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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…

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2018 Gul GP14 World Championship

Latest Race Results Race Reports, Photos and Tracking Details Prize Winners About the Event About our Sponsors Archive News     Latest Race Results Day 5 – Final Results GP14 World Championships Results – 03…

2018 Gul GP14 World Championship

2018 Gul GP14 World Championship Event Update

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…

2017 GP14 Inland Championships

Race Report It was another successful Inland Championships for the GP14 Class with over 30 boats making the trip to Bassenthwaite Sailing Club on 06 and 06 May for the third event of the Craftinsure…

2017 GP14 National Championship

2017 GP14 Nationals Update

Latest Update Event is this week! See latest results and race reports here. Taking place at Looe Sailing Cub between 05 and 11 August the 2017 GP14 Nationals sold out its original allocation in just 29…

2017 GP14 National Championship

GP14 Nationals almost sold out!

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…

2017 GP14 National Championship

40 entries for GP14 Nationals in first week of sales

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

GP14 Nationals – Day 2

Firstly, I have some apologies to make for yesterday, apparently it was Fergus and Ellie first round the windward mark and not Shane and Andy (I was thinking of the first race!) And while I’m…

2016 GP14 Northern Championships Report

The Race Report – Martin Stanley With a long range forecast for very light winds not changing leading up to the championship, it looked worrying if there would be any sailing over the weekend, but…

2016 GP14 Masters and Youths Championships Report

A beautiful summer’s day at the Welsh Harp, twenty-nine boats gathered to contest the 2016 GP14 Masters/Youths Championships over the weekend of 16 and 17 July. The weed boat had seen more use in recent…

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…

Youth and Masters Championships Preview

There is no age discrimination in the GP 14 fleet. A Grand Master and a youth sailor placed in the top three at this year’s Gul Inland Championships in Bala. The Masters and Youth championships…

Scottish Area Championships Preview

Do you miss the salty tang of the Caribbean Sea, or do you need to escape from your comfort zone and have an adventure? Taste the sea again off the west coast of Scotland, in…

Mike and Liz Senior win Inland Championships

Barbados may now be long gone but it is certainly not forgotten with Bala providing the ideal setting for the association’s ‘Rum Punch Reunion’, also known as the Gul Inland Championships. The second event in…

Nick and Geoff win Southern Area Championships

The first event of the Craftinsure Super 6 series kicked off on 14 and 15 May at Stone Sailing Club. The Club is situated on the south bank of the River Blackwater where the river…

Youth & Masters Championship at Welsh Harp

This year’s Youth and Masters events are combined to attract families who sail and ensure a good combined entry for both. The event will take place over the weekend of 16/17 July. With staggered starts…