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 a total of ten boats competing. Fortunately the three races were carried out in the dry with the expected rain […]

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 was won by Robert and John Richardson sailing  Spirit in a increasing wind. Second were Richard Thompson and Alex Nield […]

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 West Midlands. The conditions resulted in challenging, competitive racing. Seven visiting boats from across the Midlands braved Trimpley’s unique weather. […]

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 of beats and runs, and so after one general recall the first race was largely a reaching blast into the […]

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 whole fleet, but the eventual winner showed consistency. Read the full report on the GP14 website http://gp14.org!

Budworth Open this SUNDAY 2nd June!

Correction to earlier – Budworth GP14 Open is this SUNDAY, 2nd June, Apologies, full details here http://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 from a favourable direction“! Orientation of the lake is SW to NE along its length. Pleasant woodland walks on either […]

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 down in Mounts Bay so hopefully everyone has now recovered and can be tempted to join us at one of […]

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 delighted to secure 1st place. Dave had to work his way through to the lead in the next race beating […]