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V1 - "Dainty" (1923)
1923: Built by Woodnutt & Co. Ltd., of St. Helens, Isle of Wight - An original Solent Sunbeam, Dainty won the 1923 Cowes Regatta Race, the first year for the class.
1923: V.1 Dainty was built for Captain B. Lubbock, who was Captain of the Hamble River One Design Class.
Apparently, the Hamble River O.D. Class, after several successful seasons, [presumably after the 1914-18 war] was dying a natural death.
He promised to build to a new class himself, getting two others to agree to do the same, Ideas were exchanged and in the Autumn of 1922 Mr. Westmacott was approached to design an improved Seaview [Y.C.] Mermaid.
Thus was created a successful design known as the Solent Sunbeam.
1939 Sunbeam Rulebook lists V1 Dainty's owner as W. C. & W. R. Mathew, of Warner Lodge, Selsea, Sussex.
1947 Lloyds Register # 1477: DAINTY (1923), Ratsey sails 1936, Home Port Itchenor.
Owners: Capt. Wm. C. Mathew & W. R. Mathew (sic)
1950 Lloyds Register [same owners as 1947]
1951 Lloyds Register [same owners as 1947]
1952 Lloyds Register # 1540, DAINTY, Ratsey sails 1936, Solent Sunbeam O.D., Home port, Itchenor
Owner Major Wm. C. Matthew (sic)
1953 Lloyds Register # 1583, - same as 1952
1954 Lloyds Register - same as 1952
Which year ? 
V1 racing V25 Query
V1 racing V25 QueryIn 1937, Falmouth V13 Query (1925) became Solent V25 Query
Detail of name-boards... V1 does not seem to read "Dainty"
V1 does not seem to read "Dainty" 
Enlargement of V1 & V25 (courtesy of Peter Nicholson)
1961: Dainty Registered # 1747. Owner: Ernest M. Combes, Comblea, Penzance Lane, Bosham, Sussex. Home Port, Itchenor. [1961 Register p. 971]
1968: V.1.Dainty Registered Owner: H. P. Brauner [Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]
1972: V.1 Dainty (1923) owners, H.P. Brauner, Esq, London S.W.3., J. Pither, Esq., Kingston Hill, Surrey, and P. W. Nicholson, Esq., De Vere Gardens, London W.8.
1979 - 1981 P. W. Nicholson was the Solent Sunbeam Class Captain
1999: V1 Dainty (Peter Nicholson, of Itchenor S.C.) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August. Her hull colour was then pale yellow.
2001
Peter Nicholson at the RCYC (3 June, 2001) and... more, by special request,...... PIMMS for good measure!