2022 GP14 Worlds at Skerries is Centre Stage at RYA Dinghy Show

Thanks to Andrew Johnston for this report, which is also published in Afloat.ie The RYA Dinghy show is currently underway across in Farnborough UK and with the GP14 Worlds coming to Skerries in August,  GP14 Ireland was represented on The GP14 Association stand with Hon. Sec Andy Johnston joining International Class President Curly Morris supporting […]

Dinghy Show 2021

RYA dinghy show 2021 Dinghy Show Talks We hosted a great series of talks using “Zoom” and these are now available on our YouTube channel. To watch any talk just click the title or picture!  Youth champion to national champion – with Sam Watson Irish Ladies Craic – Mel, Katie and Michelle talk about female sailors in […]

GP 14262 ‘Marland’ competes for RYA ‘Boat of the Show’ trophy

About a boat… GP14 14262  ‘Marland’   Marland was built in early 2019 by Phil Hodgkins at Gingerboats, with the GP14 worlds in mind (Skerries 2020, now 2022). The boat was designed using CAD, each panel was laser cut to ensure accuracy, then they built the boat by hand. Following the latest rule allowances, you […]

See us at the Dinghy Show!

All the arrangements are in place and a keen team is lined up to welcome you onto what we hope will be one of our best ever stands. We have a double-size stand, so come and admire a couple of superb GP14s – the latest Duffin/Paintcraft and SP creations. You really must not miss Ann […]

DINGHY SHOW 2018 Beats the Beast from the East

  Snow was falling steadily as we built our Dinghy Show stand in near-freezing conditions in the Great Hall at Alexandra Palace on the Friday afternoon. But that unquenchable enthusiasm for the GP14 burned within us and by close of play we once again had a stand of which we could be justifiably proud!   […]

See us at the Dinghy Show 2018

The GP14 International Association (us!) will again have a great stand at the show, so do come along and say hello, check out our exhibits, ask us questions! 03-04 March 2018, Alexandra Palace, London Once again the RYA Dinghy Show will be heading to the iconic Alexandra Palace, London for the only show in the […]

And the 2017 winner is…

For the third year in a row, thanks to generous sponsorship from EXE SAILS & COVERS LTD, we were able to offer a brand new GP14 genoa as the prize in a raffle, which was drawn at the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show on Sunday 5 March.