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We are delighted to confirm that we already have over 50 tickets sold for the Final Fling lunch and special prize giving on Sunday 11 October.  Tickets are £10 each (of which 50p goes to our BODOA) and for which … Continue reading →

Rain and grey skies didn’t stop seven BODs coming to the line to compete for the Andy Silk Salver on Sunday 13 September and enjoying a hard fought light airs race with plenty of tactical challenges and place changing. After almost … Continue reading →

This Sunday 20 September, the BOD race will be combined with the Bart’s Bash race being hosted by BSC with an all in start at 14.00.  Following the success of its record breaking first year in 2014, this event has … Continue reading →

Whilst the majority of the BOD fleet were enjoying the short sharp racing of the mini series here in Brightlingsea, Storm Petrel and Grethe were enjoying some short sharp racing of their own down in Bosham.  For the second year … Continue reading →

The second miniseries of the season was greeted by warm, sunny skies, a NW 6-12 knots and many many wind shifts. Nine sparkly BODs made their way out to the race course, fresh from their aprés Pyefleet week breaks. Two … Continue reading →

Whilst we still have a few more weeks of racing to go, the Final Fling Race and Lunch are now fast approaching.  This year’s Final Fling will take place on Sunday 11 October with the race starting from Bateman’s Tower … Continue reading →

Further to our note about forthcoming events earlier in the week, here is some further information about the Mini Series on 6 September. As some of you will remember the CYC Colne Salver had to be cancelled earlier in the year … Continue reading →

If you’ve never sailed a BOD but want to get an idea of just how close and exciting the racing can be this amazing shot from Nick Baker (organiser of Rowhedge Regatta), taken during Wivenhoe Regatta 2015, certainly helps to … Continue reading →

Pyefleet Week may be behind us but there are still plenty of great BOD racing (and partying) opportunities ahead of us.  Here’s a quick overview of what’s coming up: Sunday 30 August – Osbourne Cup 1 – 11am start BSC … Continue reading →

The forecast for the Ladies Race was pretty dire with gusty winds and rain both threatened and as a result several boats pulled out of the event, concerned about racing borrowed boats in strong winds.  Fortunately Georgina White in C4 … Continue reading →