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International 14

INT 14 AT A GLANCE

A HIGH-PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT SKIFF

The International 14 is a 14 foot twin trapeze racing dinghy sailed in many countries around the world. 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. 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. Modern  boats weigh little, have unlimited asymmetric spinnaker size, square top fully battened mainsail, an adjustable carbon rig and a hydrofoil rudder.

Ovington Boats has a long history of building the International 14, along with Chris Turner who joined in 2005. We are building boats to the latest Beiker 6 design.

Fitted Hull Weight	70kg
Length	4.26m
Width	1.83m
Mast Length	7.63m
Upwind Sail Area	18.58sqm
Spinnaker Area	Unlimited, 32sqm typically
Designer	Various
Year Designed	Early 20th century
Number of Sailors	2, Twin Trapeze
Ideal Racing Weight	150-190kg

Association Link int14.org

Int.14 Bieker 6 Complete Boat

• Complete, fitted hull
• Launching trolley
• Top / Under Cover

Price:  £37,850

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Int.14 Bieker 6 Moulded Hull Complete

• Carbon moulded with gel coat finish – Fitted carbon racks and bowsprit, ready for a home fit-out** NOT FITTED OUT **

Price:  £18,700

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INT 14 PARTS

Int.14 Rudder & wing assembled

Int.14 Rudder blade

Int.14 Rudder Wing

Int.14 Daggerboard

Looking for something else, we sell parts & spares.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS

International 14

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One-Design Class Type: Dinghy, Foiling

Was this boat built to be sailed by youth or adults? Adult

Approximately how many class members do you have? 50

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About International 14

The International Fourteen is one of the world’s premier sailing classes. It is a two-person, two trapeze skiff, with an unlimited area asymmetric spinnaker and 200 square feet of combined mainsail and headsail area. Carbon hulls and carbon rigs, with square-head mainsails, and foiling rudders, provide exceptional performance. While the relatively open class rules leave plenty of room for experiment, encouraging innovation. The Fourteen is for sailors looking for a fast, challenging boat in which they can develop their own ideas while sailing in the company of a group of like-minded, open and welcoming competitors.

The Fourteen is the oldest International dinghy class, having been granted the status by the then IYRU in 1928. Yet the roots of the class go back even further, to the sailing of various 14 foot dinghies/skiffs in various locations around the world in the late 1800’s. This gives the class its fantastic sense of history – and to sail a Fourteen has always been to sail something special.

Despite the history, the development nature of the class means that the boats themselves have always been at or near the forefront of small boat technology. While International status has meant that the class has played a key role in spreading ideas worldwide. Over the years, the Fourteen has been a major driver of both the development, and international adoption, of new ideas affecting all aspects of dinghy/skiff design.

Today the Fourteen is one of the most challenging, exciting, technical and ultimately satisfying boats to sail. Fourteens, the class saying goes, are forever; once you’ve tried one, no other boat will be quite the same.

Boats Produced: 1000’s of International 14’s have been produced since the boats inception 100 years ago, with 100’s of modern rules boats available in North America and worldwide

Class boat builder(s):

Henderson Boat Company: https://www.facebook.com/HendersonBoatCompany Ovington Boats: https://www.ovingtonboats.com/shop/international-78.html Composite Craft: https://www.compositecraft.co.uk

Approximately how many boats are in the USA/North America? 100+

Where is your One-Design class typically sailed in the USA? List regions of the country:

CA: San Diego, Long Beach, Cabrillo Beach, Santa Barbara, San Francisco Bay (Richmond); PNW: Columbia River Gorge, Seattle; Kaneohe Bay, HI. Smaller fleets in Ohio & Minnesota

Does this class have a spinnaker or gennaker? Yes

How many people sail as a crew including the helm?  2

Ideal combined weight of range of crew:  No ideal weights: typically teams range from 350-380 lbs total: however lighter crews can utilize flatter sails, heavier crews fuller sails.

Portsmouth Yardstick Rating:   780

Boat Designed in  The International 14 is a box design rule that’s evolved over the years. First designed in 1928, the rule has evolved to always be on the leading edge of sailing and boat building technology.

Length (feet/inches): 14 foot hull length

Beam: 6 feet at the widest point including hiking racks.

