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V8 - "Clary" (1924)
Built in 1924 as V.8 Clary - an original Solent Sunbeam.
She was brought to Falmouth in 1949... (details wanted!)
1947 Lloyds Register # 12135: CLARY (1923) Solent Sunbeam O.D. Home Port, Beaulieu River
Owner: George Nickerson, Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, I.W. Member -RYS, -LYM.
1949: To Falmouth - V8 Clary
1968: Registered owner, W. S. Black. [Lloyds Sail Numbers of Racing Yachts, 1968]
Point & Penpol Regatta V-8 Clary & V-19 Painted Lady
Bomber as a youngster!
"Groove" sailed with Bomber for about five years
"Clary" A St. Mawes boat, formerly belonging to Frank Peters?
Doug Chaffin, retired shipwright of St. Mawes, for many years regular crew on Clary with 'Bomber' 1999: V8 Clary (Terry "Bomber" Holm & Ruth Kelly, RCYC) entered The Falmouth Sunbeams 75th Anniversary Championships held 22-27 August. Her hull colour was then Light Blue. In 1999, Terry Holm was Commodore of the Falmouth Sunbeam Class.
2000-2001 Clary is undergoing a substantial refit at Mylor Dockyard, under the supervision of the yard's Master Shipwright, Brian Crockford.
Bomber has kindly agreed to relate the details, and, together with photographs, I hope to fill this page with some amusing anecdotes of Bomber's Sunbeam experience. He is, after all, the longest-standing Falmouth Sunbeam owner in the Class, and , with Doug Chaffin, escaped more Norwegian bulbous bows than anyone else cares to think about!
Talking of bulbous bows..... !
'Bomber' Holm at the RCYC (3 June, 2001)