JACKETT, T. (Falmouth Boatbuilder)

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(Falmouth Boatbuilder)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> From 1895-1901 the RCYC ceased to hold its own regatta, and joined in the Port of Falmouth programme, sponsoring one or two races. </div> <div> In 1895, The race for 1-raters, the boats taking part, all owned by members of the F.S.C., were, <I>Fal</I> (F. Nalder), <I>Pixie</I> (Dr. E.T. Harden) and <I>Red Heart</I> (H. S. Tuke). <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > <I>Red Heart </I>was a new boat that year, designed and built for Tuke by Jackett at Falmouth</FONT>. </div> <div> 1895 Competitors in the Half-rater class were <I>Centipede</I> (Captain A. F. Bealey), <I>Firefly </I> (H. S. Tuke) and <I>Viper</I> (J. Harley Mead). <I>Centipede</I> was designed for Bealey and built by Jackett three years previously [thus, 1892], but <I>Firefly</I> was a new boat designed and built  by Jackett.  </div> <div>  [<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead </A>p.77-78]</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >[</FONT>Thomas Jackett's son, Johnny, a keen sportsman, started modelling for Tuke when aged 16. (<I>The Swimmer's Pool</I> 1895) when his father was working on Tuke's one-rater, the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Red Heart.</I></FONT> ]</div> <bR> <div> The 1900 port regatta included a race for yachts for boats belonging to the F.S.C. </div> <div> <I>Chin Chin</I> (Dr. E. T. Harden) and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Marion</I></FONT> (<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >T. Jackett</FONT>) were first  and second. Both these boats became well-known in future local regattas.  </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Marion</I> was a new boat, built that year by the owner,</FONT> and <I>Chin Chin,</I> two years older. [thus built 1898] [<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A> p.80]</div> <bR> <div> At the 1901 regatta, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Daphne</I></FONT><I> </I>(1900, the first) made her appearance.  A 5-ton sloop, she was designed and built for her owner by Jackett the previous year.</div> <bR> <div> The RCYC Regatta held on 21 August, 1903, was the first appearance of two new boats which would be promininet in local racing for the following thirty years, or more.  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Flamingo</I></FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >(<A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuke, H. S. (Flame 1924)">H. S. Tuke</A>), a 6-ton cutter designed and built by Jackett, </FONT>and <I>Wahine</I> (Dr. E. T. Harden) a 3-ton sloop designed by the owner and built by Pasco <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >(sic) </FONT>of St. Mawes.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="flamingo__1904_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B>32 ft.<I> </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Flamingo </I></FONT>(1904), H.S. Tuke</div> <div> <IMG SRC="6af82210.jpg" border=0 width="642" height="801" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="30d80710.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Lloyds Register of Yachts </I>1961 (p.189)  : <B> <A NAME="flamingo__1904__t__jackett"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Flamingo</I></FONT> (1904) Reg. # 2561, Aux. Cutter, [1961] owners Belsize Boat Yard Ltd.</div> <div> 8-tons TM, LOA 32ft, LWL 26.3 ft.  Breadth 8ft, Draught 5.5 ft. Sailmakers Tait 1938 - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >Designed & built by T. Jackett, Falmouth 1904.</FONT> Petrol Motor Amanco, 1934.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >"I</FONT>n the summer of 1903 Tuke added to his collection of racing boats (<I>Red Heart</I> (1895) and <I>Firefly( </I>) with a new yacht, <I>Flamingo</I>, again built at Jackett's boatyard. One of Flamingo's first voyages was to Fowey with Johnny Jackett & Alfred de Pass, [1861-1952] when they `<I>carried the topsail for the first time</I>.” [Wainright & Dinn, (p.71) Qf. Henry Scott Tuke's Diary, 30 June, 1903]</div> <bR> <div> There was a race from Fowey to Falmouth followed by the club regatta on 17 August, 1906.  The Channel Race saw the first appearance of <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Daphne II </I></FONT>(H. S. Norton), <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >a new 7-ton cutter built and designed for the owner by Jackett the year before [1905].</FONT>   [<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, p.86]</div> <bR> <div> The Club Regatta of 5 July, 1909. </div> <div> Two new local newcomers had an interesting race, <I>Corenzia</I> (Miss D. Turner-Farley) was allowed 11 minutes 40 seconds by, and beat <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Kathleen </I></FONT>(Col. Faulkner Brown), a  new 10-ton cutter (8-metre) designed and built by Jackett for her owner.  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Corenzia,</I></FONT> a 5-ton sloop (6-metre), designed by A. Mylne (sic), was also a new boat built at the same time as <I>Kathleen</I>.  [<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.95]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The RCYC Regatta was held on 29 August, 1910.  </div> <div> The handicap for yachts up to 15 tons was won by <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Wild Cat</I></FONT> (R. J. Hewat) with <I>Gossip</I> (E. W. Harrison) and <I>Molly</I> (J. L. Watson) second and third.</div> <div> Other competitors in this race were<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > <I>Cynthia</I> </FONT>(H. S. Norton) and <I>Marionette</I> (Capt. J.C.L. Tremayne). </div> <div> <I>Cynthia</I> raced scratch,<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>allowing <I>Wild Cat</I> 26 minutes. Both were new boats.