Solent Sunbeam Rules (1939)

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#FF9966" VLINK="#FF9966">  <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>History & Homes of the Sunbeam One Design</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History Homes of the Sunbeam One Design"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">        <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solent Sunbeam History 1922"><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>    <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Sunbeam History 1923"><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>        <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History Homes of the Sunbeam One Design"><IMG SRC="0450e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04658020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Solent Sunbeam Rules (1939)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3ee80270.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> OK, you get the message! <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >(I've broken the rules, with a crop & paste of Class Rule book artwork!)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f180900.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> What else is a rule book for?  The 1939  <A NAME="1939_rule_book_owner_s_notes_on_halliard_lengths_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>owner's notes on halliard lengths.</div> <bR> <div> Now for the official bits, as they were in 1939, just as both Sunbeam classes disbanded, due to the war.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f06ab90.jpg" border=0 width="362" height="441" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="1939___officers_of_the_solent_sunbeam_class"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Officers of the Solent Sunbeam Class in 1939</div> <bR> <div> Pages 2 - 5 of the Rule Book of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="1939___list_of_boats_v1_13_year_of"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT>1939 - List of Boats V1-13, year of build, hull colour and owners.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3f280790.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="377" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3f380780.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="376" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> These numbers reflect <A HREF="id152_1926___falmouth_numbers_14_21_should_be_ignored.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solent Sunbeam History 1922">Solent Numbers 22-30 adopting, in 1927, Falmouth Sunbeam Nos. V14-V21</A></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="1939___specifications_are_still_as_woodnutts"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The specifications, pages 6-9, remain as built by Woodnutts. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="3f480960.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="406" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3f5807e0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="the_1939_rules_seem_as_lubbock_s_of_1922"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>1939 RULES seem hardly changed since Lubbock's <A HREF="id152_1922___oct__9th_f_g_t__dawson_f_w__leith_and_basil_lubbock_meeting.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solent Sunbeam History 1922">minutes of the meeting on 6 October, 1922</A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f6807f0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="383" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="1939_subscription_remains_at_two_guineas_since_1922"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Even the subscription remains at two Guineas per annum, from each boat.</div> <div> 1939: spinnakers permitted, but must be made and stamped  <A NAME="spinnakers_must_be_made___stamped__standard__by_ratsey___lapthorn"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>"Standard" by Ratsey & Lapthorn</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3f780860.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="390" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="1939___mainsail_must_not_exceed_240_sq_ft_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Area of mainsail must not exceed 240 (of the 300) sq. ft., no hollow masts allowed</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3f8807e0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Interestingly, with 29 boats listed in 1939, Rule XXIV states "The  <A NAME="1939_rules___number_of_boats_limited_to_30"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>number of boats is limited to 30."</div> <div> and, "No boat built later than 1929 shall be admitted to the class!"</div> <bR> <bR> </BODY>