International 14

The International 14 is a 14-foot double-handed racing dinghy. The class originated in England in the early part of the 20th century. It is sailed and raced in many countries around the world and was one of the first true international racing dinghy classes recognised by International Sailing Federation. It is a development class, being controlled by a set of rules that allow for innovation and changes in hull and rig design as long as they fall within a set of specific limitations such as length, weight, beam, and sail area. The class has permitted its rules to be revised at various times in its history in order to keep the class at the forefront of dinghy racing development and can now best be described as an ultralight dual-trapeze sailing dinghy with large sail area. It is often raced with boats of similar design in one-design, or non-handicap races.

International 14
Class symbol
Development
DesignDevelopment class
Boat
Crew2
Hull
Hull weight74.25 kg (163.7 lb)
72 kg (159 lb) (June 2011)
70 kg (150 lb) (June 2013)
LOA4,267 mm (14 ft 0 in)[1]
(excludes bowsprit and rudder)
Beam1,040 mm (3 ft 5 in) (min)
1,830 mm (6 ft 0 in) (max)
Rig
Mast length7,626 mm (25 ft 0.2 in)
Sails
Spinnaker areaUnlimited (typically 32 m2 (340 sq ft))
Upwind sail area18.58 m2 (200.0 sq ft)
Racing
RYA PN780[2]

History

There are essentially four periods in the class' history:

Displacement

The displacement style, is also known as the "Before Uffa Fox Era". Many of these were designed as a National 14 by designers such as Francis Morgan-Giles of Tynemouth and Hammersmith.

Planing

Planing, which started with Uffa Fox and his deep-chested hulls, (boats named Avenger, and Alarm were quintessential examples) which were broad aft with nearly straight buttocks, and narrow forward with a deep vee; another notable boat was Windsprite, designed and built in cold-moulded plywood by Austin Farrar at Woolverstone, Suffolk, in the early 1950s, whose distinctive hull shape was emulated later in the International 505 dinghy. One of the most famous International 14s was Thunder and Lightning, sail number 409. Built in 1938 by Uffa Fox, she was sailed to victory by John Winter and Peter Scott in the Prince of Wales Cup that year. The crew was helped considerably by the revolutionary use of an early form of trapeze, which was considered unsporting by the racing authorities of the day and promptly banned. Thunder and Lightning is now based at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

Trapeze

Trapeze planing, which came about decades later, when the trapeze was finally legalised in the class (it had been tried by Uffa and others in the 1930s but was banned); during this evolutionary period larger ballast tanks were permitted by the class rules that greatly improved the ability of crews to recover from capsizes; the period also saw the introduction of multi-chined boats that were radically different in hull shape from the earlier carvel-built and molded-plywood designs;

Double-trapeze

Hull shapeDateDesigner
Ovington 11995Dave Ovington
Bieker 21996Paul Bieker
Morrison 7e1995Phil Morrison
Morrison 81996Phil Morrison
Ovington 21997Dave Ovington
Bieker 2Z1998Paul Bieker
Bieker 31998Paul Bieker
Morrison 91998Phil Morrison
Ovington 31999Dave Ovington
Morrison 102000Phil Morrison
Bieker 42002Paul Bieker
Bieker 52005Paul Bieker
Beebe 22005Jason Beebe
Benji 12005Le Poisson
Hollom 12009David Hollom
Bieker 62011Paul Bieker
K32011Steve Killing

Double-trapeze super-planing, which has gone through a number of evolutions. The concept was developed in Australia and New Zealand, and influenced the design of the high-powered but lightweight Australian 18. This form of the boat really started to take form in the early 80's (but with only one trapeze) as the minimum weight was lowered and upwind planing became possible.

Contemporary boats weigh as little as 165 lb, and have as typical equipment a retractable spinnaker pole, unlimited asymmetric spinnaker size, 200sq ft mainsail and jib area, a fully battened mainsail, an adjustable carbon rig, and a hydrofoil rudder that allows the boat to be trimmed fore and aft for different conditions, and as a drag reduction device.

Since this is a development class, older boats have been obsoleted through rules changes. Many of the older boats still race in fleets of similar boats. Penultimates, also known as 'Pennies' are boats that feature much of the same technology as modern boats but are from prior to the 1996 merger between the International 14 and Aussie 14 classes. Classic boats are boats prior to 1984 and feature a symmetric spinnaker, single trapeze, and many feature cold molded wooden hulls.

