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2017 GP14 National Championship

2017 GP14 Nationals Update

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…

Mounts Bay S.C. Perth, Australia

NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER

In Perth the Australian contingent is getting out the winter woollies, with temperatures dropping down into the 20s we have drawn the curtains on another season and now revert to our ‘once-a-month’ winter series. It…

Ladies that Launch!

After the success of last year’s ladies training at South Staffs Sailing Club we have been asked to run another session this year. We have been offered Sunday 16 July at Welsh Harp Sailing Club….

E Howard-Davies Youth Training Week – Full Report

Watch the video The GP14 Youth Training Week has been an annual fixture in the GP14 calendar for many years, thanks to the memorial fund set up in the name E Howard-Davies, a former Secretary…

E Howard-Davies Youth Training Week – Day 5

The guest coach on day 5 was British Sailing Team 470 sailor Sophie Weguelin and the focus of the day was on starting strategy and race strategy. There was a cherpy breeze and conditions good for practicing how…

E Howard-Davies Training Week – Day 4

Today’s guest coach for day 4 of the GP14 Youth Training Week was Andy Davies from HD Sails. After a quick briefing on mark rounding, hovering and starts it looked like there would be enough…

E Howard-Davies Training Week – Day 3

The wind was up to a good force 5 today resulting in quite a few capsizes! Neil and Storm began the day with a classroom session on starting followed by transit exercises in the dinghy park before launching…

E Howard-Davies Training Week – Day 2

Today’s guest coach Neil Marsden started with a session on boat tuning followed by an early lunch and long afternoon on the water. Unfortunately a Port-Starboard incident caused some boat damage but no injuries. Luckily Chris…

E-Howard-Davies Youths with CraftInsure Hoodies

E Howard-Davies Youth Training Week – Day 1 – Thank you Craftinsure!

8 UK sailor and 4 Irish sailors arrived at Portland on Sunday 9 April for the E Howard-Davies Youth Training Week and were issued with smart team hoodies kindly donated by Craftinsure. On Monday morning house parents…

Midlands Championship Results and Report

The 2017 Midland Area Championship
Held on 08 & 09 April 2017 at Staunton Harold Sailing Club. Results are now published
Click here for the RESULTS

Josh Porter – My diary

Richard Estaugh Fund – Josh Porter, a young GP14 sailor and our first grant recipient, begins his diary. Read about what it means to him personally.

Craftinsure presents cheque for the “Super 8” Series

We were also delighted to welcome Mark Lee, Owner of Craftinsure and sponsors of our Super 8 Series, to present Ann with a cheque for £500. Photo by Mark Jardine/ YachtsandYachting.com

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…

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…

Pre-Championship Sea Training

The Association are pleased to announce that entries are now open for Sea Training before the 2017 Welsh Championships at Aberdovey and 2017 UK National Championships at Looe.

2017 GP14 National Championship

2017 GP14 National Championships – a few extra places!

Well….we sold our 70 allocation for the 2017 GP14 National Championships in 29 days! We know that there are still people interested in joining the event, so we have been back in touch with the…

2017 GP14 National Championship

GP14 Nationals almost sold out!

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…

2017 GP14 National Championship

40 entries for GP14 Nationals in first week of sales

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…

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…

2017 GP14 National Championship – Online booking now open!

The online booking form and full details are now available in the shop. On-line Booking We know this will be a popular event and we are expecting to fill our allocation of 70 entries well…