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2009 GP14 National Championships
Mossel Bay 25 - 27 April, 2009
It was the turn of a coastal venue to host the 2009 GP14 National Championships and Mossel Bay Yacht & Boat Club was the chosen venue. This club isn't too far from GLYC, the local stronghold of this class. The event was held over the long weekend at the end of April. After the withdrawal of some prominent intended entrants, eleven GP14's took to the water to compete for the trophies. Three of these travelled down from the Northvaal sailing district. The event commenced on Saturday in a light south westerly. However local conditions caused windless holes to appear randomly over the race course. The first attempt at race 1 was abandoned when the wind suddenly swung from NW to SW. The favourites for the event, Richard Parker and Anthony Parker soon established a good lead in the 2nd start of the first race, but fell prey to one of these holes. They were passed by David Laing and Malcolm Osborne. They succeeded in staying out of this trouble in the 2nd race,with Richard in 1st place and Anthony 2nd.A good wind from the west blew on Sunday, producing cool sailing conditions but enabled 5 tough races to be completed. Wind strength varied from 10 - 20 knots. Richard won the first 2 of these, but then Anthony compiled a series of 3 firsts. At the end of racing, they were tied on points but Anthony was in the lead on the basis of winning the last race. There was also fierce competition for 3rd place, between Dave Jones, Dave Laing and Malcolm Osborne, with scant points separating these three. Then there was also a tie on points between Trefon Katakuzinos and Arno Wolhuter for 6th place, broken in favour of Arno on the basis of some 4th place finishes.
Monday dawned with mist and no wind. The fleet waited on shore all morning until the regatta was declared closed at 12:00 - not even the abandon flag produced any wind! Thus the results as of Sunday stood as final. The GP14 class extends its grateful thanks to Rob Holden and MBYBC for hosting this event.
Final Results:
| 1st Place and the Silver Rose Bowl | Ant & Di Parker |
| 2nd Place and the Bell Trophy | Richard Parker & Dave Hawkins |
| 3rd Place and the ERYC Trophy | Malcolm Osborne & Khaya Gould |
| Cape Bell | Ant and Di Parker |
| Pete’s Pot | Dave & Tim Jones |
| Sportsman’s Trophy | Rob & Elfie Holden |
| Triers Trophy | Koenie & AJ Otto |
| First Lady | Di Parker |
| Handicap Trophy | Koenie & AJ Otto |
| Dolphin Trophy | Ant and Di Parker |
| Junior Trophy | Khaya Gould |
| Ken’s Stick | not awarded |
| Best Boat: | Davy's Comet |
| Turtle Trophy: | David Laing & Jayan Smart |
| 1st Silver Fleet: | Arno Wolhuter & Earl Swart |
| 1st Bronze Fleet | not awarded |
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