No Shortage of GP14 Sailors in Action at Sutton Dinghy Club's Champions’ Cup

6th October 2022

GP14 sailor Ger Owens will look to retain his title in the Champions Cup at Sutton Dinghy Club

There is no shortage of GP14 expertise in Sutton on Dublin Bay this weekend when the Helmsmans Championships, formerly the 'Champion of Champions' and 'All Ireland' Sailing Championships now to be known as the 'Champions' Cup' gets underway in the two-man dinghy.

The event sees sixteen competitors from different classes compete to find sailing’s “champion of champions”. Despite coming from a wide range of one design classes, the competitors race against each other in a selected boat type that will see the GP14 in action this year.

GP14 ace Ger Owens will look to retain his title, won at Crosshaven last year. He will be joined by Shane MacCarthy, the current GP14 National Champion and Jane Kearney, GP14 leading Female Helm in 2022.

The GP14 interest doesn't end there, with Michelle Rowley crewing for SB20 representative Michael O'Connor and Dan Gill crewing for Darragh Sheridan representing the RS Aero Class.

Each of the 16 competitors (below) has been nominated as a result of their achievements and rankings for the year.

Racing will consist of two “flights” or heats. The top three from each flight go straight into the final. The remaining competitors who placed 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th compete in a 2-race qualifier or “repêchage”, and the top two also enter the Final. The final race on Sunday, therefore, has eight teams competing.

The full list of competitors are:

2022 Champions’ Cup invitees at Sutton Dinghy Club

The 75th Champions’ Cup will be hosted by Sutton Dinghy Club this weekend, October 8th & 9th, but doubts are already expressed over Sunday's schedule due to weather.

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