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> The former, a 12-ton yawl*, built by <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BURT (Falmouth Boatbuilders)">Burt </A>1909, and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >the latter, a 10-ton cutter, built by Jackett in 1910. </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >A well-known naval architecht, Andrew Thompson of Cowes, was engaged to make up the handicaps (by post) for this regatta, thus re-introducing the custom of 1895, when Dixon Kemp was employed for that work.  Prior to 1913 [when Harley Mead returned from Cowes] there was no local member of the club with sufficient personal knowledge of visiting yachts competent to work out a satisfactory handicap.   </FONT> [<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.99]</div> <div> [* Of the Quay Punt Type?]</div> <bR> <div> The Club Regatta on 9 August, 1912, was unattended by any visiting yachts, although it had been hoped that the 19-metre class would take part. </div> <div> In the race for yachts of 7 to 15 tons inclusive <I>Cynthia</I> (Mrs. C.P. Foster) and <I>Kathleen</I> (Col. Faulkner Brown) were 1st and 2nd. </div> <div> In the class for yachts under 7-tons, <I>Flamingo</I> (<A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuke, H. S. (Flame 1924)">H.S. Tuke</A>) was first and <I>Daphne II </I>(Clement Palmer) second.</div> <div> In the race for craft under 30 feet <I>Sirena</I> (G.S. Long) was first, <I>Sally</I> (S.L. Tresider) second, <I>Colleen</I> (C.V. Downing) third, and C.R. Corfeld's <I>Pixie</I> brining up the rear. <I>Sally,</I> built for Major Richardson in 1904, was bought by S. L. Tresidder in 1912, Richardson having has <I>Susan</I>, a larger craft, built for him. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Sally and Susan</I> were both built by Jackett</FONT> and designed by <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" MEAD Family the RCYC">Harley Mead. </A></div> <div>  [<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.105]</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="309b8c50.jpg" border=0 width="440" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>1920</B></div> <div> In 1920 it was decided to revive the pre-war club Regatta and to hold the 'usuual' Corinthian Races. Cost had tripled due to the war and very few club members built new boats between the two World Wars (i.e 1919-1936).  Most of the Corinthian competitors were built prior to 1914. <I>Cobweb</I> (O.F. Gason) was a newcomer to Falmouth in 1920, a 9-ton (ex-8-metre) built by Fife in 1908. </div> <div> The next class, for boats not exceeding 7-tons, includes <I>Daphne</I>, then owned by Lt. Col. W. B. T. Abbey, <I>Red Heart, Flamingo</I> and <I>Mignonette</I> (C. R. Stephens) previously owned by L. D. Cunliffe.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >In the cruiser class, a newcomer was </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Merlin</I>, (H. G. Sicklemore) a 12-ton cutter designed by Harley Mead and built by Jackett in 1914</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>[<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.116]</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >Johnny Jackett was an outstanding athlete; several times Cycling Champion of Cornwall in the 1890's, Captain of the Cornwall Rugby XV and full-back for the England XV, gaining thirteen caps between 1905-1909.  He had numerous girlfriends, including a relationship with the Portscatho Coastguard's daughter, resulting in a case being brought against him</FONT> [ <I>Falmouth Packet,</I> 3 February 1900] <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >for breach of promise to marry her, in 1899.  He then earned 8 shillings per week, for 7-months of the year as a model and servant to Tuke, including board and lodging.  A year later, and unable to meet the £150 damages awarded against him, Tuke advanced payment, and reduced his wages to 3/- a week. </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >[<I>Falmouth Packet </I>9 February & 9 March 1901]</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <div>  In1901, Johnny sgned up with the Kimberley Mounted Police and left Falmouth for the Boer War.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="794" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 405 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6b8fd610.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> c.1896: Tuke with  <A NAME="1896___johnny_jackett___tuke"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Johnny Jackett </div> <div> Wainright & Dinn (p.57) </div> <div> Johnny started modelling when aged 16</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6bae6610.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1899: Oil of Johnny Jacket by Tuke </div> <div> Wainright & Dinn (p.59) </div> <div> Roy Miles Gallery, London</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6b6e7610.jpg" border=0 width="231" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> c1920:Tuke with Sallie & Johnny Jackett</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>1923</B></div> <div> In 1923 most of the club members owning yachts agreed to take part in weekly Corinthian Races, together with nominated non-members, the total doing so totalled 32.  It was decided to hold ten races for six classes. No paid hands were allowed to steer.</div> <bR> <div> The event  for yachts not exceeding 6-tons was won by<I> Red Heart</I> (J. Harley Mead), and in the race for raters and ex-raters, <I>Firefly</I> (John Foster) was the winner and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Moth</I> (Miss Moira Foster)</FONT> second. <I>Firefly</I> was H.S. Tuke's old boat, but <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Moth</I> was new in 1923, designed by an amateur,  C.P. Foster, and built by <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="JACKETT, T. (Falmouth Boatbuilder)">Jackett</A></FONT>. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > [<A HREF="id72_mead_c__j__h__the_history_of_the_rcyc_1871_1940.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography">Mead</A>, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.123]</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </BODY>