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