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Bosham Sailing Club
Bosham Sailing Club is the oldest sailing club in Chichester Harbour and was founded in 1907 It is located in the historic village of Bosham in West Sussex. Its clubhouse is the Old Mill on Bosham Quay.

History
The club was founded by Captain E.K. Collis-Chapman in a converted stable on the Bosham waterfront. Its first members consisted of mostly local fishermen and recreational sailors. The club was originally named "Bosham and Itchenor Sailing Club" before Itchenor Sailing Club became a separate club in 1927.

In 1927 the club moved to the upper half of the Raptackle building on the Quay, from where it still continues to start many of its races. In 1947, the club purchased a Motor Gun Boat (MGB)  (No. 614)  to provide a clubhouse and sleeping accommodation. The club continued to use the MGB as its clubhouse until it moved into a newly rebuilt Mill House in 1954.

The club has a long association with the Société des Régates du Havre yacht club (Est 1838).

At the end of 2015 the club had 1,461 members. There is an active dinghy sailing programme which has events on every weekend from early March to the end of October and a Winter series leading up to Christmas. The clubhouse has a bar, restaurant and changing facilities, and its terrace overlooks the Bosham Channel.

RYA Training
Bosham Sailing Club is recognized by the RYA as an accredited training centre and runs a range of dinghy, powerboat and sailing theory courses for members and non-members. It is also a test centre for the ICC.

Classic Day Boats
The club has an active racing and social program for its fleet of over 100 Classic Day Boats. These are yachts of a design that would have seemed familiar to spectators of Chichester Harbour races during the years up to the 1950s having no sheltered accomodation and having pivoting centreplates. They are more heavily built than a dinghy and are capable of being left on an open mooring. The club hosts its annual Classic Boat Revival for classic racing dinghies and dayboats each September which has been described by Yachts & Yachting magazine as the “premier classic small boat event in the UK”

Bosham Junior Week
Bosham Junior Week as an annual week-long sailing event in August each year for young sailors from 8-18 years of age held on the Cobnor Estate, near Chidham, West Sussex.

Notable Members

 * The 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874-1967)
 * Charles Currey (1916-2010) - Olympic Silver Medallist (Finn 1952)
 * Admiral Sir Anthony Griffin (1920-1996)
 * Air Vice-Marshall John Downey (1920-2010}
 * Admiral Sir John (Sandy) Woodward (1932-2013)
 * Bowen Wells - Member of Parliament 1979-2001
 * The 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937-1992)
 * John Nelson - Chairman of Lloyds
 * The 4th Earl of Iveagh
 * Sarah Ayton - Olympic Gold Medallist (Yngling 2004 & 2008)