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V18 - Polly ex Lindy; Una; Lindy; Una; Dawn; Mabs; Una; Solaire; Speedwell;Jasmine; Una(1924)
Built by Woodnutt's in 1924, as V18 Una - an original of the Falmouth Sunbeam Class, for Major C. Watson-Smyth.
Ownership Timeline
1924: V18 Una, Major C. Watson-Smythe
1927: V18 Jasmine, Capt. R. T. Dixon, Admiralty Cottage, Flushing [Mylor Dockyard]
1935: V18 Solaire, Mrs Claude Lanyon
1936: V18 Una, Mrs Claude Lanyon
1937: V18 Mabs, J. C. Annear
Year? V18 Dawn, J.F.B Gage
1954: V18 Una, (Light Blue) A.D. Taylor, Kernick Manor, Penryn.
1956: V18 Una, (Light Blue) Lt. Col. Campbell Jones, St. Mawes
1961: V18 Lindy, (Light Blue) B. Cocking, St. Mawes
1965: V18 Lindy, (Light Blue) Mrs W.N. Tranter, St. Mawes
1974: V18 Lindy, (Green) M.K. Purvis, Portscatho
1988: V18 Lindy,(Green) M.K. Purvis & D. Burnett, St. Just-in-Roseland
1990: V18 Una, (Green) D. Burnett & J. Milan, The Rising Sun, St. Mawes.
1991: V18 Una, (Green) D. Burnett & J. Milan, The Inn on the Lake, Stithians
1992: V18 Lindy, (Red) K. Furness & Sarah Powell, Lostwithiel
1995: V18 Polly, (Dark Blue) Jonathan Money, Marlborough House, Falmouth
FP May 9, 1924: Seven Sunbeams Ordered
Una has already arrived, and her arrival and presence in the port has created enormous interest amongst the yachting fraternity.
RCYC Corinthian Races on Wednesdays
Flushing Sailing Club races on Saturday afternoons [when the working man may be free to sail]
St. Mawes Sailing Club - on Thursdays, a little later there will also be races at St. Mawes on Tuesdays.
The above Falmouth Packet cutting appears to be the first published reference to a Falmouth Sunbeam by name
1924: The first ever Falmouth Sunbeam race took place on 31 May, 1924, and was won by Una, now Polly .
[John Maunder's "Welcome" published in the Falmouth Sunbeam 75th Anniversay Programme, (1999)]
For a report of the first race, under the Flushing Sailing Club flag, see Falmouth Packet, Friday June 6th, 1924.
1924: At the RCYC Regatta on 9 September, 1924 , the first time the [Club regatta] event included a Sunbeam Class, Una was the winner, with Little Lady and Flame second and third respectively. The remaining being in order of finishing being Trent, Berthe, Halcyon and Maranui. [CHECK]
1925
Falmouth Packet Friday May 18, 1925: This year the class will number eight yachts, Mr. C. P. Foster's Maranui being a fresh arrival.
The following are the names of the yachts, with the owner, numbers, racing flags, etc.
18 - Una (Major C. Watson-Smyth) White. Racing flag: Blue, red diagonal stripes.
1926: The Club Regatta was postponed from 21 August to 8 September, 1926, due to bad weather holding up the return of the yachts from Fowey.
The results for the [1926 RCYC Regatta] Race for Sunbeams was as follows: 1st Una, 2nd Little Lady, 3rd Berthe. The others follows in this order, Trent, Caprice, Halcyone, Merrythought and Maranui. Caprice, owned by Mrs. H. G. Sicklemore was a newcomer to the [Falmouth] class and built that year. [Mead p.130]
1927: In May, the Corinthian Races opened. The Club Regatta took place on 3 September, 1927.
