Mullingar Sailing Club

These guides are only a starting point for setting up your boat as they are optimised for an average crew weight and the average wind speed in the authors area. Read all of the guides, as the definitive guide has yet to be written.



GP14 Guides
Speed Sails tuning guide  
Goacher Sails tuning guide and tips
Swordssailing tuning guide
McNamara tuning guide
McNamara problem solver
Super Spars tuning guide
Pinnell & Bax tuning guide
GP14 Association tuning guide
GP14 Association sail setting guide  

Note: The Speedsails guide refers to slim and fat top masts.
Superspars discontinued the fat top mast in 2001 and recent Speedsails boats should have the slim top mast.
Mirror Guides
P&B Mirror tuning chart
P&B Mirror Gaff tuning guide
P&B Mirror Bermudan rig tuning guide
Speedsails tuning guide
IMCAI tuning guide

GP14 sheet & halyard lengths
Main Wire Halyard  6.807m 22' 4"
Jib / Genoa Halyard  4.039m 13' 3"
Shroud length (through deck)  4.445m 14' 7"
Forestay 4.369m 14' 4"
Spinnaker Halyard  12m 39' 4"
Main Sheet  8m 26' 3"
Jib sheet    7m 23"
Spinnaker sheet (continuous across thwart)  10m 33"