2017 Midland Area Championships

Report by Charles Saunders   The second event of the Craftinsure Super 8 series took place over the balmy weekend of 8th/9th April at Staunton Harold Sailing club in the   heart of the Midlands.  When the duty team arrived at 9.00 am the reservoir had a mirror like calm, but gradually the wind and the […]

GP14 Nationals almost sold out!

2017 GP14 National Championship

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 we go to the waiting list so if you’re interested sign up quick! http://gp14.org/events/2017-gp14-national-championship/

40 entries for GP14 Nationals in first week of sales

2017 GP14 National Championship

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, half of them gone by Day 5 and 40 places gone after the first week. Commenting on the strong interest […]

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 hours. To find out more about the event, book or see the list of competitors who have entered visit the […]

End of Seasons Report

Royal Windermere Yacht Club – 15 and 16 October 2016 The Race Report Much like the end of year disco at school (or prom depending on your age!) the GP14 End of Seasons is a final blow out for the Class with friends coming together to eat, drink and try and do each other over on […]

Super 8 Series

The 2017 GP14 Craftinsure Super 8 Series proved one of the most successful in recent years with 218 sailors having taken part during the year and 29 boats qualified. The series kicked off with the End of Seasons at Royal Windermere Yacht Club in 2016 which was won by Shane MacCarthy and Andy Thompson to […]

GP14’s dominant at the 24 hour Race

The forecast at the beginning of the week for the 50th West Lancashire YC 24 hour Race was one that would have had some of the lighter crews being bulked up with protein shakes and pasta bowls. By mid-week it though it had dropped back to salad weather and teams desperately searching round for stocks […]

Craftinsure Super 6 Series Results Update

With five events down and only one left we already have 10 boats qualified for the series with a further 15 just needing one more event to qualify. You can view the latest results here. The last event of the series is the Midland Area Championships which takes place on 01 and 02 October at […]

GP14 Nationals – Day 3

2016 GP14 National Championships Day 3 Race Report – Tuesday 23 August Champagne racing was the promise for Day 3 of the GP14 National Championships but as we set off for the scheduled start it was more like weak orange squash. Having failed to notice the significant lightness of the wind I thought we would […]