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If you are looking for a fun spring adventure with your BOD why not join Mike Hempstead and Gelasma in attending the Semain du Golfe du Morbihan classic boat festival on the beautiful south coast of Brittany from 11 to … Continue reading →

The 2015 Bosham Classic Boat Revival will take place on 5 and 6 September.  Already several of the boats that attended last year, including Grethe, Storm Petrel and White Spirit, have confirmed they are going again and if anyone else … Continue reading →

Bookings are now being taken for the BOD Dinner 2015 which takes place on Saturday 25 April at the Colne Yacht Club.  There are a limited number of places available so please do book early to avoid disappointment. To reserve your tickets … Continue reading →

The boys and girls of the Wivenhoe One Design Fleet have invited the Brightlingsea One Design sailors to join them for an evening of traditional tapas and live guitar music on Saturday 14 March from 7pm at Wivenhoe Sailing Club. … Continue reading →

The BOD Fleet is invited to join legendary sailmaker and multi-class dinghy champion Mike McNamara for a presentation on sail trim and racing tactics at the Walton and Frinton Yacht Club on Friday 27 March. The talk is scheduled to start … Continue reading →

Firstly a big thank you to everyone who turned up to help turn C44 Janice over on Saturday morning.  It was great to see so many BOD friends for a good mid-winter catch up and to see all the work … Continue reading →

Calling all BOD friends and family!  On Saturday 21st February at 11am please can as many volunteers as possible congregate at Rob Maloney and Malcolm Goodwin’s workshop in St John’s Road, Wivenhoe, to help turn C44 Janice over.  Rob is … Continue reading →

The minutes of the BODOA AGM held on 25 January 2015 are now available to read online.  Click here to view.

The days are finally getting longer and our thoughts are starting to turn to the coming sailing and social seasons.  We’ve already published the sailing programme so now it’s time to mark your diaries for this year’s key BOD social … Continue reading →

Following the AGM on Sunday we are delighted to publish the 2015 BOD Sailing Programme. The fleet has some serious momentum at the moment and we are looking forward to another amazing season so hope to see everyone out on the water … Continue reading →