The Crown is a four-person
sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...
dinghy
A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor. Some are rigged for sailing but they differ from sailing dinghies, which ...
. It was constructed by the
Royal New Zealand Navy dockyard in the 1970s. The Crown is widely used as the main training vessel for the
New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps
The New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps (also known as Navy Cadets, SCC, and Sea Cadets) is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the Air Training Corps, and New Zealand Cadet Corps. It is a military-style training o ...
.
Performance and design
The Crown can be rigged in two configurations; for
rowing (also known as ''pulling'') and for sailing.
The Crowns are made out of fiberglass these are light and very strong.
The boat is suitable to be sailed by 4 sailors, but can be sailed by 2 to 6 sailors.
In the rowing configuration the boat can hold a crew of 8.
Gallery
File:SCC Crown (Sailing 1).jpg, Crown in sailing configuration
File:SCC Crown (Sailing 2).jpg, Crown in sailing configuration
File:SCC Crown (Pulling).jpg, Crown in pulling configuration
See also
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New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps
The New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps (also known as Navy Cadets, SCC, and Sea Cadets) is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the Air Training Corps, and New Zealand Cadet Corps. It is a military-style training o ...
References
{{Sailing dinghies and skiffs
Sea Cadet Corps, New Zealand
Dinghies