The Victory Z- Class

<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="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Solent XBoat One Design "><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>    <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solent Sunbeam History 1922"><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> The Victory Z- Class</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="1934___the_victory_class_was_allocated_the"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >The</FONT> <I>Victory</I> Class <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >was allocated the letter</FONT> "Z" <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >by the Solent Class Racing Association in 1934</FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6b189cb0.jpg" border=0 width="649" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> LOA 20 ft. 9 in.  Beam 5 ft. 10 in. Draught 2 ft. 6 in. Sail Area 195 sq. ft. </div> <div> Iron keel <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >9 ¾ - 10 ¼ cwt. Lead trimming ballast (in 3 pieces) 2 cwt.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="654" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 544 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6b44b180.jpg" border=0 width="331" height="536" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="309"><div> The Victory Class<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT></div> <div>     </div> <div>  A commencing fleet of six boats in 1934 </div> <div> grew </div> <div> to twenty-one for the1935 season </div> <div> and </div> <div> to fifty by 1941</div> <bR> <div> Technical advice on the design was given by Mr. Charles E. Nicholson. He made himself responsible for designing the sail plan.</div> <bR> <div>  "<I>it was decided to build a yacht</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>on the style of the original Bembridge boats, </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><I>modernized, and </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>with the </I></div> <div> <I>up-to-date Bermudian rig,</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>within a "complete for sea" price of £85</I></FONT><I>.</I>"</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >[YM 1941 p.118] </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>The sails, comprising Bermudian mainsail, jib and spinnaker, are made of the best Egyptian cotton and can be supplied by </I></div> <div> <I>Cranfield & Carter, Burnham-on-Crouch, or by </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Woodnutts, Bembridge</I></FONT><I>.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The first captain of the class was </I></div> <div> <I>Commander H. M. Denham, R. N., </I></div> <div> <I>who also won </I></div> <div> <I>most of the prizes for the first two seasons. </I></div> <div> [YM 1941 p.119]</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </BODY>