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Name
Type / LOA / Reg Tons
Owner / year
Notes
J.V. Ratcliffe
Ailsie
18-tons
Major John Mead
Ailsie II
29-ton ketch
Major John Mead
 Anthea (1929)
8-metre
Camper & Nicholson
The Club Regatta, 7 September, 1929.
The handicap race for 6-15 tons was won by Anthea (H. G. Sicklemore), a new 8-metre boat built that year by Camper & Nicholson.
Sylvia (W. H. Dowman) came second, and Kathleen (Col. Faulkner Brown), third.
Clodagh
A. T. Holman
Cobalt (1898)
4-ton Bermudian sloop
J. Harley Mead (1926)
Built by Summers and Payne in 1898.
 Cutty (1930)


Cutty won the Gold Medal of the Solent Classes for the best record in the International 8-metre during the 1931 season  
8-metre
Camper & Nicholson


In 1932, W. H. Dowman gifted the RCYC a photograph of Cutty
and
the cups won by her.
"Steered for the owner by an expert Cornish helmsman, Capt. R. T. Dixon, she captured 20 first prizes, 8 second and 5 third prizes, a total of 33 prizes in 35 starts."
On 3, 5, 8 and 9 September* 1930, the 8-metre class raced under the RCYC flag. Anthea. (H. G. Sicklemore), Cutty, (W.H. Dowman), Unity. (B. W. & F. R. W. Preston), Sposa, (Sir Ernest and Miss E. Roney), and, Emily, (E. J. and E. R. Roney)

[Extracts from Mead: History of the R.C.Y.C.]
 Cutty Sark
ex Ferreira
ex Maria do Amparo
ex Cutty Sark (1869)

Restored
Clipper Training Ship
Barquentine
"
Clipper (Tea & Wool)

212'5"×36'0"×21'0"
963 GRT

"Dowman held an Admiralty Warrant to fly the [RCYC] club ensign on Cutty Sark, as if she were a yacht." Mead, History of the R.C.Y.C.
(1882 -1938)

Friend of Capt. Basil Lubbock - Sunbeam founding owner & author.

A remarkable coincidence of dates - Dowman saw Cutty Sark in Falmouth in 1922, had her towed to Falmouth in 1923, coincident with Lubbock's, then Falmouth's, start with the Sunbeam Classes
Launched at Dumbarton by the second of her builders, in 1869. Designed by Hercules Linton for John 'Jock' Willis, for the China trade, under her first master, Captain George Moodie.
Her last cargo of tea was in 1877.
The ship was famous for some remarkable voyages in the Australian wool trade, under Captain Richard Woodget, from 1885 -1895, then she was sold to Portuguese owners.  Dismasted in 1916, she was converted to a barquentine, (as seen by Dowman in Falmouth, in 1922), sold & renamed  Maria do Amparo.
In 1923 Dowman had her refurbished (by the Ponsharden Boatyard)


 Cynthia
Raced in Regatta Class "Not exceeding 12-tons"
1912 RCYC Regatta, on 9 August, 1912,  in the race for yachts of 7 to 15 tons inclusive Cynthia (Mrs. C.P. Foster) was first.
 Firefly (1895)
H. S. Tuke (1895- )
Firefly (1895)
John Foster (1923- )
 Flame (1924)
Falmouth Sunbeam OD
One of the original Falmouth Sunbeams
 Flamingo (1903)
Locally built & raced
6-tons TM, LOA 32ft, LWL 26.3 ft.  B.8ft, Draught 5.5 ft.
Avid racing helmsman, one of the original owners to order a new Sunbeam for the first Falmouth Class season, in 1924.
Built for Tuke by T. Jackett, Falmouth.
1912 RCYC Regatta, in the class for yachts under 7-tons, Flamingo (H.S. Tuke) was first.
"a 6-ton cutter designed and built by Jackett"
Istar
 Brig. O.L. Prior-Palmer
 Lady Maud (1907)
10-ton Auxilliary Cutter
Southamptom

Southampton


Southampton
(19??- 19??)