Weight of rigged boat without sails: Minimum hull weight is 70kg (154.3 lb), without mast and foils. There is no minimum weight for masts, rigging, or foils

Draft: Typically 6′ with board down. Open design rule allows for variance.

Mast Height: 25′ .02″

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International 14

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Classic wing: 88 (Alloy mast, Dacron sail)

Old wing: 85 (Alloy mast, Dacron sail)

Vintage wing: 91 (Alloy mast, Dacron sail)

The International 14 is a development racing dinghy that has a history as an International class going back over 71 years. During that time it has been at the fore-front of sailboat technology. Uffa Fox and Morgan Giles proved that light was fast in the late 20’s and 30’s. The class pioneered the single trapeze in 1938 then banned it for thirty two years in the perceived interests of their inland fleets. In 1984 twin trapezes were added to increase the sail carrying power and to ease the handling of the huge asymmetric spinnakers, long popular in Australia and New Zealand, introduced by the International 14 in 1988. Carbon hulls followed by carbon masts appeared in the late 80’s and 90’s. The 14s have events for Current Rules boats, Penultimate Rules boats and Classic boats.

 

Year	Rating	Mast	Sail
1958	89		Cotton
	PY Type Primary;
1960	89		Cotton
	PY Type Primary;
1961	89		Cotton
	PY Type Primary;
1962	89		Cotton
	PY Type Primary;
1962	88		Terylene
	PY Type Primary;
1963	89		Cotton
	PY Type Primary;
1963	88		Terylene
	PY Type Primary;
1964	89		Cotton
	PY Type Primary;
1964	88		Terylene
	PY Type Primary;
1973	88
	Sail No 716 onwards PY Type Primary; PY Group Centreboard;
1981	106
	PY Type Secondary; PY Group Centreboard;
1982	106
	PY Type Secondary; PY Group Centreboard;
1983	106
	PY Type Secondary; PY Group Centreboard;
1984	106
	PY Type Secondary; PY Group Centreboard;
1985	106
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
1986	103
	PY Type R; PY Group centreboard;
1987	102
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
1988	99
	PY Type R; PY Group CENTREBOARD;
1989	97
	1988 Rules PY Type R; PY Group CENTREBOARD;
1990	97
	PY Type R; PY Group centreboard;
1991	97
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
1992	96
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
1993	95
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
1994	94
	PY Type R; PY Group CENTREBOARD;
1995	94
	PY Type R; PY Group CENTREBOARD;
1996	884
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
1997	884
	1996 Rules PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
1998	884
	PY Type R; PY Group CENTREBOARD;
1999	884
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2000	880
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2001	874
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2002	867
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2003	864
	PY Type RN; PY Group centreboard;
2004	850
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type RN; PY Group Centreboard;
2005	850
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2006	850
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type RN; PY Group Centreboard;
2007	850
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type RN; PY Group Centreboard;
2008	850
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2009	850
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2010	840
	PY Type R; PY Group Centreboard;
2011	825
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute;E PY Type Experimental; PY Group Centreboard;
2012	780
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type Experimental; PY Group Dinghy;
2013	780
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type Experimental; PY Group Dinghy;
2014	780
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type Experimental; PY Group Dinghy;
2015	780
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type Experimental; PY Group Dinghy;
2016	780
	2 Crew; Sloop rig; Asymmetric spinnaker or cruising chute; PY Type Experimental; PY Group Dinghy;

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The International 14, or "14," is a twin trapeze, high-performance sailboat renowned for its exhilarating speed and agility on water. Originating over a century ago, this dynamic class of skiff has evolved into a cutting-edge racing machine that pushes the boundaries of innovation and skill. 

This platform serves as a hub for enthusiasts, novices, and experts alike, providing a wealth of information, insights, and resources about the International 14 foot skiff. Whether you're a seasoned sailor or just beginning to unfurl your sails, our website is your gateway to immersing yourself in the world of International 14 foot skiff sailing like never before. 

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The international 14’s u.s. debut.

MORGAN GILES HERITAGE PROJECT Ivy Carus-Wilson at the helm of her West of England Conference dinghy, MYOSOTIS. She wrote that her dinghy “simply picked herself up and flew, not through the water but over it. She scarcely seemed to touch it. She flew like a thing possessed.”

