News
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Duty Rota Online! Please Sign Up
The Club and Open Meeting Duty Roster is now online and open. All who race with the club are reminded that they are required to volunteer for at least 4 club race/open meeting duties each season. Racing sailors have until the end of this month (January 2020) to volunteer, after that time those who have not volunteered for 4 duties will be allocated their duties by the Duty Manager Team. If you haven't already volunteered
Published 12:23 on 20 Jan 2020
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BSC AGM To Take Place On Monday 13 April at 11.00
The 2020 Brightlingsea Sailing Club Annual General Meeting will take place in the clubhouse on Easter Monday 13th April at 11.00 and will be followed by the Commodore's Reception. All members are invited and encouraged to attend the meeting (note only Full members have voting rights). Nominations are now open for General Committee and Officer roles and nomination forms can be obtained from BSC Honorary General Secretary Rose Winship at hongensecretary@sailbrightlingsea.com .
Published 11:21 on 20 Jan 2020
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BSC Mirror Fleet News Update
2019 was a terrific season for the BSC Mirror Fleet. It was great to see the number of boats in the dinghy park and taking part in Mirror Training and Racing and Family Fun Fridays steadily increase throughout the year and to have a great Mirror Class at Pyefleet Week too. Under the guidance of Malcolm Goodwin and his team our youngest sailors are really starting to find their sea legs and they are looking
Published 12:22 on 14 Jan 2020
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Optimist Spring Championship 2020
The Club is delighted to have been asked to host the 150+ boat Optimist Spring Championship on the weekend of 14 and 15 March 2020. This will be a very busy weekend for the club and we look forward to an exciting and hugely competitive event. Naturally an event of this size requires a large number of volunteers to make it happen and any members who can spare some time to assist
Published 10:35 on 10 Jan 2020
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Bob's Bell Winner 2019 is Rose Winship
Perhaps the most prestigious trophy that we present each year at the club is Bob's Bell, which was created to honour the late Bob Watts who quietly supported the club for many years handling a host of maintenance and premises projects and always being willing to turn to and help with what ever needed doing. Bob's Bell is presented to others who give selfless service to the club, working away behind the scenes to help
Published 12:57 on 21 Dec 2019
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Regional Race Officer Course Places Available
Are you already a club race officer with some experience? Would you like to gain greater insight into the art of running open meetings and championships? Perhaps you are already one of our open meeting race officers and would like the chance to extend your skills and knowledge base and exchange ideas with other race officers from around the region? If the answer to any of these is yes then why not consider
Published 10:36 on 10 Dec 2019
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BSC & CYC Cadets Enjoy Joint End of Season Laying Up Party
A great Cadet Laying Up Dinner was hosted by the Colne Yacht Club for all the cadets from both BSC and CYC. It was great to see the young sailors from both clubs joining together for this end of season event - a tradition which dates back many decades. The respective cadet committee members presented the prizes recognising the contributions from cadets to running activities and training, as well as racing successes. And
Published 14:01 on 9 Dec 2019
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New Sailing Management Centre (Start Hut) Updates
Update 8 December 2019 Those of you who have visited the club recently will have already seen the very good progress being made on the building of the new sail management centre. The old start box has been demolished, the sub base reutilised, blockwork built, steel frame erected and timber frame built and boarded. The roof beams are on and it won't be long before the
Published 13:52 on 9 Dec 2019
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Congratulations to Piers Lambert & Tim Bees!
From Simon Redfearn, Vice Commodore Sailing - The new River Start Series series has been an experiment this year and I believe it has been popular and a worthwhile addition to the racing calendar. It was designed as a series to fulfil several functions. To improve racing on low tides, to have starts to windward, to add variety to our course offerings. Also a further benefit has been in training people to be RIB committee
Published 10:42 on 2 Oct 2019
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SkiffFest NOR is Now Available
The Notice of Race for Skiff Fest 2019 is now available to view online at https://www.sailbrightlingsea.com/event/skiff-fest-2019-1 . Join us for a fabulous weekend of Skiff sailing on the weekend of 12 and 13 October 2019. Two days of great racing, a fantastic curry supper cooked by the Curry King himself Mr Simon Redfearn (open to all club members - just book in with Kathy at registration on Saturday morning) and bar and galley open
Published 11:16 on 14 Sep 2019