W.E.J. & C.S. Mantle (Lloyds Register 1961)

Diana Couvrier (LR 1977)
32.2 ft TM, 38.75 LOA, 29.2 WL.
Designer A. R. Luke, Builder Luke & Co. Hamble

Gaines 4-Cyl (1929)  Ratsey Sails 1936 (828 sq, ft.)


Oil Engine, Perkins 40cyl 30BHP, 1960.
 Lady of Avenel
 Lamorna
Schooner yacht
 FP July 18, 1924: Mr. Dowman is now in Scotland in his recently acquired magnificent schooner yacht Lamorna
 Magpie (1902)
18 ft Restricted Class
Ratsey sails 1947
19ft LOA, 45ft mast
sail area 400 sq ft
LR 1947: G. A. Corke
Admiralty Cottage
[Mylor Dockyard]
 Flushing
Builder: Pascoe & Son, St. Mawes,
Designer: E.A. Payne

There were two other 18 ft Restricted Class, Wahine (Wm. 'Bill' Ferris, one of Jack Ferris's 10 sons), and Marie (Frank Peters, St. Mawes boatbuilder.)
 Marion
18-footer
Built for Tuke by Thomas Jackett
Name?
G. A. Corke
Admiralty Cott. Flushing
Since the end of the war, Capt. Dixon raced in Mr. G. Corke's Magpie, in the 18 ft. Falmouth restricted class. [q.f. Obituary]
 Merlin
Raced in Regatta Class 2not exceeding 12-tons"
 Minonie
Dinghy?
Listed in FP Sept. 4, 1923
 Mignonette
1924: Sold by C. P. Stephens,  who bought a Sunbeam (Berthe), to C.S. Goldman
 Moti
Major Watson-Smyth
FP Sept 4, 1923. Ref to Ponharden boatyard
 Myrtle (1901)
18-footer
A rival to Marion (H.S.Tuke), built by Jacket for Alfred de Pass and named after his small daughter.
 Onaway (1897)
12-ton cutter
Built by Sibbick at Cowes
 Red Heart (1895)
1-rater
Designed & built for H.S. Tuke by T. Jackett
 Sea Crest
Reg. No. 162311
20-tons TM, 18.5-tons Reg.
 7-tons net.
LOA 43.2ft. LWL
  Berth at Mylor Dockyard
Twin Engined motor-cruiser  Sea Crest - replaced his aux. cruiser Lady Maud
"From 1932 until the outbreak of war, Capt. Dixon made annual cruises in the Baltic with his motor-auxiliary, the Sea Crest.  He had to make a hurried departure from Norway in 1939, when war was declared, and left the Sea Crest there.  The boat was never found again."
 Sally (1904)
Under 30 ft class (1912 regatta)
1904-12 Maj. Richardson
Sally, built for Major Richardson in 1904, was bought by S. L. Tresidder in 1912, Richardson having had Susan, a larger craft, built for him. Both were built by Jackett and designed by Harley Mead. [Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.105]
 Snowdrop
6-Metre
1911: By arrangement with Capt. R. T. Dixon of Southampton, the club held a series of three races for the 6-metre class, from 4-6 September, 1911.
Competitors were Cynthia (T.C. Glen-Coats), Snowdrop (Capt. R. T. Dixon), Ouananiche (G.O. May), Cingalee (A. Maudslay) and Enjar (E.G. Martin).
 Sylvia
8-metre?
(6-15tons Class)
[See Anthea (1929) ]
On 20 August,1928, the handicap race for yachts of 6-15 tons was won by Sylvia (W. H. Dowman), the previous owner of Sylvia (E. R. Thatcher) died that year and his boat was bought by Dowman)
 Vanity V
Sir Hartley Shawcross
Whim
Under 16ft Class (1923 regatta)
FP Aug. 24, 1923: Falmouth Regatta - Padstow Steam Lifeboat as Committee Boat



FP Friday 22 Aug. 1924 - St. Mawes Regatta.  Committee Vessel: Tug Perran
Yachts exceeding 6-tons but not exceeding 12-tons:
Onaway, Capt. W. H. Dowman. Sailed by Mr. E. J. Jackett, the old Rugby footballer.
Kathleen, Col. Faulkner Brown
Cynthia, Mrs C. P. Foster
Mignonette, Mr. P. Goldman
       Tiny, Lord Arran