Advice and Help with your GP14

Help with your GP14 – Would you like some advice and help?  We are looking to provide training for sailors who are either very new to the class, or those who are only just ready to try racing and tuning their boat.  If you are not sure about rigging, or trailing your boat to an event, or […]

Reflections on sailing 24 hrs for charity

One month on from sailing the 53rd West Lancs YC 24 Hour Race on their own and two brothers from The Chase Sailing Club have raised over £1,700 for charity. Eden and Josh Hyland are more usually seen racing single handed in Blazes but pooled their efforts for this years’ event to raise money for a […]

Films from 1960s of vintage boats racing in York

These two early films are stored in the Yorkshire Film Archive, and give a fascinating view of early racing in GP14s – of especial interest to current owners of early vintage boats! Many thanks to to the film archive. Yorkshire Film Archve: The Watkins Trophy 1964 Yorkshire Films Archive: The Compass Trophy 1968 Please note: […]

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 stopped all day and at times it was torrential. The first race of the day was held in light, shifty […]

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 […]

Southern Championship Report

GP14 Southern Championship at Leigh on Sea Sailing Club – Saturday 31st August / Sunday 1st September
A small but select group of 13 GP14s gathered at Leigh on Sea SC for the Southern Area Championship races over the last weekend of the ‘real’ summer season…

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

Skerries Promo Winner is…

Congratulations to Ciaran Keogh, an 18 year old sailor from Ireland, who is the winner of the FREE ENTRY to the 2020 Skerries World Championship!