National Yacht Club

The ISORA Wolf’s Head Trophy  2015 for 1st overall in the Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association series of 12 races will be decided today by the results of the Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire race!

It’s down to the wire for Liam Shanahan’s  ‘J09 Ruth’ from NYC and Andrew Hall’s ‘Jackknife’ from Pwllheli Sailing!

Follow the race here

Have you followed the race on d2drace.ie and afloat.ie?

Now relive the start last Friday night as if you were there thanks to Michael Chester’s beautiful photographs and thanks to Richard Cullen’s video camera mounted on a drone (a first for Irish waters?)…Read the full post for the media

Congratulations to all on-board NYC J109 ‘Ruth’ for their overall win in the 2015 Skellig Hotel Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race.

‘Ruth’ narrowly missed the overall win of the 2014 Round Ireland Race by just over 6mns but, victory was not let go off their hands this time around!

ISORA,  organisers of offshore racing in the Irish Sea, with support from sponsors Avery Crest Ski is pleased to announce a breakthrough and significant advancement in making offshore racing visible as a spectator sport. Avery Crest Ski operate luxury ski chalets in Meribel France one of the best ski areas in the world.
ISORA have teamed up with the market leaders in tracking yacht racing, YB Tracking ‘Yellow Brick’, to provide tracking of all of the Irish Sea offshore races in 2015. YB Tracking are responsible for tracking most of the classic and high profile offshore races all over the world.

The National Yacht Club is proud to launch the official website of its biennial  offshore race, the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race on www.d2drace.ie

ONLINE ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN

Offshore sailors are preparing for the 2014 season with the first ISORA race now only five weeks away. The first race is a coastal day race in Ireland – the Dun Laoghaire – North Arklow buoy – Dun Laoghaire coastal race. At the same time there is also a day bay race from Pwllheli in North Wales.