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Bolton GP14 Open Meeting Report

The fleet of nine including two visitors were greeted by a barmy 21°C, sunshine and a 12 knot breeze gusting up to 15 knots from the south east, champagne sailing conditions.  Race officer, Andy Flitcroft…

SPRING MAINSAIL DEADLINE – 8TH MARCH 2024

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GP14 Northern Championship Report

  Over the weekend of the 3rd & 4th June, Budworth SC hosted this years GP14 Championship event that had been long awaited as pre-entry had attracted 41 boats from across the country to take…

Leigh on Sea SC GP14 Open Report

Thrills and spills for the small fleet in a brisk wind at the Leigh-on-Sea GP14 Open meeting. Read the full report here!

Budworth GP14 Open Report

Fantastic turnout of 22 boats making this one of the largest Open events of the year so far!

GP14s return to South Cerney SC

GP14`s return to South Cerney SC   After a decade`s long gap the GP14 class returned to South Cerney SC for an Open meeting.   Eleven teams turned out with two local boats and nine visitors…

Midlands Championship 2022 pictures

Great pictures from the recent Midland Championship at Chase S.C. on our galleries page The GP14 Championship Series sponsored byandgot underway this weekend with the Midland Area Championships at The Chase Sailing Club, in Staffordshire….

Club of the Year 2022?

Help Budworth to “Club of the Year”

Paul Rowan, Sad News

Curly Morris, GP14 Assocation President says “It was with sadness that I learned of Paul Rowan’s death on Saturday 23rd January. I have known Paul since I started to learn to sail in 1957 in…

GP14 Open Meeting Report at Bolton

  29th September 2019 With a weather forecast that included flood warnings, it was a small fleet of 8 boats that took part in the final event of the Northern Bell Series.  The rain never…

Hampton SC Open Meeting report

GP14 Open Meeting – Southern Travellers Hampton S.C – 22nd September 2019   Despite a forecast of heavy thundery showers there was a good turn out of home sailors, joined by one stalwart visitor giving…

Midland Bell – South Staffs Race Report

19 boats came to South Staffs SC to contest the penultimate round of the 2019 Midland Bell series. This was quite possibly the strongest fleet assembled so far this season on the local circuit

Northern Bell – race report for Royal Windermere YC

Northern bell GP14 Open Meeting at Royal Windermere Yacht Club on 16th June  With a good forecast 9 boats competed over three races in the south lake. The first race which was sponsored by Goacher Sails…

Trimpley Open race report

Quirky winds, fluky shifts, the occasional gust and then becalmed – typical Trimpley GP14 Open weather. But that is what you get on a small reservoir nestled in the Severn Valley near Kidderminster in the…

Southern Travellers – Tollesbury S.C race report and results

TSC’s 2019 GP Open excellent fleet of 17 boats was met with a challenging Force 5-6. With the wind SSW-SW and Tollesbury Fleet running largely east-west there was little chance for much in the way…

Budworth S.C. Open Report

A great turnout of 22 GP14’s competed in the Budworth Open event in a tricky and patchy southerly breeze crossing the mere through trees in gusts and patches. There were place changes galore throughout the…

Budworth Open this SUNDAY 2nd June!

Correction to earlier – Budworth GP14 Open is this SUNDAY, 2nd June, Apologies, full details here https://gp14.org/events/northern-bell-series-2/

Southerns – Victor Trophy Report

Twenty four crews, 19 local and 5 visitors assembled for the for the Victor Trophy at the Welsh Harp reservoir on 27th October, to be  informed at the briefing that the wind was “not blowing…

Southern Travellers Update

Only three events remain for the 2018 GP14Southern Travellers with a traditional mixture of  sea, river and pond sailing so there must be something for everyone!  There were over 20 Southern boats at the Worlds…

Bassenthwaite GP14 Open 2018

An enjoyable weekend’s sailing at Bass. Shifting winds led to some testing conditions on the Saturday. There was little sign of Dave/Joe in the first race who left Mike/Eric to battle with Val/Ken who were…