Advice and Help with your GP14

Help with your GP14 – Would you like some advice and help?  We are looking to provide training for sailors who are either very new to the class, or those who are only just ready to try racing and tuning their boat.  If you are not sure about rigging, or trailing your boat to an event, or […]

Help with your GP14?

Help with your GP14?

Would you like some advice and help? We are looking to provide training for sailors who are either very new to the class, or those who are only just ready to try racing and tuning their boat. (ed: We also have help and advice articles on rigging; tuning; rope lengths and other topics, go to […]

Training Report – Introduction to Travelling at Trimpley Sailing Club

Trimpley Sailing Club is keen to encourage more of its members to join the Midland Bell open series.  We currently have only two regular GP14 travellers and invited Chris and Gill Beddow to provide potential travellers with advice and support by organising a half day training session on Saturday 16th March.  On that windy, but […]

Training Report – Race Training at Papercourt Sailing Club

On Saturday 16th March, despite a rather foreboding weather forecast putting off quite a number of participants, 10 hardy and keen sailors turned up to dark skies and 30 knots at Papercourt for a southern area training session with GP ace Ian Dobson. The morning session was held in the classroom and around the boat […]

Race Training Event with coach Ian Dobson!

We are delighted that our next race training event is on March 16th which is a fantastic opportunity to learn from the best! So get down Papercourt SC near Woking, Surrey and learn from coach Ian Dobson, multiple world champion. Visitors are very welcome, and no prior booking required but please let Sam Mettam know that […]

2019 Craftinsure and E Howard-Davies Youth Training Week

Youth Training Week

The Association is extremely pleased to invite applications for our 2019 Craftinsure and E Howard-Davies Youth Training Week being held at  Plas Menai, Caernarfon, Gwynedd from Sunday 28 July to Friday 2 August 2018. Not only do GP14 youth sailors benefit from top quality coaching, its also a chance to meet, socialise and forge friendships […]

Chase GP14 Training

At times it is easier to knit fog than organise the GP14 fleet at Chase so knowing I like a challenge I was set the task of organising some training for the Worlds. With a planned on the water start of 9.30am (and some slow coaches instructed to arrive at 8.30am, and apparently in fancy dress) […]

Training Update

Hollingworth SC

STOP PRESS: SUNNY & WARM WITH STEADY 11 MPH BREEZE FORECAST FOR TRAINING AT LLANDUDNO SC PLACES STILL AVAILABLE! More details – BOOK NOW!   GREAT DAY OF TRAINING AT HOLLINGWORTH LAKE SC Six boats, glorious weather and light breeze plus a top-notch coach, what is not to like! We all learnt loads of stuff about […]

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’ – […]

Better Boat Handling – Gybing – by Mike Senior

Ed: Top tips from Mike Senior, who has won so many Championship events, including most recently the 2018 GP14 World Championship! This article was originally published in the Autumn 2012 edition of Mainsail, which can be read in full here  Better Boat Handling – I am a big believer that the quickest way to improve […]