TOPAZ ARGO IS SELECTED BY ROYAL NAVY CCF<\/p>\n
HOMENEWSINDUSTRY NEWSTOPAZ ARGO IS SELECTED BY ROYAL NAVY CCF<\/p>\n
27 Mar 2020<\/p>\n
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Topper’s Topaz Argo will be used for sail training RN cadets<\/p>\n
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Topper\u2019s Topaz Argo dinghy has been selected by the Royal Navy Combined Cadet Force (CCF) as a replacement for the Bosun dinghy.<\/p>\n
The news follows a two-year test programme from the CCF evaluating all options available.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Boson has been the mainstay of sail training for the CCF for many years, however it was felt that a more user-friendly all-round boat fleet boat was needed,\u201d explained Jon Manners, sales manager for Topper International.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Topaz Argo offers a safe stable platform for learning to sail and then for the more experienced sailors it has a great performance with the options of symmetric and trapeze as well as the standard asymmetric spinnaker.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe adoption of the Topaz Argo marks a great step forward for the Royal Navy Combined Cadet Force with adoption of a new boat as their standard crewed sailing craft.<\/p>\n
Fleet status<\/p>\n
Topper International is very pleased to be working with the CCF to complete this project.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the CCF program of development units entered teams in to the Southport 12-hour race, due to the number of entries the Topaz Argo was granted its own fleet status along with the two traditional classes.<\/p>\n
Topper will now deliver the fleet of dinghies to the Royal Navy Centres across the country as well as the CCF units based in schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst there may be a few tearful eyes around the CCF as the old Bosuns are towed away, (I myself was taught to sail in a Bosun in 1974) we are confident that we have a superb all-round dinghy in which to train Cadets for the foreseeable future,\u201d added CCF\u2019s principle boat officer Major Kevin Lillicrap.<\/p>\n
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