Torrens Pair Win GP14 Youth Championship at Rosses Point

21st September 2026

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Youth Champions: Adam and Emily Torrens, winners of the 2026 GP14 Youth Championship at Sligo Yacht Club, receive their prizes after two light-wind races at Rosses Point

Adam and Emily Torrens won the GP14 Youth Championship at Sligo Yacht Club on Sunday (September 20th), as light winds allowed two races to be completed after Saturday’s programme was abandoned.

Sailing Kokomo, the NSC/LEYC pair scored a first and second to take the championship with three points, two clear of Sligo Yacht Club’s David Evans and William Draper in Red Boat.

Joris Rooney and Ossian Geraghty, also of Sligo Yacht Club, completed the podium in The White Rabbit with six points after scores of third and third.

The racing provided a welcome conclusion after Saturday’s GP14 racing at Rosses Point was abandoned due to the conditions.

Torrens Pair Start With Race Win

Adam and Emily Torrens opened the Youth Championship with victory in the first race sailed on Sunday, ahead of Daniel O’Hare and Maedbh Butterly of Rush Sailing Club in No Surprise.

Rooney and Geraghty were third, with Evans and Draper fourth.

The order changed in the second race, with Evans and Draper taking the win ahead of the Torrens pair. Rooney and Geraghty again finished third, securing third overall.

O’Hare and Butterly were fourth overall on nine points, while Sam Street and Josh Lloyd in cloud nine and Youths Leo O’Doherty and Mark Greer in Ghost Light tied on 11 points.

The sailing instructions had scheduled four races for each event, but stipulated that two completed races were sufficient to constitute a series.

Cully and Tierney Take Autumn Open Race

Open Winners: Simon Cully and Libby Tierney of Blessington Sailing Club, winners of the GP14 Autumn Open race at Sligo Yacht Club aboard That’ll Do, pictured with their trophies after the light-wind event at Rosses Point.

The GP14 Autumn Open fleet also finally got racing on Sunday, with Simon Cully and Libby Tierney of Blessington Sailing Club winning aboard That'll Do.

Niall Henry and Ossian Geraghty of Sligo Yacht Club were second in The White Rabbit, while Sam Street and Josh Lloyd of BLSC took third in cloud nine.

Patrick O'Connor and Brendan Brogan were fourth in Acorn, with Adam and Emily Torrens taking fifth in Kokomo after their Youth Championship victory.

Conditions remained difficult, however. A message from the race course during the afternoon reported that the wind was "very light" and that the race officer was waiting for it to settle.

With no further Autumn Open race completed, the event did not reach the two-race requirement for a series under the sailing instructions.

GP14 Youth Championship — Top Three

Kokomo — Adam Torrens / Emily Torrens — 3 pts
Red Boat — David Evans / William Draper — 5 pts
The White Rabbit — Joris Rooney / Ossian Geraghty — 6 pts

Race Results

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The class is active in the UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and parts of north-eastern USA, and the GP14 can be used for both racing and cruising.

Designed by Jack Holt in 1949, with the assistance of the Dovey Yacht Club in Aberdyfi. The idea behind the design was to build a General Purpose (GP) 14-foot dinghy which could be sailed or rowed, capable of also being powered effectively by a small outboard motor, able to be towed behind a small family car and able to be launched and recovered reasonably easily, and stable enough to be able to lie to moorings or anchor when required. Racing soon followed, initially with some degree of opposition from Yachting World, who had commissioned the design, and the boat soon turned out to be an outstanding racing design also.

The boat was initially designed with a main and small jib as a comfortable family dinghy. In a design philosophy that is both practical and highly redolent of social attitudes of the day the intention was that she should accommodate a family comprising parents plus two children, and specifically that the jib should be modest enough for "Mum" or older children to handle, while she should perform well enough to give "Dad" some excitement when not taking the family out. While this rig is still available, and can be useful when using the boat to teach sailing, or for family sailing, and has some popularity for cruising, the boat is more commonly seen with the full modern rig of a mainsail, genoa and spinnaker. Australian boats also routinely use trapezes.

GP14 Ireland Event Dates 2026

April 25–26 — O’Tiarnaigh Trophy, Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
May 9–10 — Munster Championship, Cullaun Sailing Club
June 6–7 — Ulster Championship, County Antrim Boat Club
June 11–14 — UK Nationals, Llandudno Sailing Club
July 4–5 — Leinster Championship, Howth Yacht Club
August 1–2 — Championship of Ireland, Carrickfergus Sailing Club
August 8–14 — GP14 World Championships
September 19–20 — Autumn Open / Youth Championship, Sligo Yacht Club
October 17–18 — Hot Toddy, Mullingar Sailing Club

At A Glance – GP14 Dinghy Specifications

Crew 2
Draft 1,200 mm (47 in)
Hull weight 132.9 kg
LOA 4.27 m (14 ft)
Beam 1.54 m
Spinnaker area 8.4 m2
Upwind sail area 12.85 m2