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Introduction - Race Management Committee
After the first two coastal races were cancelled due to storm Hannah, the remaining 14 races were completed on September 7th with the now classic "James Eadie" race form Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire which confirmed the class winners and crowned the overall winer of the Wolfs Head - congratulations to Paul O'Higgins and the Rockabill VI team.
61 boats competed in 14 races, which this year included both the D2D race and the 100th edition of the Midnight Race from Liverpool to the Isle of Man. It was pleasing that ISORA boats won both these races.
The Sllver Class was again hotly contested and won this year by Grzegorz Kalineck and the More Mischief team just ahead of last years winner Joe Conway and Elandra.
The coastal races attracted the greatest number of entrants, and we are very grateful to both Viking Marine and Global Displays for their support, which facilitated the use of YB trackers for these races, allowing us to remotely monitor the start and finish times and use virtual waypoints.
ISORA is affiliated to the governing bodies on both sides of the Irish Sea, Irish Sailing, the RYA and RYA Cymru Wales,. There is also liason with both RORC and the IRC congress who's handicap system we employ.
We are very grateful to both the National Yacht Club Dun Laoghaire, and Clwyb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club who are the host organising authorities in conjunction with ISORA, and once again hosted ISORA both socially and provided assistance to our race management team with starts and finishes.
Finally we thank all the volunteers who help run ISORA, on both sides of the Irish Sea, who do great work behind the scenes. helping our race programme run smoothly and promote ISORA widely.
We hope you enjoy reading our 2019 yearbook, and we look forward to another great offshore season next year