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<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="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunbeam Rules 1997"><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>    <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Early history of the RCYC (187"><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> Y.R.A.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="1911___yra"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1911</B></div> <bR> <div> The [RCYC] Club Regatta was held on 15 July. 1911.  </div> <div> By arrangement with  <A NAME="1911_capt__r__t__dixon_of_southampton_arranged_6_metre_races_at_rcyc"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dixon, Capt. Richard Travers">Capt. R. T. Dixon</A> of Southampton, the club held a series of three races for the 6-metre class, from 4-6 September, 1911.</div> <div> Competitors were <I>Cynthia</I> (T.C. Glen-Coats), <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id111_1911___capt__r__t__dixon_s_snowdrop__kirk__.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dixon, Capt. Richard Travers"><I>Snowdrop</I></A> (Capt. R. T. Dixon)</FONT>, <I>Ouananiche</I> (G.O. May),  <A NAME="1911___cingalee___a__maudslay_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Cingalee</I></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >(A. Maudslay) </FONT>and <I>Enjar </I>(E.G. Martin).  </div> <div> "Out-port" members joining in 1911 included  <A NAME="1911_claude_worth__new_rcyc_out_port_member_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >Claude Worth</FONT>, of Harley Street, London (<I><B>Tern</B></I> II).</div> <div> [Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, pp.101-102]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="1925___yra"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1925</B></div> <div> The <I>Yachting Monthly</I> No. 226, February 1925 (p.197)</div> <div> <B>The Outlook</B> By M. Heckstall-Smith.</div> <div>  <A NAME="1925__sir_william_burton_vp_rya_what_is_a_sprortsman_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Sir William Burton, Vice-President of the Yacht Racing Association: What is a Sportsman?</div> <div> As I understand the breed, he is one who has not merely braced his muscles and developed his endurance by the exercise of some great sport, but has in the pursuit of that exercise learnt to control his anger, to be considerate to fellow-men, to take no mean advantage, to resent as a dishonour the very suspicion of trickery, and to bear aloft a cheerful countenance under disappointment! From <I>Punch</I>, 1850. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >The interest in the proposed Ocean Race grows apace. A representative committee has been formed to deal with the question, the three principal members of which are  <A NAME="1925__mr__algernon_maudslay_ocean_race_organizing_committee"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT>Mr. Algernon Maudslay<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >,</FONT> Mr. George Martin<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > and Mr. Weston Martyr. This in itself has sufficient guarantee that the project will have every chance of materializing, but, in addition, it is most gratifying to learn that our leading cruising men are taking a keen interest in the proposed race. The letter, which appears in our correspondence columns, from </FONT>Mr. Claud (sic) Worth,<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > Vice- President of the Royal Cruising Club, probably voices the opinion of cruising men of this country, and this, with his consent, has already been placed in the hands of the Organizing committee.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> A letter from Mr. Henry l. Maxwell, in which he expresses his intention of bringing over an American designed and built "Twelve" for the season of 1926 or 1927... He is rightly regarded as an authority on all matters pertaining to yacht racing. He recently compared the two measurement rules, pointing out where they differ and wherin they are identical. In his opinion, the recent decisive vistory of the British Six-Metre team showed conclusively that it is possible to build a yacht capable of winning on either side of the atlantic - a point which he ragards as being favourable to the adoption of a uniform measurement for both sides of the "pond." </div> <div>  </div> <div> The Yachting Monthly No. 228, April 1925 (p.325)</div> <div> <B>The Outlook</B> by M. Heckstall-Smith</div> <div> In response to the demand for an Ocean Race to be held in British waters this year, preliminary arrangements have now been made by a number of the leading yachtsmen in this country. The Organizing Committee now includes such well-known men as Major Philip Hunloke, Senior Vice-President of the Yacht Racing Association; <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >Capt. R. T. Dixon, Mr. Algernon Maudslay and Mr. E. G. Martin, all members of the Y. R. A. </FONT> The fact that all the arrangements in America in connexion with this race, have been placed with Mr. Herbert Stone, the Editor of <I>Yachting</I>, will ensure their being efficiently carried out. Mr. Stone is a practical yachtsman of great experience, and has been intimately with the management of the Ocean Races from New York to Bermuda.</div> <div> [Note: R.T. Dixon and A. Maudslay were both members of the RCYC. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dixon, Capt. Richard Travers">Capt. Dixon</A></FONT> was soon to purchase <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V18 Polly ex Lindy Una Lindy Una Dawn M"><I>Una</I></A></FONT><I> </I>from C. Warrington Smyth, rename her <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Jasmine </I></FONT>and race at Falmouth during the 1927 and  1928 seasons.]</div> <bR> <bR> </BODY>