Author Archives: fionabrown

Don’t forget that the only place to be from 7pm this Saturday night will be Mark and Marianne White’s garden for the It’ll Be All White On The Night BOD Party!  And on Sunday we have racing from the BSC … Continue reading →

Seven BODs including Malcolm Goodwin sailing C1 Jean in her first appearance of the seaon, came to the Bateman’s start line for the Colne Salver on Sunday 6 July.  It was champagne sailing all the way for what proved to be … Continue reading →

We have two fabulous BOD parties coming up in July and we’re also preparing for BOD night at Pyefleet Week so mark your diaries and come and join the celebrations: First up is the “It’ll Be All White On The Night” … Continue reading →

Your BOD Fleet Needs You!  Please would as many people as possible come over to Malcolm Goodwin’s workshop in St John St, Wivenhoe at 7.00pm on Tuesday 15th July to help lift Cormorant out of the upper workshop and down … Continue reading →

Storm Petrel, helmed by Alan Hicks and Jayne and Craig Bond, this weekend continued their drive towards BOD World domination by winning the Carstairs Cup from Mark White, Dick Stephens and Mark Wilby in White Spirit by just 42 seconds. Five boats … Continue reading →

The second of the Cormorant Cup two race series took place on Sunday 22 June and turned into a match race between Mark White in White Spirit and Chris Matthews in Rebel.  It was to be a sunny light airs race … Continue reading →

Sorry for the lack of race reports over the last 10 days, our webmaster had to go off and earn a living for a few days, but fortunately she’s back to loafing around this week so here is a catch … Continue reading →

We have a secret we’ve been dying to share with you, and today we can finally reveal that….. drum roll…… two time Cherub National Champion and all round B’sea legend Graham Bridle is joining the BOD Fleet for Pyefleet Week … Continue reading →

Here are the latest images from Simon Hipkin’s build shed where C55 is rapidly coming together.  As you can see from the images taken at the end of last week, the deck is on, the joinery work is complete and … Continue reading →

Following full discussions with racing competitors and race organisers, it has been agreed that the CYC start time will be amended from 14.30 to 13.45.  This will apply for all CYC afternoon races for the 2014 season. This change will … Continue reading →