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With just eight days left to go until the start of Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week 2018 the fleet is making a carefully timed run to the start line.  Boats are appearing from barns, garages and fields and there … Continue reading →

Please note that the start time for the CYC Commodore’s Cup on Sunday 15th July has been revised to 11.45 to avoid a direct clash with the big football game. We will be starting from the Committee Boat on the … Continue reading →

ROWHEDGE REGATTA 2018 Saturday 30thJune, High water 1433 Brightlingsea One Designs This year there will be the usual upriver race for theMarlow Trophy, using the same courses as last year. There will also be a downriver race, for the Ian Brown … Continue reading →

Conditions were perfect for the race up to Wivenhoe Regatta on Saturday 16th July. Although four boats went up to Wivenhoe in fact only 3 of them truly raced.  Off the line Phil Rust’s Dulcet, Mark White’s White Spirit and … Continue reading →

Geoff Gritton has been doing us proud winning the May Mugs Medium Handicap. Mark White has just won the Round The Islands Race (a wonderful tribute to his dad who died 8 years ago to the day) and Graham and … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that the late Mike Hempstead’s boat C18 Gelasma has now been purchased by Adrian Gibbons and Mike Hare.  Adrian previously owned C31 Blue Peter and Mike has been sailing BODs most of his life, most … Continue reading →

The sailing season is on the horizon and after a frankly tough old 2017 its time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start planning for the 2018 BOD Season.  The BOD Dinner this year takes place on Saturday … Continue reading →