The introduction of the International 14 to the United States is often credited to the brilliant but rascally Uffa Fox in the 1930s, but this is untrue. The credit actually should go to Frank Morgan Giles (see sidebar) who, together with his friend George (E.G.) Martin, got the class off the ground through British Yachting Association meetings in 1923. Four years later, in 1927, Morgan Giles designed and built a one-design fleet of these 14-footers—then called the National 14—for the Larchmont Yacht Club in New York.

The International 14 is a development class, meaning that it encourages design innovation within a set of parameters. It evolved from small British wooden craft of late-19th-century Victorian times, and gained international status in 1928; there are now 14 fleets active worldwide. Today’s boats are sailed by crews of two, each on trapeze, and have asymmetrical spinnakers. The boats remain on the forefront of sailing technology, and since 2001 they have sailed with hydrofoils on their rudders. (Fully foiling hulls have been tested but are not allowed.) The class website describes them as “14 feet of carbon fiber and adrenaline.”

The first arrival of a fleet of these exquisite wooden 14-footers on U.S. shores in 1927 was the result of a particularly fertile time in the development of the sport of sailing internationally. It is entwined with the birth of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), and the American sailor J. Linton Rigg, who helped instigate the first Fastnet Race in 1925, seems to have played a significant role in the introduction of the class to the United States.

In autumn 1927, the journalist E.G. Martin wrote an article in Yachting World magazine about a fleet of “Fourteen footers” that had been shipped earlier that year to the Larchmont Yacht Club to kick-start the class in the United States. They had been designed and built by his friend and colleague Morgan Giles at his shipyard at Teignmouth in Devon, constructed to high specifications and with enormous care to ensure that each boat was identical to the others. All this had chiefly come about, wrote Martin, because of Rigg’s enthusiasm for England’s new National 14 class.

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International 14

International 14 is a 14 ′ 0 ″ / 4.3 m monohull sailboat built by Ovington Boats Ltd. starting in 1928.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

Spinnaker (typical size) 32 sq. m. Dimensions are only based on class limits. The International 14 is a high performance 2-Man, development racing dinghy with a long history of performance developments that often been adopted in the design of later boats. For example it became one the earliest trapeze dinghys in 1938. Twin trapezes were adopted in 1984 to increase the sail carrying power and ease the handling of the large asymmetric spinnakers. In 1996, the international version merged with the ‘Aussie’ version(orginally with slightly diferent rules). Today, with hiking racks, a giant flat head main, and it’s ‘skiff’ like hull, an up-to-date racing model bears little resemblance to the boats of even 20 years ago.

