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Encyclopedia > GP14 (dinghy)
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The GP14 is a 4.2m (14 ft) sailing dinghy developed in 1949. Almost 14,000 GP14s have been built and the class is active in Britain, Ireland, Australia and South Africa. It is relatively heavy (133kg) but stable, and an ideal boat to learn to sail in. It is also raced competitively, and offers good close racing. GP14 dinghy under sail on the River Exe estuary off Exmouth, Devon, England. ... GP14 dinghy under sail on the River Exe estuary off Exmouth, Devon, England. ... 2 GP14s, a Topper and a Graduate Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using (1) the sails and (2) underwater foils (centreboard and rudder). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...


The idea behind the design was to build a General Purpose (GP) 14 foot dinghy which could be cruised, raced and rowed equally well. It can also be powered effectively by a small outboard motor. In the early 1990s a new internal layout was introduced in the wooden boats (the "Series 2"), with built-in buoyancy. This was further modified in 2005, led by boat builder Alistair Duffin. New boats are currently available both in wood and in glass-reinforced plastic. Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), is a composite material or fibre reinforced plastic made of a plastic reinforced by fine fibers made of glass. ...


The most recent GP14 World Chamionships, held at Abersoch, north Wales, in 2003, attracted an entry of over 170 boats. The 2006 World Champiosnhips are due to be held at Sligo on the west coast of Ireland. Abersoch is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, lying on the south coast of the Lleyn peninsula. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...


People often wonder why the class symbol is a bell. This is because the boat's designer, Jack Holt, designed it whilst in Aberdovey, because of its famous submerged church bells. Or so the story goes. Then again the original manufacturer was "Bell Woodworking." Jack Holt Jack Holt (actor) (May 31, 1888 - January 18, 1951) U.S. motion picture actor. ... Aberdyfi (English: Aberdovey) is a village on the estuary of the River Dyfi in Gwynedd, Wales. ...

  • Designer: Jack Holt (1949)
  • LOA: 4.27 m
  • Beam: 1.54 m
  • Minimum weight: 132.9 kg
  • Sail area: main & jib 12.85 m² + spinnaker 8.4 m²
  • PN (2005): 1127

Jack Holt, 1912-1995, was a prolific designer of sailing dinghies. ... Map showing the position of the Main in Germany The Main (pronounced in FUCKKKK GERmany! German like the English word mine) is a river in Germany, 524 km long (including White Main 574 km), and one of the more significant tributaries of the Rhine river. ... A typcial jib on a small yacht A jib is a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat. ... A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing downwind (with the wind behind the boat). ...

External links

  • GP14 International Association


Classes of sailing dinghies, scows, sharpies and skiffs (worldwide list)

