You can find the results of the IDOR 2015 under Results, Results 2015 on the menu along the top. Click on the link to download a full set of results in pdf format.

We have a date for next year’s IDOR now, so you can start planning your campaign early. The dates are Sunday 12th June to Friday 17th June 2016.

After another great year of racing, last year’s runners up – Diamond Light Source / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory – on Crème de la Crème are the 2015 winners of the Eric Seal Trophy after several years of trying. Skipper Nick Rees managed to do it on top of his responsibilities as chairman of the regatta organising committee, so a great show all round.

Runners up were NCA 3, with IDOR old hand Gary Bowers’ CUSTOMS/UKBF entry in third.

The Eric Seal Trophy will be awarded at the CSSA AGM next year.

The racing this year took place in generally windy conditions with three days when the wind hardly dropped below 14 knots and was often above 20, yet we still lost Friday to racing when a flat calm descended on the Solent and forced the ISC to abandon. Monday also saw all but one boat timed out due to failing breezes and some powerful tidal streams leaving boats unable to get round critical marks.

Every competitor completed the race around the IOW on Tuesday in between seven and eight hours – a hugely impressive time thanks to strong winds and favourable tides. And great sailing, of course.

The ‘long’ race to North Head and back was also done and dusted in a couple of hours, while the inshore races were “no spinnakers”.

Thank you to everybody who took part in whatever capacity. There are some great photographs of the Wednesday City of Plymouth Trophy inshore races on the Gallery page.

All entries for the IDOR 2015 are due in by the 1st May. Get your entries in now, if you haven’t already done so.

Both Civil Service Offshore Racing Club (CSORC) boats are now full, however, contact Nick Bowles at the CSORC crew bureau if you are looking for a berth, or if you have a spare place, and we’ll endeavour to bring you together.

The Notice of Race and Entry Form are now available on the Downloads page.

IDOR 2015 will be held from Sunday 7th to Friday 12th June 2015 with similar arrangements to recent years: the event will be hosted by the Island Sailing Club at Cowes, berthing will be at Cowes Yacht Haven, and the boats are to be chartered from Fairview Sailing at Port Hamble.

This year as in previous years we are operating an informal crew bureau – a list of people who have been unable to get a place on their club or department boats and are still keen to sail. If you are short of crew we can put you in contact with somebody from the crew list. The Civil Service Offshore Racing Club has places. Email crewbureau@csorc.org.uk.

21 matched boats have been reserved with Fairview Sailing from Sunday 7 June 2014 to Friday 12 June 2015.   Boats should be booked directly from Fairview.

The contact is Mike Sellers, 02380 457023, info@fairviewsailing.co.uk, website http://www.fairviewsailing.co.uk.

As for last year, the Cowes Yacht Haven places have been reserved, and the booking fee for 4 nights will be included in the entry fee. Booking in bulk allows us to get a discount on the standard daily fee.

IDOR participants can register to the web site, and upload photos to the 2013 gallery. Give it a go, and share you photos of other boats and crews.