Tag Archives: BOD

Is any one up for joining Mark White and the White Spirit team and Colin Willett and the Bidi crew for the BSC winter series?  The weather is generally light ideal BOD weather and if you keep your boat in … Continue reading →

Thanks to Alex Button and Tim Bees we have some fantastic photos from Sunday’s Final Fling. Check out their galleries below. Alex Button (via TB4Ego) Tim Bees

Sadly it was so windy on Sunday that only Mark White and the White Spirit crew actually battled around the course.  And battled was the right phrase with big gusts up towards 30 knots giving them some fairly hairy moments. … Continue reading →

The Met Office currently informs us that Sunday will be sunny and dry with a few broken clouds and an easterly breeze of around 15-20 knots (possibly some bigger gusts later on).  The Osborne Cup starts at a little after … Continue reading →

Exciting news!  Rob White confirms that construction has now begun on C54 which is to be Alan Hicks’ new boat.  Alan confirms that they are very much hoping to have the boat completed in time for the start of Thursday … Continue reading →

The indefatigable Malcolm Goodwin has most generously produced a detailed and illustrated BOD Re-Building Guide to assist anyone who wishes to undertake a full re-build of an original Brightlingsea One Design. Malcolm has several unrestored boats for sale and if … Continue reading →

Huge thanks to Trevor Stone who took these images from the rescue boat during Sunday’s R Stone Chalice race.

Sunday 22 September sees the Brightlingsea One Design fleet racing for the R Stone Chalice (named in honour of the boat’s designer Robbie Stone).  High tide is at 14.41 and the start is from the CYC/Bateman’s Tower line at 14.30. … Continue reading →

We’ve now managed to get hold of some more information about the Mini Series on Sunday and the good news is that the fleet in fact managed to get three races in before the wind came up too much.  Apologies … Continue reading →