2017 GP14 Inland Championships

Race Report It was another successful Inland Championships for the GP14 Class with over 30 boats making the trip to Bassenthwaite Sailing Club on 06 and 06 May for the third event of the Craftinsure Super 8 Series. With a strong gold fleet and stronger winds predicted it looked set to be a closely fought […]

2017 GP14 Nationals Update

2017 GP14 National Championship

Latest Update Event is this week! See latest results and race reports here. Taking place at Looe Sailing Cub between 05 and 11 August the 2017 GP14 Nationals sold out its original allocation in just 29 days! We now have 12 fantastic sponsors on board: North Sails, Dinghy Rope, Impact Marine, Allen, Exe Sails, SP Boats, Paintcraft, Gingerboats, Zhik, Cornish Orchards and […]

2017 Midland Area Championships

Report by Charles Saunders   The second event of the Craftinsure Super 8 series took place over the balmy weekend of 8th/9th April at Staunton Harold Sailing club in the   heart of the Midlands.  When the duty team arrived at 9.00 am the reservoir had a mirror like calm, but gradually the wind and the […]

Ann Penny Dinghy Show Video Interview

Thanks to everyone who supported the Dinghy Show this year, we had a great Stand and signed up 10 new members to the Association. There was certainly a buzz around the Stand, with both dinghies getting plenty of attention. We also had people giving us the sales pitch to get our Class to race at […]

GP14 Nationals almost sold out!

2017 GP14 National Championship

With 66 places gone the 2017 GP14 Nationals, sponsored by Dinghy Rope, Impact Marine, Allen, Exe Sails, SP Boats, Paintcraft, Gingerboats, Zhik, Cornish Orchards and Sailpics is set to be the most popular Nationals since 2004. The limit is 70 before we go to the waiting list so if you’re interested sign up quick! http://gp14.org/events/2017-gp14-national-championship/

40 entries for GP14 Nationals in first week of sales

2017 GP14 National Championship

Entry for the 2017 GP14 National Championships sponsored by Dinghy Rope, Impact Marine, Allen, Exe Sails, SP Boats, Paintcraft, Gingerboats only opened on New Year’s Day but 25 places of the 70 allocation were snapped up in the first 72 hours, half of them gone by Day 5 and 40 places gone after the first week. Commenting on the strong interest […]

Nationals Entries update

Entries for the 2017 GP14 National Championships sponsored by Dinghy Rope, Impact Marine, Allen, Exe Sails, SP Boats, Paintcraft, Gingerboats only opened on New Year’s Day but already 25 from the allocated 70 places were snapped up in the first 72 hours. To find out more about the event, book or see the list of competitors who have entered visit the […]

End of Seasons Report

Royal Windermere Yacht Club – 15 and 16 October 2016 The Race Report Much like the end of year disco at school (or prom depending on your age!) the GP14 End of Seasons is a final blow out for the Class with friends coming together to eat, drink and try and do each other over on […]

Super 8 Series

The 2017 GP14 Craftinsure Super 8 Series proved one of the most successful in recent years with 218 sailors having taken part during the year and 29 boats qualified. The series kicked off with the End of Seasons at Royal Windermere Yacht Club in 2016 which was won by Shane MacCarthy and Andy Thompson to […]

GP14’s dominant at the 24 hour Race

The forecast at the beginning of the week for the 50th West Lancashire YC 24 hour Race was one that would have had some of the lighter crews being bulked up with protein shakes and pasta bowls. By mid-week it though it had dropped back to salad weather and teams desperately searching round for stocks […]