page_title: Bosham Sailing Club
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bosham Sailing Club / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Bosham Channel A small yacht has just left the sailing club, and is sailing out into Bosham Channel.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
  At the end of World War One the club was briefly named "Bosham and Itchenor Sailing Club".  It reverted to its pre-war name in 1922 and Itchenor Sailing Club was formed 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's burgee is a red bell on a white background.  This alludes to the legend of the "Bosham Bell" which tells of a Viking raiding party's attempt to sail off with the monastery's tenor bell, however the bell toppled over taking the Vikings and their ship to the bottom of the Bosham Channel.   Local folklore has it that the bell can sometimes be heard tolling from beneath the waters.
  The club has a long association with the Société des Régates du Havre yacht club (Est 1838).
  In October 2016 the club had 1,442 members.    The clubhouse has a bar, restaurant and changing facilities, and its terrace overlooks the Bosham Channel.
caption: Yachts on Bosham Channel
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