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BOD AGM – Friday 3 April 2026

Posted on March 17, 2026 by fionabrown

All BOD owners and crews are invited to attend the 2026 Brightlingsea One Design Owners Association Annual General Meeting on Easter Friday 3 April 2026 at 11am in the upstairs Estuary Lounge at Brightlingsea Sailing Club. The agenda is as … Continue reading →

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BODOA President Malcolm Goodwin On The State Of The Class

Posted on March 9, 2026 by fionabrown

On the eve of the Centenary of the class in 2027, and as Class President, I am honoured to record the State of the Class (precedent acknowledged!). Boats aside for a moment, undoubtedly our principal asset, whether the Class is … Continue reading →

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2026 BOD Sailing Programme Now Published

Posted on January 3, 2026 by fionabrown

Programme updated – date for Brightlingsea Regatta Corrected! With huge thanks to Sally Harman and Derrick Gentry we now have our 2026 BOD Sailing Programme – please add these dates to your calendars and we look forward to seeing you … Continue reading →

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Welcoming Two New BOD Teams for 2024

Posted on May 22, 2024 by fionabrown

We are delighted to welcome two new teams to the fleet for the 2024 season. Both are already known in the fleet having borrowed boats to race with us, but they are now the proud owners of their very own … Continue reading →

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2024 Programme Now Online

Posted on January 2, 2024 by fionabrown

Happy New Year everyone! The weather outside might be frightful, but our thoughts are turning to BOD sailing in 2024 and Jeremy has put together this year’s programme which is below. He’s tried to ensure that those of you who … Continue reading →

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C23 Shadow Launching – 27 July 2023

Posted on July 28, 2023 by fionabrown

What a wonderful evening we had celebrating the launching of C23 Shadow, which has been beautifully restored by owner Pete Kyne and his friends and family with special support from Malcolm Goodwin. Check out our video in which Pete makes … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the Relaunch of Black Shadow on Thursday 27 July at BSC

Posted on July 19, 2023 by fionabrown

Pete Kyne invites all BOD sailors, friends and family to join his to celebrate the relaunching of his beautifully restored C23 Black Shadow at Brightlingsea Sailing Club from 5pm to 7pm on Thursday 27 July. With support from Malcolm Goodwin, … Continue reading →

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Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Regattas 22 & 23 July

Posted on July 16, 2023 by fionabrown

The tide gods have not been kind this year, but as a result the weekend of 22 and 23 July is a bumper Regatta Weekend for the BOD fleet On Saturday 22 July we have the ever popular Wivenhoe Regatta. … Continue reading →

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Rowhedge Regatta 8 July

Posted on July 3, 2023 by fionabrown

Rowhege Regatta 2023 takes place on Saturday 8 July and as always the BODs are invited to race up and if they wish to, to race back as well. The start is at 14:30 from Batemans, and all the information … Continue reading →

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BOD 95th Anniversary Race – Sunday 2 July

Posted on June 29, 2023 by fionabrown

The BOD 95th anniversary race will start at 11.00 on Sunday 2 July from the CYC Batemans Tower line using the 2016 CYC BOD course card which can be downloaded here.

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