Events

Fleet Racing World Championship

Year
Gold Silver Bronze
1979  United States
Long Beach
 United States
John Gallagher
Dave Gallagher
1981  United States
Annapolis
 Canada
Frank McLaughlin
John Millen
1983  Great Britain
Itchenor
 Canada
James Kidd
Hugh Kidd
1985  Canada
Kingston
 Canada
James Kidd
Hugh Kidd
1987  Japan
Inawashiro
 Great Britain
James Hartley
Ian Tillett
1989  United States
San Francisco
 Great Britain
Neal McDonald
Duncan McDonald
1991  Great Britain
Torbay
 Great Britain
Martin Jones
Duncan McDonald
1993  Canada
Kingston
GBR
 Ian Walker (GBR)
Chris Fox
1995  Denmark
Vallensbæk
 Great Britain
Roddy Bridge
Adam Goodchild
1997 Richmond  Great Britain
Charles Stanley
Mo Gray
 Great Britain
Roddy Bridge
Adam Goodchild
 Australia
Grant Geddes
Craig Watkin
1999  Australia
Sandringham
130 Boats[3]
AUS 577
Grant Geddes
Craig Watkin
GBR 1406
Charles Stanley
Mo Gray
USA 1137
Zach Berkowitz
Karl Baldauf
2000  Great Britain
Beer
116 Boats[4]
USA 1127
Kris Bundy
Jamie Hanseler
GBR 1451
Colin Goodman
James Storey
GBR 1440
Zeb Elliott
Dan Johnson
2001  Australia
Hamilton
54 Boats
 United States
Zach Berkowitz
Trevor Baylis
 Great Britain
Zeb Elliott
Tim Hancock
 United States
Kris Bundy
Jamie Hanseler
2003  Japan
Wakayama
56 Boats[5][6]
GBR 1482
 Robert Greenhalgh (GBR)
 Dan Johnson (GBR)
USA 1137
 Zach Berkowitz (USA)
 Mike Martin (USA)
GBR 1476
 Archie Massey (GBR)
 George Nurton (GBR)
2005  New Zealand
Auckland
83 Boats[7]
 Australia
Lindsey Irwin
Andrew Perry
 Great Britain
Stevie Morrison
Ben Rhodes
 Great Britain
James Fawcett
Dave Dobrijevic
2006  United States
Long Beach
71 Boats
USA 1168
 Howard Hamlin (USA)
Euan McNicol
CAN 600
 Tina Baylis (CAN)
 Trevor Baylis (CAN)
USA 1173
 Samuel Kahn (USA)
Paul Allen
2008  Germany
Warnemünde
86 Boats
GBR 1519
 Archie Massey (GBR)
 Matt Noble (GBR)
GBR 1536
 Jarrod Simpson (GBR)
 Grant Rollerson (AUS)
AUS 653
 Alexander Dave (AUS)
 Cameron McDonald (AUS)
2010  Australia
Sydney
65 Boats[8]
AUS 1519
 Archie Massey (GBR)
 Dan Wilsdon (GBR)
GBR 1541
 Roger Gilbert (GBR)
 Ben McGrane (GBR)
AUS 656
 Mark Krstic (GBR)
 Andrew Wilson (GBR)
2011  Great Britain
Weymouth[9]
GBR 1519
 Archie Massey (GBR)
 Dan Wilsdon (GBR)
GBR 1541
 Roger Gilbert (GBR)
 Ben McGrane (GBR)
GBR 1520
 Katie Nurton (GBR)
 Nigel Ash (GBR)
2013  Canada
Toronto[10]
GBR 1519
 Archie Massey (GBR)
 Dan Wilsdon (GBR)
GBR 1543
 Sam Pascoe (GBR)
 Alex Knight (GBR)
GBR 1530
 Andy FitzGerald (GBR)
 Richard Dobson (GBR)
2015  Australia
Geelong[11]
GBR 1543
 Glen Truswell (GBR)
 Sam Pascoe (GBR)
GBR 1517
 Ben McGrane (GBR)
 James Hughes (GBR)
AUS 661
 Brad Devine (AUS)
 Ian Furlong (AUS)
2016  France
Carnac[12]
GBR 1553
 Glen Truswell (GBR)
 Sam Pascoe (GBR)
GBR
 Roger Gilbert (GBR)
 Ben McGrane (GBR)
GBR
 Archie Massey (GBR)
 Harvey Hillary (GBR)
2018  United States
Richmond CA
60 Boats[13]
GBR 1559 - Penguin Dance
 Andy Partington (GBR)
 Tom Partington (GBR)
GBR 1553 - Scrumpet
 Neale Jones (GBR)
 Edward FitzGerald (GBR)
GER 28 - just in time
 Georg Borkenstein (GER)
 Eike Dietrich (GER)
2020  Australia
Perth
65 Boats[14]
GBR 1565
 Archie Massey (GBR)
 Harvey Hillary (GBR)
GBR 1556
 Daniel Holman (GBR)
 Alex Knight (GBR)
GBR 1553
 Neale Jones (GBR)
 Edward Fitzgerald (GBR)

Team Racing World Championship

Year
Gold Silver Bronze
1981 Annapolis  United States East Coast  Canada
2006 Alamitos Bay  Great Britain  Canada  United States
2008 Warnemünde  Great Britain  Germany Deutschland Nord  Great Britain UK
2010 Sydney  Australia 1  Great Britain
2011 Weymouth cancelled due to adverse weather
2013 Toronto  Great Britain 1  Australia  Canada 1
2015 Geelong[15]  Australia 1  Australia 2 North America
2016 Carnac[16]  Great Britain  United States  Australia

See also

References

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