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Pos	Boat name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	Zog	GBR 1565	Archie MASSEY	Harvey HILLARY	1	1	1	‑2	1	1	5
2	Scrumpet	GBR 1553	Glen TRUSWELL	Ed FITZGERALD	3	2	‑5	1	3	4	13
3	Bubble	GBR 1569	Andy SHAW	Rob STRUCKETT	2	4	2	3	2	‑5	13
4	Marilyn	GBR 1561	Douglas PATTISON	Mark TAIT	4	3	7	‑8	4	2	20
5	Prime	GER 91	Oliver VOSS	Eike EHRIG	7	‑9	4	4	6	6	27
6	Booby	GBR 1570	George YEOMAN	Jack YEOMAN	6	5	‑18	17	5	3	36
7	Think Pink	GBR 1566	Andy FITZGERALD	Rich DOBSON	5	11	12	5	‑13	7	40
8	Amazing Maisie	GBR 1557	Katie NURTON	Cameron TWEEDLE	14	8	10	OCS	8	9	49
9	just in time	GER 28	Georg BORKENSTEIN	Eike DIETRICH	8	17	3	‑18	11	12	51
10	Chimera	GBR 1572	Pete BROMLEY	Hugh MACLEAN	10	12	17	6	‑20	8	53
11	Pandamonium	CAN 621	Lauren LAVENTURE	Jason LEMIEUX	15	6	11	OCS	12	10	54
12	Stormtrooper	GER 22	Dennis GEHRLEIN	Lasse NIELANDT	9	15	6	12	‑16	15	57
13	aquaholic neo	GER 271	Michel ELLE	Klaas‑Lysander BAGINSKI	13	DNF	9	11	19	11	63
14	Smash it	GBR 1530	Alex KNIGHT	Ian LODDER	12	7	8	33	7	‑44	67
15	Roxanne	GER 55	Flora PREISINGER	Julius DOMROES	16	16	14	14	9	‑19	69
16		GER 221	Stephan HEIM	Robert SCHMIDT	18	18	13	7	17	‑22	73
17	Desmond	GBR 1522	Adam OVINGTON	Stewart KEEGAN	11	20	‑24	19	10	20	80
18	Reacharound	AUS 651	Pete NICHOLSON	Elliott MAHAR	‑23	14	21	10	22	17	84
19	Pat Clifton	GBR 1568	Liam STACPOOLE	Wayne BARNICOAT	25	21	22	9	14	‑26	91
20	Goldfinger	GER 23	Henning UCK	Per BLOHM	21	22	15	13	‑24	21	92
21	Poppet	GER 24	Angela DENNINGER	Moritz WISKEMANN	‑27	19	27	15	21	14	96
22	Rosie Bindestrich	GER 81	Carmen HOLSTE	Oliver HOLSTE	22	28	16	16	‑32	18	100
23	Touristen Express	USA 1205	Patrick WILKERSON	Michael PACHOLSKI	‑36	24	19	20	26	13	102
24		GER 85	Martin KRAUSE	Willi BREKENFELDER	17	13	‑28	27	23	23	103
25	Spanish Kiss	CAN 593	Eric TULK	Evan YOUNG	20	27	‑32	22	25	25	119
26		GER 10	Sebastian PRÜTER	Robert BROKOPP	‑35	23	25	21	29	24	122
27	Dragon	GBR 1558	Robin PASCAL	Martin PASCAL	24	26	DNF	DNC	15	16	134
28	blue tiger	GER 25	Markus OSTERMAIR	Leo TANNENBERG	‑34	25	30	25	31	27	138
29	Ert	GER 214	Jan WITTE	Jörn SCHULZE	‑33	32	29	24	28	30	143
30	Red Footed Booby	CAN 620	Doug McGHAN	Matt DAVIDGE	31	30	‑33	23	33	29	146
31		GER 257	Stefan LAHMER	Sandro MANI	28	35	20	34	30	NSC	147
32	Ocean Republic	GBR 1573	Peter CROCKFORD	Katja HEIN	26	34	26	DNF	27	34	147
33	Max	GER 96	Bettina MÖLLER	Jens KULENKAMPFF	19	29	35	DNC	35	32	150
34	Strap‑On	GBR 1554	Philipp SOLBRIG	James PETTERSON	41	‑44	23	26	36	31	157
35	G Force 3	CAN 618	Greg LOFFREE	Chris PETERSEN	37	10	31	DNF	DNF	33	164
36	Roaring Forties	NOR 1524	Edward STREETER	Erik BØRRESEN	29	36	DNF	DNC	18	37	173
37	MS Jawollja	GER 53	Georg WRITSCHAN	Tobias PORM	‑42	31	41	32	34	35	173
38	Down To Funk	CAN 596	Iain DORAN‑DES BRISAY	Marc de VERTEUIL	30	38	38	28	40	‑42	174
39	Golden Shower	IRL 6	Jens HOLSCHER	Andrew McCONNELL	39	‑42	34	29	41	40	183
40		GER 265	Sören HESSE	Ruth HESSE	44	40	DNF	30	42	38	194
41		GER 202	Lukas SAUERLAND	Pia ELLERBECK	38	33	DNC	DNC	37	36	197
42	Gravity is no excuse	GER 204	Benjamin BENZ	Norman GRUCHOW	45	‑46	36	31	43	45	200
43	Double Trouble	CAN 619	Ian DONALDSON	Aaron STRAHLE	40	41	39	DNF	DNS	28	201
44	Pussy Galores Flying Circus	GER 238	Jan MENSE	Marvin HAMM	49	45	37	DNF	38	43	212
45	PapaUte	GER 90	John FIOLKA	Christoph SCHWARZ	43	37	DNF	35	DNC	DNC	221
46	Little Bob	GER 8	Rebekka DENNINGER	Fabio PFISTERER	48	39	40	DNC	DNF	41	221
47	QualityLand	GER 14	Carolin van KAMPEN	Nicolas van KAMPEN	47	43	DNF	DNF	39	46	228
48	Trinity	GER 02	Tobias MERKEL	Jan‑Martin LÜHRS	32	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	39	230
49	Volare	GER 73	Inga THOMAS	Philipp KASTELL	46	47	DNF	DNF	DNS	47	246
50	Adrenalin	GER 18	Birte SOMMER	Sebastian von HARTZ	50	48	DNF	DNF	DNC	48	252
51	Schnuckelchen	GER 15	Michael GERHOLD	Georg DENNINGER	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNC	44	DNF	256
52	Asa Baako	GER 253	Burkhard ZANDER	Johanna BEHR	51	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	49	259

