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What a great day was had by all on Saturday for Rowhedge Regatta.  With ten BODs coming to the Bateman’s start line it was to be a brilliant day’s racing with lots of place changing in the tricky light conditions … Continue reading →

Penned by Bob Richardson on Saturday evening after Rowhedge Regatta – enjoy! I do not wish to pre empt Roy Hodgson’s post match interview tonight but I feel it would be safe for me to say that I am a … Continue reading →

It’s all go in the restoration shed in Wivenhoe right now with Rob Maloney hard at work on some refit work on C75 The Mike for Phil Holding and Mark Wilby and Malcolm putting in over 1000 hours restoring C4 Cormorant. Malcolm … Continue reading →

The new Pyefleet Week website is now live and includes all the information you will need to plan your regatta including an Online Entry Form. Its going to be a fantastic week’s racing with at least 22 BODs already confirming their entries. … Continue reading →

Sunday 8 June saw 6 BODs come to the line in glorious warm sunshine and a lovely sea breeze for the start of the CYC’s Andy Silk Salver.  It was nip and tuck from the first gun with the boats … Continue reading →

Sunday’s racing revealed that a number of people (including our race officers) were using old editions of the BOD CYC Course Card.  There are two BOD specific course cards – a buff coloured card for the BSC run races and … Continue reading →

We’re an interesting bunch in the BOD fleet and its always fun to find out what members of the fleet get up to when they aren’t out racing their BODs.  Last week Anne Howson, who crews for Mike Hempstead, undertook a … Continue reading →

Rowhedge Regatta is fast approaching on Saturday 14 June and the organisers have now sent us the Sailing Instructions which include details of both the traditional upriver race and the new downriver race which will be sailed for the Ian Brown Trophy. … Continue reading →

  Would all BOD sailors please note that the start time for the Andy Silk Salver, starting from the Bateman’s Tower Line under the CYC on Sunday 8 June 2014, will be 13.45 (not 14.30 as published in the sailing … Continue reading →