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Barbados boats are back

Sat 7 May 2016

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Barbados sailors gathered again at Surefreight's yard in Belfast to unpack the 3 Irish containers.  All boats very much in 1 piece.  Shane's winning championship boat was one of the first out.

A little bit of Barbados came back with some bananas being found in a boat's side pocket.  Hmmmm it smelt worse than some of the returning sailing gear.

It was a lot quicker getting them unpacked - all done and away well before lunch.

Will be good to see some of the boats back in the some what cooler waters of Swords at the Purcell Trophy and O'Tiarnaigh Challenge towards he end of May.

GP14 Ireland are Packed for Barbados - Sat 6 Feb 2016

22 Irish GP14s arrived on a drizzly wet Saturday morning at 9am at SureFreight's Yard off the Crumlin Road, Belfast.  Many thanks to Michael Rutherford & SureFright for their facilities.

Racking was put in place very quickly and the first loads were going in by 9.30am.  Hot drinks were flowing with plenty of biscuits and cake to keep the gang going.

Unfortunately 1 accident on the day - chief photographer Garth took a trip and ended up in A&E with a fractured wrist.  He's hoping the cast is off before Barbados otherwise he's going to have the worst white bits of anyone!

Sri Lankan packing experience came in handy and all loading of the boats went smoothly.  Fantastic to get the last container door shut with plenty of time to spare. 

Roll on the sunshine & warm waters of Barbados.

Photos: Laura & Garth McFarland

Entry Form Information

If you have booked your flights you can now enter the GP14 World Championship.

You will need to have all helm, crew and non-sailors details to complete the fom.

http://www.gp14.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2016-Worlds-entry-form-16.6.15.pdf

Fees - all in US$:

Boat, helm & crew $450 before 30th Nov, $600 after 30th Nov – closing date 30th March 2016

Non sailor over 18 $150

Non sailor 12-18 $75

Non sailor under 12 free

List of entries in the containers

Updated 12 Feb 2016

GP14 Ireland Assoc has 3 containers, with 5 empty slots. 

For queries please contact Laura -  info@gp14ireland.com

GP14 Barbados Meeting - 30 Aug 2015 - Newtownards SC 6pm

Meeting details in document below

Container Logistics

Updated 13 July 2015

Below are some logistics details of the container.  We are still in negotiations with cost and will hopefully get an update on that soon.
 
Racking
The international association have a design completed for metal racking which will carry boats on their trolleys. They have advised that 3 sets of racking can be manufactured for the Irish containers.  Costs have not been advised as yet.
 
The association is planning a loading day in Chase Sailing Club in the next few weeks to final approve the racking design.
 
Geest Container
Geest Line have no containers in Ireland, so three have to be brought from the south of England to be loaded in Ireland and returned. This will be done via a local coastal shipping line.
 
The plan would be to find a suitable location in Belfast docks and that all boats will be loaded in one day or over a weekend.  Keeping all containers in one area will keep the cost down.
 
Geest Line have advised the insurance cost will be approx £30 per boat. At the time of container packing each boat has to complete and sign a declaration for customs purposes. 
 
All Barbados port costs, local transport and cranage are being covered by the local authorities.
 
Dates
Containers need to be in Portsmouth by about the 20th February 2016.  They will arrive in Barbados and will be shipped and craned into a compound at the Yacht club on Easter Saturday - 26 Mar 2016.
 
A customs official will be present when the containers are opened. 
 
Packing in Barbados is on the Tuesday after the event - 5 Apr 2016.

Accommodation

• Many self catering villas have already been booked due to the event falling over the Easter holidays.
• Areas to investigate are Christ Church, Needhams Point, St Matthias, Hastings, Marine Gardens, Rockley, Worthing, St Lawrence (Gap)
  • A bus runs regularly on Hwy 7 where all of the above areas are located.
• http://www.homeaway.co.uk/ has many villas

• You can search for others online. 
  • Please be very aware of some online scams where the Villa does not exist! 
• Alternatively contact your local travel agent

Flights to Barbados

Email Jacqui.Maloney@fly.virgin.com to query dates & prices.  Please make sure you put GP14 as the subject title of the email.

• There are 50 seats allocated at an airfare of BBD2,300.90 per person, inclusive of taxes/fees/surcharges. 
• Approx. GBP730.00 per person from Tuesday 22 March to Saturday 26 March 2016, and return Tuesday 5 April to Saturday 9 April.
• This is for Gatwick to Barbados.  You will need to book your own flight to and from Gatwick.
• Due to the extraordinary demand for the Virgin flight to Barbados on Friday 25th March 2016 (Good Friday) there are no more seats available through the Virgin office in Bridgetown despite them saving 50 just for the GP14 Association.

http://www.gp14.org/fly-virgin-atlantic-to-barbados/

Email Jens.Bachmann@aircanada.ie to query dates & prices.

• Air Canada via Dublin is much cheaper but is via Toronto so will take longer
• Here is an example timeline:

Wed 23/3 Dub -Toronto  0915-12.45
Thurs 24/3 Toronto- barbados 0945-13.40
Thurs 7 April Barbados -Toronto 1515-2100
Thurs 7 April Toronto- Heathrow 2310-1105
Fri 8 April Heathrow- Dublin 12.20 - 13.40

• Cost approx €500 + Toronto hotel on way out/back approx €130 for 2 sharing
   

• There may be alternates via Manchester with Thomas Cook but it is a little more restrictive as they only fly once or twice a week. 

Championship Entry & Program

Championship Entry Cost (in US Dollars)

Boat (inc sailors) :
$450 up to 30th November 2015
$600 1st December 2015 onwards

Non sailing person:

$150 (over 18 years)
$75  (12 to 18 years)
Free (under 12 years)

Entry must in before 14 March 2016

Entry is now open for the championship but the form requires your flight details. 

Program

Further details on http://www.gp14.org/events/2016-gp14-world-championship/ 

and http://www.gp14.org/barbados-payment-for-entry/