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Blog to track where Classic International 14 sailing dinghies are now located in North America. I am also interested in archival material (photos, videos, correspondence) on Classic International 14's. You can view the images posted on this blog using Google > Images by typing these words in the search box: "Classic International 14 cbifda blogspot"

Friday, January 1, 2021

The fairey marine international 14 in north america - 1952 to the 1960's - part 2.

Stuart Walker related his first encounter with the Fairey's. He showed up to the Buzzard Bay Bowl with his first 14, a USOD Alarm and, on seeing the fleet gathered on the lawn, before racing commenced, turned to his wife, Francis, and said, "Winning this regatta will be easy, look how sleek our 14 is compared to these blunter 14's." Stuart was to return home, suitably chastened, after the blunter Fairey's disappeared into the distance, racing in another gear down the planing reaches.

John Hsu, in his recollections, said the Fairey's were very expensive in Canada because of the import tax; which is odd given that Canada was part of the Commonwealth. One should mention the parochialism of the Canadian fleets. Each fleet seemed to be doing it's own thing in designs and hulls. (The Toronto fleets would stick with the Bourke design through the 1950's and then develop the Buller in the 1960's.) It wouldn't be until the PSI Kirby III appeared in 1968 that Canada would coalesce around one designer.

The International 14, with it's slightly heavier hull weight, low surface area, and round bilged hull form proved to be an excellent candidate for a competitive racing hull built in early fiberglass construction. Slightly later, Canadian Roger Hewson would build a one-off fiberglass 14 to his design and Bruce Kirby first design, the MkI , would come out only in fiberglass.

Saturday, December 19, 2020

The fairey marine international-14 in north america - part 1 - 1949 to 1951.

"During this period it [George O'Day and Associates] was purportedly the largest builder of sailboats in the U.S. It employed 350 people, had 450 dealers, grossed $15 million a year, and sold more than 70,000 boats in all."[ George O'Day by Dan Spurr, Good Old Boat , May 2002]

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Whither the english classic international 14 scene.

"Classics in the UK, when I first got involved, 1993, there were several Open Meetings around the country but now only Blakeney near me on the North Norfolk Coast and Rickmansworth near London, there are other events held for "Classic Dinghy Classes" but Allcomers rather than for a single class of boat."

Saturday, November 21, 2020

"a train" now up at saratoga lake sailing club.

Stuart Walker's Analysis of the Designs of the 1950's

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Kc-287: restored and then destroyed.

 Back in 2013, I received an email from a 16 year old Canadian who was restoring a 1960's International 14. That seemed somewhat odd. You don't often come across a teenager restoring a vintage racing dinghy... it's just not something that teenagers are into. She said it was a Grampian which indicated it would be a Buller II design. When I restarted up on this blog in September 2020, I sent out an email to some of the old contacts who mentioned they were restoring International 14's and I received one back from Nicole Armstrong-Smith, the teenager who was now a young adult.

"I did end up fully restoring the I14 – I’ve attached a .zip of photos to this email. It was a great high school project to do with my dad. I sold the boat in 2017 to another gentleman with a house on the lake in Port Dover, ON, Canada. Just a few weeks ago I saw a Kijiji advertisement with pictures of the boat saying he’s selling the masts, booms (I had 2 sets), sails, etc. because the boat hit the rocks and apparently there was nothing left of it. I shed a tear or two reading it..."

