter Dunlop, “Poppy of St. Helier”, John Roberts (another John Roberts), “Intuitition” and “One […]

“Raging Bull” wins ISORA Race 2

From an entry list of 26 boats, 20 boats came to the line in Dun Laoghaire for the 2nd ISORA race and the first in conjunction with the Royal Alfred Yacht Club and their Lee Overlay Offshore Series. The fleet had two newcomers to ISORA- “Rollercoaster” and “Tigh Solus”.

The wind remained constant for the entire […]

ISORA Race 1 – Record entries!!!

 A record number of starters came to the start line at the East Mark in Scotsman’s Bay on Saturday. 22 boats started from an entry list of 23 boats. This has not been seen in ISORA for many years. The fleet had several newcomers to ISORA- “Team Windmill”, “English Mick”, “Mistral of St. Helier” “GFT […]