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ISORA Celebrates 2015 Offshore Season at National Yacht Club

174 ISORA members and guests were treated to a very special evening to celebrate the 2015 season at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire in the annual ISORA Avery Crest Prize giving and Dinner dance on Saturday evening 14th November. Read the full post for the full report and a gallery of pictures

Rescue Drama on Final Day of NYC Frostbite Series

Sixteen Flying Fifteen’s took part in Saturdays racing where there was drama on the water when Joe Coughlin’s crew Ed Ruane had to be taken from the boat with a dislocated shoulder.  The drama unfolded on the reach in Race 2 when Joe himself fell overboard leaving Ed to fend for himself with the spinnaker still up in a force 4!

Royal Cork’s O’Leary Retains All Ireland Title in Style

The defending All Ireland Sailing Champions Anthony O’Leary with crew Dan O’Grady and Cian Guilfoyle were winners again but this year by a clear margin of five points after two days of the competition hosted by the N.Y.C.

Read the full report on Afloat.ie

F15 & Moth Frostbite – results after day 1

Light winds for the first day of the combined classes frostbite series and far from frostbiting conditions either…read the full post for full results.

NYC Sailors shine at Fireball Munster Championship

NYC’s Stephen Oram and his helm Noel Butler  won the Fireball Munster 2015 Trophy at the week-end amid the largest fleet of Fireballs (17) assembled yet this year for a Regional Event

Liam Shanahan’s “Ruth” Retains ISORA Avery Crest Offshore Championship for 2015

The last race of the ISORA Avery Crest Offshore series that was sponsored by LC Tyres, took place on Saturday 12th September with the race from Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire (74 miles). The boats compete for the famous “James Eadie” trophy. As like the same race last season, the weather forecast for the race and particularly the delivery to Pwllheli was not favourable all week. This put off many of taking part in what is normally a well supported end of season race…