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The Old Pangbournian Yacht Club (OPYC) was founded in January 2012 and membership is open to all Old Pangbournians (OPs) and members of the wider Pangbournian community.
The Club was established to bring together Old Pangbournians with a shared passion for the sea and to foster and grow interest in sailing, not only amongst OPs but across the wider Pangbournian community worldwide. OPYC organises, participates in and promotes a variety of activities including social events, cruising, sail training and inter-public school racing events.
As time progresses, OPYC will become the only surviving Yacht Club of the three former Nautical Colleges - Worcester, Conway and Pangbourne - and will continue to support nautical activities, particularly sailing, at Pangbourne College. Old Pangbournian owners of motor boats are also warmly encouraged to join.
The OP Yacht Club's chosen charity - named in honour of one of our Olympic Gold Medal winning OPs - is the Andrew Simpson Foundation - read below to find out more .
OPYC is as much about the social side as it is about the sailing.
Membership
Membership is open to all members of the Pangbournian community, including current parents.
Annual subscriptions:
Whether your interest is racing, cruising, power boating, dinghy sailing or ocean racing, if you enjoy getting out on the water we would love to hear from you.
No prior experience and no boat are required — there is always space on board, or in the bar.
For more information, visit:
Old Pangbournian Yacht Club
For membership enquiries or further information, please contact:
opycmembership@gmail.com
The Andrew Simpson Foundation gives thousands of young people the opportunity to enjoy and benefit from the life changing challenges of sailing. Participating in sailing and watersports builds self-confidence, develops essential life skills and enhances young people’s wellbeing.
The Andrew Simpson Foundation believes that every single young person deserves to feel confident, be healthy, and know their worth. We’re passionate about making sailing available to every child, teenager, and young adult because it can do all of this and much more.
Charlotte Butterworth
Commodore
Peter Kewish
Vice Commodore
The Arrow Trophy Yacht Racing Association sponsors a sailing competition between Independent Schools, raced as an annual weekend regatta, normally in one-design yachts crewed by former pupils.
The event normally takes place on the challenging waters of the Solent, in yachts chartered especially for the event.
The Organising Authority is the Royal London Yacht Club and the race format is short fleet racing on Saturday, finishing up in Cowes late afternoon, followed by a very social Arrow Trophy Dinner for all crews in the evening.
The top four teams from the fleet races then go into a series of match races on Sunday to determine the overall winner, for the Arrow Trophy, whilst the remaining competitors race to determine the winner of the Charterhouse Bowl. In total, there are five trophies to be won.
To find our more about the Arrow Trophy please click here.
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