Southerns – Welsh Harp Victor 2017

Frank Nickless and Michelle Evans

Gp 14 Southern Travellers.   Welsh Harp S.C   24 Boats    Wind   F2 SW Twenty Four boats competed for the 2017 GP Victor trophy, the fourth race of the GP14 Southern Travellers series at the Welsh Harp in North London.  Three regular travellers showed up early in the boat park and one not so familiar boat rolled […]

2017 GP14 Welsh Area Championships

This year’s GP14 Welsh Area Championship on 01 and 02 July ended up being a Nationals warm up with 10 out of the 19 boats entered in the Gold Fleet. Held over two days at Dovey YC with a sea training event the day before there was a nice holiday vibe as the sunshine greeted […]

Josh Porter – Diary Update July 2017

Josh at Ulster Champs

Josh Porter, our first grant recipient for the Richard Estaugh Fund, gives us a diary update  The Richard Estaugh Fund is a bursary fund to which GP14 sailors can apply for assistance towards worthwhile sailing related projects. These take many forms, from sailing campaigns, to coaching or providing assistance or buddying for people with a disability. Grants are […]

Southport Junior 12 Hour Race

This unique event brings together youth sailors from all around the country to compete in Argo’s, GP14’s and the ever popular Enterprise. Held on the relatively safe waters of the Marine Lake, this popular event is always well attended and 2017 was no exception. Juniors in GP14 from several clubs took part, and the report below […]

Tollesbury Open- Race Report

On Saturday 12th June 16 GP 14 sailing dinghies gathered at  Tollesbury  Sailing Club for the fourth round of the London and SE travellers’ series. After tea and bacon rolls to fortify the visitors, many of whom had endured the M25 etc, the boats launched from the public hard. Conditions were near perfect with a […]

2017 GP14 Southern Area Championships

Report by Michelle Evans The only way was Essex on 03 and 04 June for the GP14s with 18 making the trip to the east coast for the Southern Area Championships. The weekend was shared with the Fireball and Merlin classes which created a real big event buzz and run very professionally run by Brightlingsea […]

Northern Bell – Budworth SC GP14 Open

Budworth SC

On Sunday 4th June, thirteen club boats offered a warm welcome to three visitors to the 2017 Budworth Sailing Club GP14 Open, part of the Northern Bell Circuit. The day offered bright and sunny conditions with moderate wind from the club’s preferred westerly direction, although the winds wildly fluctuated both in strength and direction throughout […]

Southern Area Championships – 03 & 04 June

Still time to enter for the Southern Area Championships this weekend at Brightlingsea Sailing Club. There should see a good entry with Welsh Harp SC travelling in numbers this year as well as the Inland and Midland Champions Fergus and Andy attending. There will be five scheduled races, two on Saturday and three on Sunday, raced […]

Ireland – Purcell Trophy – Greystones SC

Purcell Trophy 2017 -Photo by Monica Schaefer

Congratulations to Ger Owens & Mel Morris on their Purcell Trophy win. It was a hard fought battle between Ger & Mel and Greystones Shane MacCarty sailing with Damien Bracken. The Purcell Trophy 2017 was hosted by Greystones Sailing Club in Ireland, in their fantastic new harbour and clubhouse. Report by Alan Thompson After an hour’s wait […]

Scottish Championships

It was a small but perfectly formed group of eight that decided to brave the inclement forecast and make the trip to Annandale Sailing Club for the Scottish Championships, part of the Craftinsure Super 8 Series, on 20 and 21 May. Having not been to Scotland since a midge filled bite-fest at the beginning of […]