Bosun Dinghy - Class Overview The Bosun Dinghy is the basic dinghy trainer for both the Army and the Royal Navy. A strong sturdy boat it has a reputation for being well behaved in a sea, and kind to those learning to sail. A number of recent modifications have made the boat easier to handle including the introduction of the vertical rudder, self bailers and spreaders It has proved itself as a good team racing boat. Competitors are naturally limited by the amount of energy that can be transferred to the boat, that said it both rolls and tacks extremely well. The services are now moving onto the advanced sailing dinghies. This has meant there are a good number of Bosuns, regularly reaching the general civilian market place. They can be obtained through Sea Scout organisations or Ex-Military Disposal Auctions. Current ownership of the boats in the Nationals showed a good proportion of boats were sailed by both private owners. The recent Nationals proved that boats of over 30 years old are still competitive, and the Class in conjunction with the MOD is progressively introducing modifications to ensure that the boat is competitive and easy to use as other boats of a similar performance. The Bosun Class Association was managed for many years by the Royal Navy under the control of Commander Richard Jenkins, OBE. Richard assisted by the three services, however the association has now fallen into decline and would welcome some keen civilain or military personnel who would be willing to revitalise the association and get it back to its previously strong glory days Copyright of Derrick Page - First produced July 1999. Updated 12th Mar 2011 |