In the Sunbeam class the results were as follows: 1st Berthe, 2nd Caprice, 3rd Flame, 4th Jasmine (Capt, R. T, Dixon), 5th Little Lady, 6th Trent, and 7th Merrythought. Maranui gave up. "Jasmine was previously named Una, when owned by Major Watson-Smythe. It is also noteworthy that, commencing with the 1927 regatta, the protest fees were raised from 5s. to 10s." [Mead p.131]
1928: The [20 July 1928 RCYC Regatta) results in the Sunbeam class were:
1st Jasmine (Capt. R. T. Dixon), 2nd Caprice (Mrs H. C. Sicklemore), 3rd Blackbird (W. H. Dowman*), 4th Trent (F. H. Stedman), 5th Merrythought (H. G. Sicklemore) and 6th Little Lady (Capt. H. L. Wilcox, R.N.). Blackbird was a new name for Berthe, which was bought by Dowman from C.R. Stephens that season. At the second [RCYC] regatta, held on 20 August,1928, The results in the race for Sunbeams were: 1st. Blackbird, 2nd Little Lady, 3rd Caprice, 4th Maranui, 5th Trent and 6th Merrythought. The other two competitors, Jasmine and Halcyone, gave up.
At the end of the year, Capt. R.T. Dixon agreed to represent the club at the R.Y.A. Conference, and to invite the big yachts, the 12-metre class and the dinghy class to race at Falmouth in 1929.
The Club Regatta was held on 7 September, 1929.
In the Sunbeam class, the results were: 1st Flame (W. H. Dowman), 2nd Halcyone, 3rd Maranui and 4th Trent. The other competitor, Caprice, gave up.
It may be noted that Flame was bought by W. H. Dowman from the executors of the late H. S. Tuke. In the dinghy class, Mrs. Norman Lanyon, of Flushing, won the "Tuke Memorial Challenge Cup" with her Alert. [Mead, p.137]
1930: The RCYC Regatta results of the Sunbeam race were; 1st Halcyone, 2nd Maranui, 3rd Trent, 4th Flame, 5th Caprice, 6th Blackbird (Mrs. R. Foster), 7th Jasmine, and 8th Merrythought. Mrs. Foster bought Blackbird from W. H. Dowman when he bought Flame. [Mead, p.139]
1931: On 5 September, the race for International 14-foot dinghys, the "Tuke Memorial Challenge Cup" was won by Catherine (Morgan Giles).
"Tuke Memorial Challenge Cup" was won by Catherine (Morgan Giles).There was no race for the Sunbeam class included in this [1931 RCYC] regatta. Apparently there had been some disagreement among certain of the owners which resulted in the class breaking up after 1930 and not starting again until three years later. [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.142]
1932: [Note: No Falmouth Sunbeam races between 1931-1933, but from the summer of 1932, the club's senior officers were all Sunbeam owners.]
1933: At the [RCYC] Regatta on 9 September, 1933 in the Sunbeam class, Caprice (Mrs. H. G. Sicklemore) was 1st, Merrythought (H. G. Sicklemore) 2nd, and Speedwell (R. Foster) 3rd. The other two entries, Flame (E. K. Tremayne) and Maranui (Capt. C. H. Tremayne), did not start. ]
This was the first time the Sunbeams had taken part in the club regatta since 1930, and during their absence Halcyone and Trent had left the port, while Jasmine, previously owned by Capt. Dixon, had been [sold to R. Foster, (in 1931 or 1932) and] renamed Speedwell. [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, pp.146-147 ]
Jasmine, previously owned by Capt. Dixon, had been [sold to R. Foster, (in 1931 or 1932) and] renamed Speedwell. [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, pp.146-147 ]1934: The [RCYC] Club Regatta took place on 15 August. 1934. In the race for the Sunbeams, Maranui (Capt. C. H. Tremayne) was 1st., Merrythought (H. G. Sicklemore) 2nd, Flame (E. K. Tremayne) 3rd., Caprice (Mrs. H. G. Sicklemore) 4th, and Speedwell ( R. Foster) 5th. [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.150 ]
Prior to the 1935 season, it was decided that entrance fees for the threee classes taking part in the Corinthian Races should be 2s. 6d. for Sunbeams and 1s. for International 14-foot dinghys, and the 18-foot St. Mawes O.D.C. It was also ruled that owners of Sunbeams who were not members of the [Royal Cornwall Yacht] Club might race, by invitation of the Committee during 1835 only, but in future years they must join the club in order to participate. [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.152 ]
Pre-1930 image of V.18 Una
with the Cutty Sark & Foudroyant, ex. Trincomalee (1819) & Falmouth Docks
1935 RCYC Regatta (10 August)
Sunbeam results: 1st Aida (H. G. Sicklemore); 2nd Maranui (A. Farrant); 3rd Merry-thought (C.B. & Mrs Tracey), 4th Flame (E.K. Tremayne) and 5th SOLAIRE (Mrs Claude Lanyon). Aida was a new boat built in 1935.
