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The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club 
Courtesy brochure produced for visitors to the RCYC - containing a list of club amenities and a local map showing suppliers
local map showing suppliers
Town Hall, High Street and Burt's Ship-building yardCrop from Lake's map of Falmouth, published in 1925
View north down Green Bank Terrace, towards the Hotel. Note: RCYC Flag Pole on right.
View southwards up Green Bank Terrace, (Olver's business, below left)
Montague House(left) & Windsor House (Right), Greenbank, Built for Packet Captains (circa 1795-1800)
Penjerrick House (Henry Backhouse Fox)Place House, opposite St. Mawes
Map showing former location of the Post Office
Post Office Note the Telegraph positioned on top of the Post Office roof
Telegraph positioned on top of the Post Office roof
In 1938, the Main Post Office in Church Street was replaced with a new building on the site of the covered market on the Moor.
In 1918, the public telephone service was restricted to Post office hours (9a.m. to1p.m, and 2-7 p.m.)
" Frederick Williams "Flag & Sail Makers to the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club"
Frederick Williams "Flag & Sail Makers to the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club" 
E.E. Howard (Church Street, Smithy -"Galvanising done on the premises")
Corbiere Light (see Jim Morrison's delivery of the Sunbeam Danny)
1909 - Bertram "Toby" West (Sr.) at Boulogne, en route to COWES [paid crew, but, on which boat?]
Bertram "Toby" West (Sr.) at Boulogne, en route to COWES [paid crew, but, on which boat?]The addressee: Mrs B. West
Mrs Beatrice West, Bertram "Toby" senior's wifeOne of Beatrice's three sons
Paid crew uniforms RCYC
Leonard West as a young paid hand on Mistral ("a 45ft yacht")
In this instance he is wearing crew dress as required by R.S.Y.C.
Lake's GUIDE (circa 1915) - Falmouth Golf Course. Clubhouse on Trevethan Lane, off Kimberley Road
1915) - Falmouth Golf Course. Clubhouse on Trevethan Lane, off Kimberley Road Steam Yacht as RCYC Regatta Committee Boat [1931?] with small (steam) tender alongside.
Regatta Committee Boat [1931?] with small (steam) tender alongside. 
Committee boat anchored off Trefusis, up the harbour from Kiln Quay, when the start line was between the Committee Boat and the old mine stack
'Old' Victory (Bertram 'Toby) West Sr.) as a yawl, seen above. This photograph seems likely to have been taken post-1930....
Cutty Sark by Opie (after her 1923-24 refit) Capt. Wilfred Dowman, TrevissomeIn 1926, after a £25,000 Admiralty DY refit in Devonport, in response to a request from , Implacable was allotted a berth off St. Just, leaving Foudroyant and Cutty Sark off Trefusis. Whilst the Cutty Sark was moored in Falmouth from 1922-1937, the old wooden frigate Foudroyant left the port of Falmouth for Milford Haven, on 9 September, 1930. [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.139 ],
In 1931 the RCYC ruled that no waterman's boat would be permitted to take part in their Club Regatta unless she had been chartered for a period of not less than 30 days and the charterer had been invited by the club to compete. In this connection, it is noteworthy that a request was received from a person, not a member of the club, to enter a local boat, Victory, [owned by a local waterman, Bertram 'Toby' West Sr.] which he had chartered, in the Club regatta. [see image above]
Victory, [owned by a local waterman, Bertram 'Toby' West Sr.] which he had chartered, in the Club regatta. [see image above] The club then gave the ruling that this charterer could not race unless he was a member of some recognised yacht club or, failing this, that he joined the Flushing Sailing Club before the regatta.
In trying to deduce the date of the image above, it is tempting to suggest Cutty Sark may well have been off her mooring, which appears to be taken by the Committee Boat for the day. If so, it could have been 17 July, or 5 September, with W.H. & Mrs Dowman's privileged guests watching races started out in the bay.
Viz.
"In 1931, the special race for the "J" class and old yachts of 76 feet rating and above, took place on 17 July. There were only four competitors - Britannia (H. M. the King), Astra (Hugh F. Paul), Candida (H. A. Andreae) and the vessel Shamrock V (Sir Thomas Lipton). Shamrock V beat Astra, while Britannia and Candida gave up."
In 1931, the International 8-metre class visited Falmouth for a week's racing in the port. "At the club regatta, on 5 September, Cutty (W. H. Dowman, owner of the Cutty Sark, won, Unity (B.W. & F. R. W. Preston) was 2nd and Anthea (H. G. Sicklemore) third. Sagitta won a second place (to Cutty) in a race on 7 September. Cutty, a new boat built by Camper & Nicholson the previous year, won the Gold Medal of the Solent Classes for the best record in the International 8-metre during the 1931 season. Steered for the owner by an expert Cornish helmsman, Capt. R. T. Dixon, she captured 20 first prizes, 8 second and 5 third prizes, a total of 33 prizes in 35 starts." Dowman's pride would have assured he was in an entertaining mood while the 8-meters were visiting his home port!
Capt. R. T. Dixon's Log: Lady Maud, Friday Sept. 4, 1931
Channel Race, Fowey to Falmouth
Fresh N.W. wind to St. Anthony then strong with heavy squalls wind & rain. Estelle 1st., Lady Maud 2nd., Osprey 3rd.
Capt. R. T. Dixon's Log: 8-Metre Cutty, [ Capt. Dowman, owner]. Saturday Sept. 5, 1931
RCYC
1 Reef
All over line at start but no recalls.
2nd at start of first round, not going well to windward, main sheet too hard.
2nd round Sagitta carried away part upper crosstree. Cutty however was beating her well on long starboard tack & finished good 1st. Unity 2nd. Anthea 3rd. "49-23-8-7-2-2-1" [Meaning?]
However, as far as the Falmouth Sunbeams were concerned, in the 1931 RCYC Regatta, there was no race for them as a class. Whatever the dispute in the Sunbeam class at the time, owners could have entered the Menagerie Class, or another race, for vessels under 5-tons, for example.
I would appreciate any information to positively identify any of the vessels, including the steam yacht, the photographer and date of his masterpiece! Please e-mail me!
PhilipineCaptured by Cowes photographer William Umpleby KIRK (1844-1928) racing his 25ft LWL Solent One-Design Philipine (1896).
"Like all her class, she was built at Messrs White Bros, Itchen Ferry, Southampton. [Dear, p.21]
Owned by Philip Perceval, who changed his name to HUNLOKE, and became the King's Sailing Master. 
Mike Rangecroft (1/1998)
"Feety" Spear, Flushing milkman - crew for Lord Shawcross, and on Sunbeams...
John Atkinson & Martin Eddy
Motor Quay Punt Victory, owner John PentecostBuilt as a tender to Lord Rendlesham's yacht.
Given to Freddy Cabot, a Falmouth Waterman, thence....