GP14 Inland and Welsh Championships Preview

Online entries are now open for the 2018Inland and Welsh Championships which return to the popular Bala lake. The event will take place on 05 and 06 May at Bala Sailing Club. The event is always popular with 31 entries for last year’s Inland Championship which was won by Fergus Barnham and Andy Hunter (Snettisham SC/Nantwich SC). The […]

GP14 Chase Midland Areas Attracts World and National Champions

38 boats turned up at the Chase Sailing Club over the weekend of 21 and 22 April for the GP14 Midland Area Championships to be greeted by the sailing holy grail of sunshine, wind and some of the best GP14 sailors in the world. The entry list including current GP14 World Champions Shane MacCarthy and […]

O’Tiarnaigh Challenge Report

Swords Sailing & Boating Club O’Tiarnaigh Challenge 14/15 April 2018 The forecast for the O’Tiarnaigh Challenge 2018 was moderate to fresh breeze for the Saturday and strong breeze and up to 30knots of gusts for the Sunday. OD Peter Smyth at the Saturday morning briefing made the decision to sail all 6 qualifying races instead […]

Youth & Masters Championships Race Report

The sailing season has officially started with Poole Yacht Club hosting the Youth and Master Championships last weekend. Six youths competed along side 21 masters each with competitive racing. (Results below) Youth Champion Nick Devereux returned with some new competition from three boats that had been training all week at the Howard Davis Memorial week, […]

Spring Cruising Weekend in the Lake District

Spring Cruising Weekend at Bassenthwaite S.C. and Derwent Water 26th to 28th May Bassenthwaite Sailing Club will be open for camping and launching and we shall have full use of all the clubhouse facilities, including their excellent kitchen to prepare your own food. The event is to be very informal but the outline of the […]

Midland Bell Results and News

Midland Bell Results are posted here as they are received. The series is now well underway after events at Shustoke, Chase and the Midland Championships event at Staunton Harold. Early leader

2018 Craftinsure and E Howard-Davies GP14 Youth Training Week

Daily reports will be posted here so check back each day for the latest update. DAY 1 Eight sailors were welcomed at the Andrew Simpson Watersports Centre by Head Coach James Parker-Mowbray for the first day of the 2018 Craftinsure and E Howard-Davies GP14 Youth Training Week. The conditions at Portland – described as ‘fruity’ – […]

2018 Midland Area Championship Preview

Part of the Midland Bell Series and the Super Six Series, this year’s Midland Area Championships will take place at The Chase Sailing Club on 21 and 22 April. The current Midland Area Champions are Staunton Harold’s Pete Gray and Richard Pepperdine but they will face some stiff local competition to keep their crowns this year […]

GP14 Youth and Masters Championships Preview

Online entries are now open for the 2018 Youth and Masters Championships. The event will take place on 07 and 08 April at Poole Yacht Club. The event is always popular with last year’s Masters having 24 entrants and was won by the newest to qualify for the event, Gingerboats’ Andy Smith and Phil Hodgkins (Bassenthwaite SC). The 2018Youths […]

World Championships Field Visits

The Dinghy Show at the beginning of the month was a good opportunity for the World’s Team (Gill, Michelle, Sam, Sarah and Monkey, minus Tom) to meet and greet with some of our sponsors including title sponsor Gul. As well as providing a very generous prize allocation Gul have now also agreed to provide all competitors […]