Cruising in your GP14!

Are you interested in cruising rather than racing? If so, we want to hear from you! We are planning cruising events for this year. Check out the full details on our website here:  http://gp14.org/come-cruising-with-us-in-your-gp14/  

Association News

Christmas is fast approaching and for some this signals the end of the sailing year. Up here in the far north, well at Derwent Reservoir in the North Pennines, we have had some snow, but the hardy few are still managing to get out on the water. In fact, we have even welcomed some new […]

Winning the Worlds

The Gul 2018 GP14 World Championship at Mount’s Bay Sailing Club in Cornwall was supported by 35 sponsors and attended by over 500 sailors, family and friends. The event even had fireworks on the last night and live race tracking from Sailing Southwest. All nine race were sailed over the week despite the first day […]

Southport 12 Hour Junior Race 2018

Congratulations to the GP14 junior teams from Budworth S.C and Southport S.C who came first and second in the Southport 12 Hour Junior Race 2018, from a total of 23 teams racing! Full results are on the Southport website and  here Southport 12 Hour Junior Race 2018 Race report from Annabel Page (Budworth S.C): On […]

2018 Ulster Championship Report and Results

Congratulations to Shane MacCarthy and crew Andy Davis taking the 2018 Ulster Championships over a sunny weekend at Donaghadee SC. Silver fleet winner was Peter & Stephen Boyle with Peter also taking the Ulster Youth Championship trophy. Bronze fleet win was taken by Jack Buttimer & Adam McDonagh. Full Results are below: Race report by […]

SailPics pictures from the 2017 Nationals

A reminder that there are great pictures  from the 2017 Nationals available at SailPics.co.uk Why not pop along to the site, browse the photos and maybe get your favorite hi-res photo for yourself! To encourage you, a few examples can be seen on our site here: GP14 Nationals at Looe 2017

Testing Photo hosting options

Test sites for new GP14 Assoc photos. ISSUE: Picassa was ideal, but Google photos is not so good – it allows people to “follow” and adds their profile pictures above the photo, which looks very naff, and seems no way to stop that! So what other options are there that don’t cost a lot? Could […]

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 […]

2016 GP14 Nationals – The Rum Punch Reports

The Rum Punch Report – Saturday night Having done some intensive training for the latest Rum Punch Reunion I was primed and ready as we massed at the club on Saturday night for what sounded like a low key warm up to the week with curry and a quiz. With the dining room packed and […]

Youth Championships Preview

For the younger sailor, the GP14 may not be seen as the most glamorous dinghy, it will never be seen at the Olympics and you can leave your harness at home. What it does have is consistently some of the best amateur racing a sailor can experience. The boat prices are capped and the Class […]