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The OP Yacht Club

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The Old Pangbournian Yacht Club was founded in January 2012 and membership is open to all OPs and members of the wider Pangbournian community.

The OPYC was founded to enable Old Pangbournians with a love of the sea to sail together and to foster and grow the interest in sailing amongst not just Old Pangbournians but the wider Pangbournian community globally. The Club organises, takes part in and promotes social, cruising, sail training and inter-public school racing events. Over time it will become the only surviving Yacht Club of the three Nautical Colleges (Worcester, Conway and Pangbourne) and will seek to support matters nautical, and in particular sailing, at Pangbourne College. Old Pangbournian owners of motor boats are also 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

Andrew Simpson Foundation

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.

Key Contacts


Jeremy Owen

Commodore


James Minter

Secretary

for any membership enquiries secretary@opyc.org.uk


Rohan Batra

Treasurer

to contact the Treasurer treasurer@opyc.org.uk

The Arrow Trophy


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.

Upcoming Events 2025

The following events are planned for 2025 . For these events to run successfully members will need to let their committee know whether they would wish to join any/all events. Do please let us know if you can join in with any/all these proposals ASAP.


19th - 25th July 2025 : Summer Solent Rally to be arranged. If you wish to take part either by boat or to meet up with the rally at any of the locations by road, please contact Charlotte Butterworth on 07768 165920 Phone or WhatsApp or by email at charlotte.butterworth@hotmail.com.

Full details of this event and the Summer Rally Dinner can be found in the Publications section of this website or by clicking this link https://community.pangbourne.com/resources

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