Barbados to Bolton GP14 Open

Barbados to Bolton GP14 Open – Sunday 1st October Having last sailed a GP14 off the white sandy beaches and warm steady breezes of Barbados it seems only natural that Neil Marsden and Derek Hill should dust off their boat for the Bolton GP14 Open. Just in case that wasn’t example enough of the lure […]

P&B Sail Sale

Pinnell and Bax are currently running their winter discount. With 15% off individual sails and 20% off complete suits! Prices are as follows: ODL04 Laminate mainsail: £672.01 Genoa (4.55 RSQ): £312.12 Spinnaker: £322.76 Full Laminate suit: £1,230 If you wish to do a club/bulk deal or if you have any further questions, please get in […]

Blessington Youth Training

Ten brave sailors ascended on to the picturesque lakes at Blessington Sailing Club last weekend, 9/10 Sept. for some vigorous training and a bit of fun!

Josh Porter at the 2017 Nationals

Josh porter happy with consistent scores

A great post for Josh Porter’s third diary update. Josh tells of the ups, downs (and capsizes, gear failures and successes) during the week in Looe at the 2017 Nationals. Well done Josh !

Interview with the 2017 UK National Champions

The 2017 National Championships in Looe were tense. Going into the final day of racing and Mike Senior/Chris White and Ian Dobson/Andy Tunnicliffe were within a point of each other and both gunning for the win.  Q. How close was the competition between yourselves and Mike and Chris? Andy: You could tell from the first race that […]

Bassenthwaite Cruising Capers

Bassenthwaite Cruising Capers - group photo

Over the long August Bank Holiday, the GP14 Cruising section organised a fun weekend event: Bassenthwaite Cruising Capers. This sounds brilliant, and certainly gained a new enthusiast in the shape of our Association secretary Steve Parry, who has taken the time to write up this excellent report, which is reproduced below. (Editor: I do recommend it to […]

Irish Nationals 2017

GP14 Ireland

The GP14 2017 Irish Nationals were held on 19th-21st August at Ballyholme Yacht Club. 29 boats competed which included one visiting team from the UK – John Hayes, an ex 470 campaigner from Southport who was sailing with Joel James. With conditions varying wildly over the 3 days and nine races, from 30 knot gusts […]

Training Report and Video – Looe 4&5 August 2017

  Ten boats arrived for sea training on the Friday and Saturday before the 2017 UK National Championships at Looe. The off-shore wind meant conditions in the dinghy park where not representative of the lively breeze in the bay, which proved to be the case for most of the week! Coaches – Jules Forde (Friday) and […]

2018 Gul GP14 World Championship Event Update

2018 Gul GP14 World Championship

Entry for the 2018 Gul GP14 World Championship opened on 08 August at a special launch at the Looe Nationals and already 50 places have been taken in a week! The 2018 Worlds will take place at Mount’s Bay Sailing Club – probably one of the best dinghy championship venues in the UK, set in […]

2017 GP14 National Championship

2017 GP14 National Championship

The Nationals are over for another year and what an event! Huge congrats to winners Ian Dobson and Andy Tunnicliffe, final results, videos, prize lists and race reports below. Many thanks to our fantastic sponsors: North Sails, Dinghy Rope, Impact Marine, Allen, Exe Sails, SP Boats, Paintcraft, Gingerboats, Zhik, Cornish Orchards, HD Sails and Sailpics.   VIDEOS: A great set of videos from the Nationals, including […]