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V7 - "Pixy" ex "Melody" ex "Girl Friday" ex "Fancy" <> ex"Mayfly" ex "Lady Day"(1926)

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Built in 1926 as a Solent Sunbeam, V.26 Lady Day.

She appears to have been one of the Solent Class which was re-numbered and appeared in 1927 as V18 Mayfly.

Whilst in the Solent Class she is listed as V18 Fancy (1933-39), and V18 Girl Friday (1939-48)

In 1948 she appears as one of the Falmouth Class, with the number V7 (named.. Melody, then Pixy)

"1949: Weekly races opened on 25 May. The [Falmouth] 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." [Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949 p.187]

1961 Lloyds Register # 5091, MELODY (1926) ex Girl Friday, ex Fancy, Falmouth Sunbeam, Home Port, Falmouth (p.371)

Owner, J. Madden, Polvarth Estate, St. Mawes. Member of St. Mawes S.C. (p.1033)

Also, in 1961 J. Madden is listed by Lloyds as the owner of Marie (1931), Sloop, 3-tons, Reg# 4845 [S.O.D. ?]

[designed & built by Frank Peters, St. Mawes. LOA18ft, LWL 18ft. Breadth 7.25, Draught 3.75, Sail Area 300 Sq. ft.] (p.354)

1968: V7 Pixie, Registered Owner S.D. Forrow. [Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]

As V.7 Pixy, in 1972, her owner is listed as S. D. Forrow, Esq., Tideways, St. Mawes.

1972: As V.7. Pixy owners were listed in as, D.C. Burnett, Esq., and J. Green, Esq., 21 Marlborough Buildings, Bath, Somerset.

Q: Was the above owner the late Doug Burnett of St. Mawes, who converted Juanita?

1999: V7 Pixy (Andrew Pool & Lester Smith, RCYC) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August.

Her hull colour was then Navy Blue. In 1999 Andrew Pool was Hon. Secretary of the Falmouth Sunbeam Class.

K. Poole & L. Smith (ownership dates?)