Foster, C.P. ("Maranui" 1925)

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("Maranui" 1925)</div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The SUNBEAM Index ">Sunbeam Index Page</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id73_1923___rcyc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Early history of the RCYC (187">1923 </A>RCYC Regatta: (8 September). The winner of the race for heavy cruisers from 6-18-tons was <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Firefly </I></FONT>(Lt. Col. B. J. Coulson), an old craft <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Arial" >[not to be confused with <I>Firefly</I> below) </FONT>which, when owned by J.S. Cockerton, had raced in the club regatta of 1899. [ <A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.123 ref to p.79]. </div> <bR> <div> The event for yachts not exceeding 6-tons was won by <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Red Heart</I></FONT> (<A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" MEAD Family the RCYC">J. Harley Mead</A>), and in the race for raters and ex-raters <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Firefly</I> (John Foster)</FONT> was the winner and <I>Moth </I>(Miss Moira Foster) second.  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Firefly </I>was H. S. Tuke's old boat </FONT>[as was<I> Read Heart</I>] [ <A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.123 ref to p.78], but <I>Moth </I>was new in 1923, designed by an amateur, C. P. Foster, and built by Jackett. </div> <bR> <div> In <A HREF="id76_1924___rcyc__falmouth_sunbeam_class_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post1924 history of RCYC ( refs to Sunbe">1924</A> several keen racing members [of the RCYC] introduced a new one-design class designated the<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > "Falmouth Sunbeams".</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >The owners formed themselves into a club within the club</FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >with  <A NAME="1924__c__p__foster_as_1st_captain_of_the_falmouth_sunbeam_class"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><U>C. P. Foster as the captain of the class</U></FONT><U> a</U>nd Capt. H. L. Wilcox, R. N. [<A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V6 Little Lady (1924)"><I>Little Lady</I></A><I>]</I> as the Deputy Captain and Hon. Secretary. [see also the <A HREF="id134_1924_una_has_already_arrived_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Cuttings Falmouth"><I>Falmouth Packet</I></A><A HREF="id134_1924_una_has_already_arrived_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Cuttings Falmouth">, 9 May 1924</A>]</div> <bR> <div> FP 19 Sept. 1924. <B>Flushing Sailing Club</B> - <A HREF="id132_fp_19_sept__1924__flushing_sc_how_sunbeams_have_helped.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Early Race Reports (news cutti">How the Sunbeams have helped</A></div> <div> "Mr. Foster remarked he was glad they had provided some sport in the harbour, and he hoped that by next year the Sunbeam Class would be increased. </div> <div> [ Mr. C. P. Foster took delivery of  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V21 Maranui (1924) "><I>Maranui</I></A></FONT><I>  </I>on (date?) She was delivered to Falmouth by rail, and he raced her from the beginning of the 1925 season... [see FP May 18, 1925.]</div> <bR> <div> <B>1925: </B></div> <div> FP Friday May 18, 1925: Falmouth Sunbeams - Preparation for Racing Season</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >The yachts belonging to the Falmouth Sunbeam class, which proved to be so popular last year, are getting ready for the approaching season.  They will begin their racing on 27th Instant under the flag of the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club. </FONT>Mr C. P. Foster, of "Penvale" is the Captain of the class,<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > and Capt. H. G. Wilcox (sic) R. N., of 1, Tehidy Terrace, the hon. Secretary. </FONT>This year the class will number eight yachts, Mr. C. P. Foster's <I>Maranui</I> being a fresh arrival.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  The following are the names of the yachts, with the owner, numbers, racing flags, etc.... [including]  </FONT><B>21 - </B><I><B>Maranui</B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > (Mr. C. P. Foster) Green.  Racing flag, green & white.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> FP Friday 12 June 1925: <B>Flushing Sailing Club</B> - A Fine Breeze. <I>Little Lady</I> carried away mast</div> <div> Brilliant sunshine and a first rate sailing breeze made the <U>second</U> of the series of races inaugurated under the auspices of the village Sailing Club a very successful affair.  There was an incident which marred the sport - Capt. W. H. Wilcox's <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Little Lady</I> fouling another boat and carrying away her mast just before the start.</FONT> This was the first race for the Trevissome Cup and <I>Berthe</I> drew “first blood” by capturing maximum points. There was a keen tussle between <I>Una</I> and <I>Flame</I> for second place. The boats finished in the order named. Six boats started. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Maranui</I> and <I>Little Lady</I> being absent</FONT>. </div> <div> <I>Berthe; Una; Flame; Halcyone; Merrythought; Trent</I></div> <div> [The first Flushing SC race in 1925 was held on 16 May. The second 'weekly race for Sunbeams' might be expected to have been on Saturday 23 May...the third on 30 May, etc. The above would appear to refer to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >Saturday 6 June,</FONT> i.e the Saturday preceding this publication of the <I>Packet</I>. It appears that <I>Maranui</I> may have been the "other boat"<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > -</FONT>entered for the above race, and withdrawn, if indeed the Class Captain's <I>Maranui </I>was involved in the incident with <I>Little Lady</I>. ]</div> <bR> <div> FP January 22, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="1926_implacable___coal_hulks__obstruction_to_yachting_by_cp_foster"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT>1926: <B>Obstruction to Yachting</B></div> <div> To the Editor of the <I>Falmouth Packet</I></div> <div> Sir, - I am given to understand that at a meeting of the Harbour Board, in the near future, it will be discussed whether or not the <I>Implacable</I> shall be allotted a berth in Falmouth harbour.  