Maranui had been sold by Capt. C.H. Tremayne to A. Farrant on the undertaking that she would not leave the port for three years.
Solaire was the new name given to Speedwell by Mrs Lanyon when she bought this boat from R. Foster.
(Mead - RCYC 1871-1949 pp.152-153)
1936: The [RCYC] Club Regatta took place on 11 August, 1936. In the Sunbeam class Caprice (Mrs. H. G. Sicklemore) was the winner, with Maranui (A. Farrant) amd Merrythought (C.B. & Mrs Tracey) second and third respectively. The remainder, in order of finishing, were Judy, a visitor from the Solent, (H. G. Reynolds), Pintail, a newcomer to the fleet, built that year, (Francis Williams), Una, (Mrs Claude Lanyon), Flame (E. K. Tremayne), and Aida (H. K. Sicklemore). In the case of Una, this was her original name, which Mrs. Lanyon had adopted after the boat had been known under several different titles.
Una, this was her original name, which Mrs. Lanyon had adopted after the boat had been known under several different titles. 1937: In the Sunbeam class, the results of the first day's [RCYC Regatta] racing (7 June, 1937), were: 1st Maranui (A. Farrant), 2nd Aida ( H. G. Sicklemore), 3rd Caprice (Mrs H. G. Sicklemore), 4th Pintail (Francis Williams), 5th Binaiya (1937) (C. B. & Mrs Tracey) and 6th Mabs (J. C. Annear).
On the second day, 8 June, Caprice was the winner, Maranui 2nd, Aida 3rd, Pintail 4th, Binaiya 5th, and Mabs 6th. A new addidtion to the class, Binaiya was built in 1937, while Mabs was yet another name for Una when she was purchased from Mrs Claude Lanyon by J. C. Annear.
The Sunbeam Amateur Cup in 1937 was won by Maranui (A. Farrant). [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, pp.160-161]
Falmouth Sunbeam, V18, in a creek regatta - location and year, name???1949
Weekly races opened on 25 May. The Sunbeam class was joined by Melody (Paul & Miss J. Holman) and Painted Lady (Mrs. N. Greville Williams), both boats having belonged previously to the Solent Sunbeam class.
At the beginning of the season the two most successful boats were H. J. Silley's Caprice, [V37] steered by Mr. Carlyle, and Mr. J. F. B. Gage's Dawn, [V18] steered by Mr. L. West [Leonard West], a member of a well-known family of local boatmen.
1961 Lloyds Register, # 4397 - LINDY (1924), Falmouth Sunbeam O.D., ex Una, ex Dawn, ex Mabs, ex Una, ex Speedwell, ex Jasmine, ex Una (Built Woodnutt & Co, St. Helens, IOW,1924). Ratsey sails 1958, Home Port, Falmouth. (p.321)
Owner R. B. Cocking, 7 Pedn Moran Road, St. Mawes. Member St. Mawes S.C. (p. 971)
1968: V18 Lindy, Registered Owner, Mrs G. B. Tranter. [Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]
In 1972, V18, Lindy, is listed as owned by W. N. Tranter, Gilnockie, St. Mawes.
1999: V18 Polly (Jonathan Money, RCYC) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August.
Her hull colour was then Navy Blue. In 1999, Jonathan was Vice-Captain of the Falmouth Sunbeam Class.
2001
Jonathan Money - Class Captain (RCYC prizegiving & barbeque, 3, June 2001)