"[KC] 287 was John Robertson's boat that he sailed in the 1967 team racing in England. He never liked the boat because he felt it had a hollow in it's run, which made it difficult to get on a plane! He sold the boat to the Grundland brothers at Queen City Yacht Club... It really is a shame that this great piece of 14 history was lost, especially having been so lovingly restored."

Saturday, October 3, 2020

Best in show: the galvez's us 104 or us 107.

"Last year, we also took her to the Newport Beach Annual Wooden Boat Festival where she received Best in Show. The same show was cancelled this year for obvious reasons but we look forward to next year."

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Published on May 24th, 2018 | by Editor

USA test for International 14 Worlds

Published on May 24th, 2018 by Editor -->

The US International 14 class will compete for its National Championship title on May 26-28 in San Francisco, CA.

The I-14 is a development class dating back to the early 1900s with big names over the years, such as Uffa Fox, Bruce Kirby, Stuart Walker and StFYC’s Alan Laflin, Jim Holmes, Peter Szasz, Chris Boome and Zach Berkowitz. Dick Watts sailed on the early I-14 when they resembled small Thistles, with skinny rails and no trapeze.

Competitors will be face off along City Front for the Founder’s Trophy (US National Champion), the President’s Trophy (US National Distance Race Winner) and additional perpetual trophies for First Female, Wind Master’s Trophy (oldest combined age) and the Avenger’s Trophy (best team with an older boat).

Although the I-14 is the oldest One Design class to be recognized by World Sailing, it’s a class that’s inspired feats of innovation and creativity. “They’ve always been 14 feet, but the development aspect has led to a lot of firsts in sailing, such as asymmetrical spinnakers, Cunninghams and more. It was the first dinghy to have a double trapeze,” said US I-14 Class President Terry Gleeson.

“It’s really been a cutting-edge fleet at the forefront of sailing. Compare them to many other dinghy classes, which still look like they were designed in the 70s – and today our I-14s look more like mini TP52s.”

The only hard and fast rules are the 14-foot boat length, 9-foot sprit length, fixed 25-foot mast length, a combined main and jib sail area and only one hydrofoil – almost everything else is open to experimentation. Lightweight carbon fiber hulls with unlimited spinnaker area means the boats hit 20+ knots downwind and 12-13 knots upwind.

With the 2018 I-14 World Championship to be held later this season on the eastern section of San Francisco Bay, known as the Richmond Rivera for its warmer climate, the Nationals venue along the City Front heightens the test with stronger winds and currents.

“These boats literally get blown out of the water at about 25 knots so you can get in trouble,” notes local Mike Lazzaro. “Just getting in and out of the harbor can be tricky. You have to budget enough energy to get home because there’s a lot of short tacking required.”

The challenge of sailing these boats is part of their charm, as is their lower cost and longevity. “A lot of people don’t realize you can sail these boats until you’re over 65,” shared Lazzaro. “It’s not really age dependent; it’s about your skill level. You can have a lifetime’s worth of skiff sailing cheaper than a year of doing an Olympic campaign on a boat like the 49er.”

Gleeson finds the challenge of the boat parts of its attraction. “There’s tremendous camaraderie in the class because we all realize how difficult the boats are to sail. I saw that right away and it’s kept me involved. That, and the boats travel easily. We can fit nine in a shipping container and go anywhere.”

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Source: Amanda Witherell, St. Francis Yacht Club

Tags: I14 , International 14 , International 14 US National Championship

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I’ve had experience in many kinds of boats and have done many kinds of sailing, from trans-Pacific cruising and racing to around the buoys in dinghys. However I believe that most of what I know about boat design and construction was learned in the International 14 class. The open nature of the rule, the open nature of the sailors, the rapid evolution of the boats, foils and rigs, as well as the excitement of sailing these boats made them a natural for me. In addition, when my boats became successful, I found myself building them for a living over a period of 9 years (while continuing my Naval Architecture work on a part time basis). This taught me many of the challenges on the construction side of producing a performance yacht. My first design to win the World Championships was in San Francisco in 1999 and people sailing my designs have won all but one of the World Championships since then. -Paul

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We want to bring back fleet racing for Classic Wooden International 14's.  This is a unique opportunity for a sailing club to become the new home for a fleet of Classic Wooden International 14's. It is a chance to recreate the spectacle of sailing of yesteryear using the most famous and the first one design planing dinghy.  We have a number of Classic Uffa Fox  International 14's available for sale and we are looking for members of a sailing club or individuals to get involved in buying and housing this fleet and organising regular competitions to aim to win a new trophy which we would like to introduce as a Memorial Trophy to Uffa Fox.  

