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V17 - "Comedy," ex "Kay," ex "Y" (1926)
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Built by Woodnutt as V25  "Y" (1926)
1927: re-numbered to V17 "Y"
1927: re-named as V17 Kay

1929: re-named as V17 Comedy

1947 Lloyds Register # 1279: COMEDY ex Kay ex Y (1926), Solent S.O.D., Home Port Hamble
Owner: R. W. Mellor, Lynchmere Corner, Lynchmere, Nr. Haselmere, Surrey.  Member -Ich.

1950 Lloyds Register: COMEDY, ex Kay, ex Y (1926) Solent O.D., Ratsey sails 1938, Home port, Itchenor.
Owner(s):
1. J. F. A. Beadle, 53 Chester Row, Eaton Square, London S.W.1.  Member - Ich.
2. Henry H. Prall, Squirrels, Orpington Road, Chislehurst, Kent.  member -Ich.

1951 Lloyds Register: [same owners as 1951 register]

1952 Lloyds Register # 1334, COMEDY ex Kay, ex "Y", Solent Sunbeam O.D. Home port Itchenor.
Owner: Henry H. Prall, Squirrels, Orpington Rd., Chislehurst, Kent.  Member Itchenor S.C.
1953 Lloyds Register - same as 1952
1954 Lloyds Register # 1377 - same as 1952 ( H.H. Prall)



1961: Lloyds Register # 1536: Comedy (1926) (ex Kay, ex "Y") Solent Sunbeam O.D., Woodnutt, St. Helens.  
Owner H. G. Jago, Old Cottage, Campfield Place,  Leith Hill, Dorking, Surrey.     Home Port Itchenor.
[1961 Register, pp. 115 & 1015]

1968: V17 Mystery, Registered Owner, The Hon. Mrs Claudd Phillimore. [Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]

1972: Listed as V.17 Comedy (1926), owned by The Hon. Mrs C. Phillimore of Chichester, Sussex.

1999: V17 Comedy (Barry Simpson, Itchenor S.C.) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August.
Her hull colour was then White.