V31 "Daisy" (1923) ex V16, ex Solent

<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="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V30 Emily ex Gay Lady ex Santa Margarit"><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>    <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V32 Romany ex Ecstacy ex Golightly (192"><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>        <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04658020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> V31  "Daisy" (1923) ex V16, ex Solent</div> <div> <A HREF="id23_daisy_v31__1923_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The SUNBEAM Index ">Sunbeam Index Page</A></div> <bR> <div> 1925: "Mr. J. C. Mort, the [first?] owner of <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Daisy,</I></FONT> will try a new type of boom with a slightly greater diameter in the centre than at either end, which he believes may cure the tight leach and baggy centre peculiar to so many roller-reefed mainsails; all of which tends to show that the Sunbeam Class is very much alive , and that both they and the Seaview Mermaids have many seasons before them."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> [qf. "<I>Seaview Mermaids and Solent Sunbeams</I>" by B.R. Waite<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >, </FONT><A HREF="id72_yachting_monthly_magazine.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><I>Yachting Monthly,</I></A> no. 228, (pp. 368-370)<I> </I> April 1925]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2cef8860.jpg" border=0 width="760" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1961: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Daisy</I></FONT><I> </I>Lloyds Reg # 1749A  Owner  <A NAME="d__k__poland___daisy__register_1961_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>D. K. Poland, Crosstrees, Chiddingfold, Surrey, <I>Home Port  Itchenor</I>. [1961 Register p.1055]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>1968</B>: V31 <I>Daisy</I>, Registered Owner, P. A. D. Fenton, R. D. Plowman. <A HREF="id115_1968___sail_numbers_of_racing_yachts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lloyds Register of Yachts">[Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]</A></div> <bR> <div> <B>1994</B>: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Daisy</I></FONT> was sold out of class by Bernard Trenoweth (Sr.), who bought her from a Solent owner who had kept her under cover for several years. Bernard  rebuilt the hull using the West System (epoxy). The craft was ruled out of class and sold to Barbados.</div> <bR> <div> I understand Mr. Roger Wickens, Solent (to whom Mr. Sincock had sold <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="V26 Danny "><I>Danny</I></A></FONT>) brought<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > <I>Daisy </I></FONT>back from the Caribbean, put her in class, and has since sold her again.</div> <bR> <div> <B>1999</B>:<I> </I>V.31 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Daisy</I></FONT> (Mike Moss & Mike Law, Itchenor S.C.) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August. Her hull colour was then Daffodil White. </div> <bR> </BODY>