If you would like to own you own International 14 then we can offer a couple of different options

1. We have two very rare pre-war International 14's available for purchase that are need of restoration go to 

the restoration page here.

2. We have taken the measurements and design to take commissions to build a brand new Vintage International 14, based on an Uffa Fox pre-war design built in traditional materials for us in classic sailing regattas/ Please contact me for details here.

Uffa Fox was a boat designer, boat builder and yachtsman sans pareil.  In the 1930's he designed the International 14 having built on lessons of earlier designers. But he added a new touch of genius in the design, rather than continue with the displacement dinghy he went for a radical design for a sail boat at the time to include V sections forward and flatter sections further back. His other maxim was to make the boats as light as possible. He famously said weight is useful in a steam roller but useless in a sailing boat. What resulted were fast boats, that would get up easily on a plane and sail relatively upright. Avenger one of his earliest designs went on to win 52 firsts, 2 second places, and 3 thirds out of 57 starts. He had changed the rules of racing dinghy design overnight, opened up a sport to a greater number of participants and gave birth to the principles of modern dinghy design. The International 14's that came out of Uffa's own yard on the Isle of Wight went through continuous development year on year, as he competed and won many Prince of Wales Trophies. Some years, he practically sailed the new design off the slipway to the start line.

These boats today are getting increasingly rare. They are also very engaging to see the craftsmanship that went into each vessel. Often over 1000 hours were needed to originally complete the boat and they are delight to behold with their deep patina finished in lovely mahogany shades.  The Uffa Fox boats in particular are built to very high standards and represent unique record of Britains sailing heritage.  However, they are thoroughbreds that want to take to water again and race. Thankfully many of the originals have been preserved in a national private collection as well as by individual owners. It is a great privilege to offer these racing heroes to a new generation of owners. We would like to work with the new owners to establish a racing fleet of International 14's once again that could then compete in an annual Uffa Fox Memorial Cup. Therefore, these boats coming up for auction may be of interest for a sailing club or individuals to own and enter in the new trophy regatta.

The boat shown above and immediately below is the 1937, K380 called Lancing.

Stewart Morris,  OBE , (25 May 1909 – 24 February 1991) was a British  sailor , born in  Bromley ,  Kent . He competed at the  1948 Summer Olympics  in  London  and won a gold medal in the Swallow class with  David Bond .  Stewart raced his Olympic boat, Swift, in later years at  Itchenor Sailing Club  in Chichester Harbour.  However, the real passion of Stewart's life, from his undergraduate days onwards, was the  International 14  dinghy. His record of success in the class is unrivalled and he was 12 times winner of the Prince of Wales (PoW) Cup: 1932 Torbay in R.I.P. K267; 1933 Lowestoft in R.I.P. K267; 1935 Cowes in Alarm K347; 1936 Clyde in Alarm K347; 1947 Hunstanton in Martlet K507; 1948 Cowes in Martlet K507; 1949 Torbay in Martlet K507; 1957 Hunstanton in Bolero K667; 1960 Falmouth in Bolero K667; 1961 Whitstable in Gossip K767; 1962 Weymouth in Gossip K767; and 1965 Scarborough in Encore K847.

Stewart was Rear Commodore of the  Royal Yacht Squadron  and Vice Chairman of the  Royal Yachting Association  for many years.

He served as Commander in the  RNVR  during the Second World War.

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A 14' Sailing Dinghy by Simon Watts, influenced by the Uffa Fox design

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Length: 14' Beam: 5' Sail area: 120 sq ft. Mast height (above gunwale): 22'-6" Draft: CB up 8-10", CB down 40" Weight: 220 lbs, approx. Skill needed: Advanced

For more about the International 14, see WB #244.

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