2010 ACT Dinghy Championships at Canberra Yacht Club.

Welcome to the ACT NS14 Association. The NS14 is an Australian designed sailing dinghy, intended for competitive family sailing. It has a simple rig, is light enough to be lifted from a trailer (fully rigged) into the water by 3 persons of average strength, requires only reasonable fitness to sail, and is affordable by the private sailor.

ACT News and Information

09/08/11 - ACT Season Report 10/11
Regattas for the season included the ACT NS14 Titles, hosted by the CYC as part of the ACT Dinghy Championships. A good fleet of 14 NS’s turned up, with a number of interstate boats. The video above captures the start of Race 4 on the Sunday, a nice breeze and some great reaches with Craig starting to get the newly launched Rubber Chicken going like a rocket. Peter V took out the Title in His, with Hugh Tait in second and the Dark Horse coming in third. Mike brought Battlestar home as the first Canberra boat, and while James had Crosstown Traffic across the line in 2nd place in the first race, the winds picked too much on the second day for the super lightweight crew to take advantage of this early brilliance. Roma’s bowsprit didn’t measure in (planned alterations over the winter didn’t eventuate) so Mary and Roey took it in turns crewing on the Tigger and filming. Download Full Report (PDF)

25/07/10 - ACT Season Report 09/10
Overall a good season for sailing with just 2 weekends lost – one a gale; one no wind, being the last race of the season. January was particularly good
with the afternoon easterly regularly arriving. A total of 11 boats raced at some time over the season, with 7 regulars. We also had 2 boats join us at the end of the season and they are expected to be regulars next season.

The level of competition improved with most of the fleet upgrading to better boats this year. Leo and Justin in Rum Tum Tugger (Aero 10) were the big improvers and would have been club champions had they not missed several races attending weddings (friends and family, not their’s). Mike and Di (at least before she broke her leg) in Battlestar (Force 5) slowly came to grips with a boat and rig that behaved completely differently to the Aero 8.

Bill and Danni in Big Daddy Potato (Aero 10) really got going when they put a new set of sails on the boat. Perhaps though the weight of being National President slowed Bill toward the end of the season. James and Paddy in Crosstown Traffic (Aero 8) also showed what an upgrade in boat can do for performance, almost winning a heat of the ACT Titles after leading for most of the race.

Mary and Roe in Roma (Aero 8) were dangerous (literally and figuratively) all season, particularly with the MG rig on and that funny stick out the front. They may have done better if they sailed more races, but Year 12 exam and assignment preparations took priority – which paid off with Roe getting into the ANU. Read More (PDF)

14/02/10 - 42nd NS14 National Champonships
The ACT NS14 Association invite you to the 42nd NS14 Championships, to be held on Lake Burley Griffin and hosted by the Canberra Yacht Club. Dates for the regatta are from 27 December 2010 to 2nd January 2011. More details will be announced soon.

04/06/09 - YMCA Sailing Club ACT NS14 Results

Championship
1. Mike Hitchens, Di Lane -Crosstown Traffic 1763
2. Bill Kerrigan, Danni Cribb -CatnMouse 1691
3. James Macken, Paddy Macken- Paddywagen- 1547

Pointscore
1. Bill Kerrigan, Danni Cribb -CatnMouse 1691
2. Mike Hitchens, Di Lane -Crosstown Traffic 1763
3. Leo O’Keeffe, Justin O’Keeffe - Rum Tum Tugger 1927

LBG Handicap Trophy
Chris Eddes Bruce Eddes -Shiraz 1907

Bill Kerrigan and Danni Cribb on CatnMouse taking out Most improved NS14
Danni Cribb – YMCA Club Most Improved Junior Crew
Mary Tulip – Clubman award for her work on Publicity and Mains’l
Ron Thompson – appointed Acting Commodore