Let me at once say, I much appreciate the sentiment & generosity which have saved the <I>Implacable</I>, as an international relic. [<I>Implacable</I> was then in Devonport DY for a £25,000 refit (funded by Cobb & others)]</div> <div> But may I, as a yachtsman, and spokesman for many residents interested in yachting and yacht racing, plead our cause?</div> <div> Falmouth harbour, which is confessedly one of the most beautiful and commodious of anchorages, is gradually becoming less attractive to visiting yachts. The beauty remains untouched, but the attraction, from a yachting point of view, diminishes. Why? Because, what I consider to be unsightly obstructions block the harbour.</div> <div> You have three coal-hulks, a disused salvage ship, and two boys training ships, making a solid obstruction to the navigation of the harbour from the point of view of any sailing master, whether merchant-men or yachtsmen, who has not an intimate knowledge of the harbour.</div> <div> What is the result? A visiting yachtsman looking for a berth, and seeing no way in, seeks another anchorage, and steers for St. Mawes, or Helford, and spends his money there.</div> <div> I write this letter from the point of view of yachting. I do not know if this sport is supposed to add to the attraction of Falmouth as a Summer resort, or to be an asset to the town.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >Personally I should argue that it must be so, otherwise </FONT><I><B>why should the Corporation arrange, as they did last summer</B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="1925__sunbeam_class_filed_by_falmouth_corporation"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><I><B> [1925] for the Sunbeam Class to be filmed, and the film exhibited, and used as propaganda</B></I>. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >That should show that private expenditure of local yachtsmen becomes a definite asset.</FONT></div> <div> [Does anyone remember such footage promoting Falmouth, and, where might film of the first eight Falmouth Sunbeams may be today…..? If so, please<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:xjt60@dial.pipex.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:xjt60@dial.pipex.com">e-mail me!</A> </FONT>Mead, RCYC history, refers to the complaints in <A HREF="id76_1926___rcyc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post1924 history of RCYC ( refs to Sunbe">1926 </A>- but makes no mention of Sunbeams being filmed in 1925 by Falmouth Town Corporation.] </div> <div> I labour these points because, if yachting and yacht racing should be encouraged, and not so obstructed to make it seriously considered whether, in the event of obstacles, of which I complain already, being added to by the arrival of the <I>Implacable</I>, yacht racing, as carried on at present, may not become an impossibility. </div> <div> It is hoped, I believe, that H. M. Yacht <I><B>Britannia</B></I>, and the accompanying <A HREF="id76_1926___big_boats__4_took_part.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post1924 history of RCYC ( refs to Sunbe">big cutters, may visit this port</A>. [4 took part]  Thus natural berths where they could be seen, admired and visited by the people and visitors to Falmouth, are now occupied by the obstructions of which I complain.</div> <div> C. P. Foster</div> <div> Captain, Sunbeam Class</div> <div> “Penvale”</div> <bR> <div> Prior to the start of the <A HREF="id76_1926___rcyc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post1924 history of RCYC ( refs to Sunbe">1926</A> sailing season it was found that the club Flagstaff had become unserviceable and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >C. P. Foster [Captain of the Falmouth Sunbeams, 1924-1928) </FONT>presented a replacement. [That year] In view of the impending visit of the "King's Class" , it was decided to hold two regattas in 1926, a special race in June for the big yachts only, followed by the usual annual regatta in August..  The Corinthian races opened on 26 May and, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >in the case of the Sunbeam class, it was decided to award a 4th prize of 2s. 6d. where seven (of the eight sunbeams) started, and also that there should be three starters or no 2nd prize and five starters or no 5th prize.  A finishing gun was fired for each prizewinner. </FONT>[<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead </A>p.128]</div> <bR> <div> <B>1927</B></div> <div> The <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Boat Racing at Falmouth 19201939">big boats</A> which arrived for two days special races were as in the previous year, except for the addition of <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Lulworth</I></FONT> (Sir Mortimer Singer), ex <I>Terpsichore</I>, a 168-ton cutter built in 1920.  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>White Heather II </I></FONT>came 1st., <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Shamrock </I></FONT>2nd and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Britannia</I></FONT> 3rd, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Lulworth</I></FONT> 4th and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Westward</I></FONT> last.  </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >On the second day's racing, in 1927, C. J. H. Mead was invited by  Sir Philip Hunloake, who had known him in pre-war days as a small boy in Cowes, to sail in </FONT><I>Britannia</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >. </FONT><I>Mrs. C. Foster and her son and daughter, </I><A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Foster, John Moira (Halcyon 1924)"><I>John and Moira</I></A><I>, were the other guests that day</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >. "Unfortunately,</FONT><I> Britannia</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > gave up." [Mead p.131] </FONT></div> <bR> </BODY>