29er | 420 ("Four-twenty") | 470 ("Four-seventy") | 49er | 505 ("Five-oh-five") | Albacore | ASC | Australian Sharpie | Blue Jay | Bosun | Buccaneer 18 | Byte | Cadet | Cherub | Comet | Contender | Coypu | Day Sailer | El Toro | Enterprise | Europe |Fatty Knees | Finn | Fireball | Firefly | Flying Dutchman | Flying Junior | Flying Scot | GP14 | Graduate | Heron | Highlander | Hornet | Idle-Along |International Fourteen | Javelin | Jersey Skiff | Jollyboat | Lark | Laser | Laser Radial | Laser 4.7 | Laser 2 | Laser 2000 | Laser 3000 | Laser 4000 | Laser 5000 | Laser Pico | Laser SB3 | Lightning | Manly Junior | Merlin Rocket | Mirror | Mistral (Des Townson) | Musto Skiff | Mutineer 15 | National 12 | O'Day DaySailer | OK Dinghy | Optimist | Otter | P Class (aka Tauranga) | Puddle Duck Racer | Puffin pacer | RS200 | RS300 | RS400 | RS500 | RS600 | RS700 | RS800 | RS Feva | RS Vareo | Sabot | Sabre | Sea Bright | Scow (A, C, E, MC, M16, 17) | Snipe | Solo | Spiral | Sport 14 | Sport 16 | Streaker | Laser Stratos | Sunfish | Thames A Class Rater | Thistle | Topper | Topper Topaz | Twinkles 10 & 12 | Wanderer | Wayfarer | Y flyer | Zeddie (aka Takapuna) |Zephyr (Des Townson) | Zoom 8 The 29er is a skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998. ... The International 420 Class Dinghy is a monohull planing dinghy with centreboard, bermuda rig and centre sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... The 470 is a monohull planing dinghy with centerboard, bermudan rig and center sheeting, designed for a crew of two. ... 49er With Its Asymetric Spinnaker The 49er is a newer one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The International 505 is a one-design high-performance two person monohull planing centerboard dinghy. ... The Albacore is a 4. ... The Australian Sharpie is a 3-person sailing dinghy which has evolved from the 12-square-metre class sailed in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. ... A fleet of Blue Jays sail in a regatta Blue Jay is a class of sailboat used primarily in the Northeastern United States. ... The Buccaneer 18 is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. ... The Byte is a cat rigged dinghy sailboat produced by PS2000. ... A Cadet is a small sailing dinghy. ... The Cherub is a small, high performance[1], two man planing dinghy first designed in 1951 in New Zealand by John Spencer[2] (d 1994). ... The Comet dinghy is a sixteen foot long, two person, one-design class, racing sloop. ... The Contender is a single-handed high performance sailing dinghy, designed by Ben Lexcen (Australia) in 1967 as a possible successor to the Finn dinghy for Olympic competition. ... The El Toro is a one-design class of sailing dinghy. ... The Enterprise type is a two-man hiking sailing dinghy with a distinctive blue sail and no spinnaker. ... The Europe is a one person dinghy. ... The Fatty Knees fibreglass sailing dinghies were designed by Lyle Hess (1912 - 2002). ... Originally designed by Peter Milne in 1962, the Fireball is a one-design high-performance sailing dinghy. ... Former Olympic Class The firefly is a two sail hiking sailing dinghy with no spinnaker. ... Former Olympic Class The Flying Dutchman is a high-performance class of racing dinghy. ... Flying Junior Dinghy The Flying Junior or FJ is a sailing dinghy designed in 1955 in Holland by Van Essen and Conrad Gulcher. ... The Flying Scot is a day sailer for pleasure sailing as well as racing; it is sailed throughout North America. ... The Heron Dinghy is a dinghy designed by Jack Holt of the United Kingdom as the Yachting World Cartopper (YW Cartopper). ... A Douglass design in the early 50s, the Highlander was the last boat built by the Douglass & McLeod company. ... The International 14 is a racing sailing dinghy. ... The Javelin is a fast, 14 foot sailing dinghy. ... The Jersey Skiff is a beach launched boat first appearing around the end of the 1800s. ... Lark 2462 Mr Bigglesworth About the LARK Class The Lark was designed in 1966 by Michael Jackson, designer of many National 12 and Merlin Rockets. ... Olympic Class The Laser Standard Side view Rightening a capsized boat This article focuses on the Laser Standard dinghy. ... The Laser (often called Laser Standard to avoid confusion with the laser variants) is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. ... The Laser 4. ... The Laser 2 is a larger variant of the popular Laser one-design class of small sailing dinghy The Laser is a single-handed boat, but the Laser 2 is sailed by two people. ... The Laser 4000 is an asymmetric racing dinghy crewed by two persons. ... The Laser Pico dinghy is a small sailboat designed by Jo Richards in the mid-1990s and used primarily for training and day sailing. ... The Laser SB3 is a one-design class of sailboat commonly used for racing. ... International Lightning Sailing Dinghy The Lightning is a sailing dinghy originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens in 1938. ... A junior racing dinghy class popular in Sydney Australia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Mirror on Combs Reservoir in Derbyshire The Mirror is a highly successful pram dinghy, with more than 70,000 built. ... Introduction A Musto Skiff reaching at Lake Garda The Musto Skiff is a single-handed sailing skiff with a length of 4. ... A Mutineer and barge share the Mississippi River The Mutineer is a 15 foot sailing vessel. ... The National 12 is a two person, two sail, twelve foot long sailing dinghy. ... OK dinghy A Brief History of the OK In 1957 Axel Dangaard Olsen of Seattle, U.S.A., asked the Danish yacht designer Knud Olsen to prepare drawings for a light and fast single-handed sailing dinghy based on conventional plywood construction. ... The Optimist is a standard of small, single-crew sailing dinghy. ... The Otter is a two man sailing dinghy with a glass fibre hull. ... This image shows the dimensions to which a Puddle Duck Racer must conform. ... The RS200 is a 4. ... The RS300 is a modern racing sailing dinghy made by RS, who also make many other dinghies. ... The RS800 is a sailing dinghy designed by Phil Morrison. ... The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various places around the world. ... Sabre sailing at Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club The Sabre is a class of twelve-foot-long (3. ... The Sea Bright is a derivation of the Jersey Skiff. ... A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. ... The Snipe is a 15-1/2 foot, 2 person, one design racing dinghy with a rich history. ... The National Solo class is a racing dingy designed by Jack Holt in 1956. ... The Spiral is a type or class of sailing dinghy. ... Streakers at Ripon Sailing Club A Streaker is a type of sailing dinghy designed in 1975 by Jack Holt. ... // Laser Stratos Introduction The Laser Stratos is an all-round cruising and racing boat built by the same company as the famous Laser Standard dinghy. ... The Sunfish is a popular one-design class of sailboat which was developed in the 1950s. ... The Thames A Class Rater is both a historic and modern specialist sailing craft designed for the particular conditions at Thames Sailing Club, in Surbiton in the United Kingdom. ... A Thistle sailing downwind. ... A Topper under unexacting conditions The Topper is an 11 sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. ... The Wanderer Logo The Wanderer is a 14 foot Fiberglass hull Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. ... The Wayfarer is a wooden or fibreglass hulled bermudan rigged sailing dinghy, often used for short sailing trips as a day boat. The boat is 15 foot 10 inches (4. ... The Y Flyer is a 18 foot sloop rigged racing dinghy sailed by 2 people. ... The Zoom 8 is a youth racing sailboat sailed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...


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The GP14 is a 4.2m (14 ft) sailing dinghy developed in 1949.
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The 2006 World Champiosnhips are due to be held at Sligo on the west coast of Ireland.
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