Category Archives: News

Following her complete restoration by Rob Maloney, which was completed in spring 2015, C44 Janice has been in undercover storage as sadly her owner Richard Austin has been unable to sail her for personal reasons. Richard has now made the … Continue reading →

We have a number of BODs looking for good crew for the 2016 season.  If you are interesting in racing with the fleet this year please email Fiona Brown on fiona.brown@fionabrown.com with your details.

The following update from BSC Sailing Secretary Piers Lambert contains some very important information for the BOD fleet about radios and signing on so please read it carefully. From Piers Lambert – BSC Sailing Secretary With the new season now … Continue reading →

Final preparations are underway at Park and Ride on Geoff Gritton’s stunning new BOD C56 Never Say Never. Do join Geoff tomorrow at 11am at Park and Ride  for the official unveiling.

Brightlingsea Sailing Club has published a brand new course card which now includes all the BOD Courses within the main card.  This will hopefully help to avoid confusion in future as we will be using the same Group letter and … Continue reading →

The inimitable Mr Geoff Gritton requests the pleasure of your company to celebrate the unveiling of C56 Never Say Never – the very latest addition to the BOD family – at 11.00 on Easter Friday 25th March at Brightlingsea Boat Park and … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that the tickets for the 2016 BOD Dinner are now officially on sale! Click here for the booking form. The dinner will take place at Brightlingsea Sailing Club on Saturday 30th April. Pre-dinner drinks will be served … Continue reading →

By popular demand we will be running a BOD Racing Rules Seminar on Friday 6 May at Brightlingsea Sailing Club.  International Judge David Chivers will run this fun interactive evening free of charge with a view to allowing everyone to … Continue reading →

Derek Gentry – soon to be joining the crew of Geoff Gritton’s new BOD C56 Never Say Never – has been delving into his archives and found some fascinating Yachts & Yachting articles.  The first is about the BOD from … Continue reading →

Whilst we might not have been out on the water recently, that doesn’t mean the BOD Fleet is totally dormant.  In fact, quite the opposite!  This winter the fleet has been a veritable hive of activity. Simon Hipkin is now … Continue reading →