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B14

The B14 was designed in 1986 by 18ft skiff champion Julian Bethwaite. The blend of skiff ideas, such as hiking racks, retracting spinnaker pole, asymmetric spinnaker, flexible topmast and a dish-like cockpit make the B14 an attractive boat.

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Show news 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles
Snatch dominates at Midway Point Yacht Club
Posted on 4 Jan Sayers & Co Schnapper Point Regatta entries open
Sail the Point your way this summer at Mornington Yacht Club
Posted on 11 Dec 2025 B14 NSW State Titles at Woollahra Sailing Club
Textbook Nude weather on the beautiful Sydney Harbour
Posted on 16 Nov 2025 B14s in the Allspars Final Fling
There would be two events within one weekend, as the TT Series concluded
Posted on 16 Oct 2025 All change in the Endeavour Trophy
A dramatic twist in the results after a request for redress was reopened by the Protest Committee
Posted on 14 Oct 2025 Endeavour Trophy 2025 Event Video
Action from on the water, interviews with the sailors!
Posted on 6 Oct 2025 505 champs win Endeavour Trophy 2025
UK's Champion of Champions event sees gusts over 30 knots at Burnham-on-Crouch
Posted on 6 Oct 2025 Big winds stop play at Endeavour Trophy
Champion of champions' big event blasted by 50kt + winds
Posted on 4 Oct 2025 64th Endeavour Trophy Welcomes New Melges 15
New chapter for dinghy champion of champions event at Burnham-on-Crouch
Posted on 3 Oct 2025 B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles overall
Sunday racing was sadly cancelled due to 30+ knots, large waves and a forecast for more
Posted on 1 Sep 2025 B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles Day 2
Getting the racing in before the big winds hit
Posted on 30 Aug 2025 B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles Day 1
A four race day due to the weekend's forecast
Posted on 29 Aug 2025 B14 Nationals 2025 Runners & Riders
Heading to Mumbles in Wales for a rock and roll championship
Posted on 27 Aug 2025 B14 Inlands at Grafham Water
A case of managing the course and keeping the rig upright
Posted on 2 Jul 2025 B14s at the Stokes Bay Skiff Open
Fresh and breezy offshore conditions in the sunshine
Posted on 9 Apr 2025 B14 class Handicap proposals 2025
The UK council have been thinking about how to address speed differences between new and older boats
Posted on 9 Mar 2025 UK B14 season preview
With a fantastic variety of TT events, some at new venues
Posted on 21 Feb 2025 The engine room
Without them we are lost. This is about the things aloft both ahead and behind the stick.
Posted on 9 Feb 2025 Sydney Harbour Marathon
Part of the Australian 18 Footers League's 90th Anniversary celebrations
Posted on 1 Feb 2025 B14 - the inclusive skiff
Age, weight and gender do not matter
Posted on 21 Jan 2025 B14 Worlds at Sydney, Australia overall
A memorable regatta at Woollahra Sailing Club
Posted on 11 Jan 2025 B14 Worlds at Sydney, Australia Day 4
Chubby bunnies, a difficult sea state, and biblical rain
Posted on 9 Jan 2025 B14 Worlds at Sydney, Australia Day 3
A range of shoreside strategies on a day of relatively low temperatures and driving rain
Posted on 8 Jan 2025 B14 Worlds at Sydney, Australia Day 2
The weather wasn't exactly welcoming on Sydney Harbour today
Posted on 7 Jan 2025 B14 Worlds at Sydney, Australia Day 1
Thirty boats lined up on a glistening harbour
Posted on 6 Jan 2025 Flying start to 2025
An embarrassment of riches for sailing fans
Posted on 6 Jan 2025 B14 Pre Worlds 2025 at Woollahra SC, Sydney
Aussie National Titles give Brits and Irish a taste of the Sydney Harbour washing machine!
Posted on 5 Jan 2025 UK and Irish Runners & Riders for the B14 Worlds
A strong contingent of sailors is arriving in Sydney, Australia
Posted on 30 Dec 2024 B14 Europeans and Nationals at Torquay
Four days of 'windy' for the fleet in the English Riviera
Posted on 20 Jun 2024 B14 Europeans and UK Nationals form guide
Jam or cream first?
Posted on 10 Jun 2024
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2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association Craig Garmston and Paul Fleming win the 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association 2025/26 B14 Australian National Titles at Midway Point Yacht Club
© MPYC / B14 Class Association B14 NSW State Titles at Woollahra Sailing Club - B14s in light and shifty conditions
© DarcNmedia / www.instagram.com/darcn_media/ B14 NSW State Titles at Woollahra Sailing Club - Light conditions for starting on Day 2
© DarcNmedia / www.instagram.com/darcn_media/ B14 NSW State Titles at Woollahra Sailing Club - AUS368 was officially renamed The Significant Other at a naming ceremony on Saturday evening, with former owner Lissa McMillan, christening the bow with champagne
© DarcNmedia / www.instagram.com/darcn_media/ B14 NSW State Titles at Woollahra Sailing Club - Richie and Lissa sailing in The Nude (AUS800) on Day 2
© DarcNmedia / www.instagram.com/darcn_media/ B14 NSW State Titles at Woollahra Sailing Club
© DarcNmedia / www.instagram.com/darcn_media/ B14 NSW State Titles at Woollahra Sailing Club - Tim and Katy sailing in B Flat (AUS353) finding the wind on Day 2, going on to win the event on handicap
© DarcNmedia / www.instagram.com/darcn_media/ Allspars Final Fling
© Paul Gibbins Photography Mark Barnes & Jack Kilburn finish 3rd in the North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mark Watts North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mark Watts North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mumbles Yacht Club North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mumbles Yacht Club North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mumbles Yacht Club Newcomer award in the North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mark Watts First Lady Kathy Sherratt in the North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mark Watts PRO and the event organiser Clare Geoghegan in the North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mark Watts Best Improvers Amy and Dave Roberts in the North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mark Watts North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mumbles Yacht Club Josh Wilce & Matt Hollis finish 2nd in the North Sails Seavolution B14 Nationals 2025 at Mumbles
© Mark Watts
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