Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association

The germ of ISORA started after the war when Irish Sea racing was at an extremely low ebb, although there was a tradition of such races such as the Tranmere Sailing Club's Midnight Race, run since 1907, and the Llandudno Race run by the Royal Mersey Yacht Club as a feeder race for the Menai Straits Regatta. In order to revive interest in offshore racing, Peter Brett and Mostyn Vicars formed the "Merseyside and North Wales Joint Offshore Co-ordinating Committee" which laid the foundations of our... more