New GRP Solent Sunbeam V69 in-build on the IOW
This exquisite classic hull form is the 10th new GRP Solent Sunbeam, currently being built on the IOW at Mark Downer’s AM Structures factory at Sandown Airport. When completed she will be finished with sustainable timber covering boards, coamings, seats, and platform;...
Solent Sunbeam heads to the South of France for the Classic Yacht Regattas
Image: Dainty and Cambria at CannesBosham-based Peter Nicholson, owner of Solent Sunbeam ‘Dainty’ hull no. 1, sets off for the annual Regates Royales and Voiles de St Tropez regattas in the South of France What started 15 years ago as an unusual and challenging...
Cowes Week 2019 report
A week later after Cowes Classics Week, five Sunbeams re-convened for Cowes Week. Hereby some words from our roving reporter: With all racing abandoned on Saturday and Sunday, the 5 Sunbeams were desperate to get out racing. We got a course going West as far as...
Cowes Classics Week 2019 report
The Dainty Dish race to Cowes 15 Sunbeams started in a light north-westerly and had a very pleasant sail to Cowes once the rain cleared just before the start, when the Class Captain was able to put away his disintegrating umbrella! The start was fiercely contested and...
Itchenor Sailing Club Points Week
It must be said that it wasn't the hottest Points Week in recent years! Indeed, on day 2, your Class Captain decided to try and keep warm and stay dry as long as possible, which is why an umbrella came in very handy on the long run down to the start! The racing was...
Cowes Classic Week attracts a strong fleet of Solent Sunbeams in 2019
13 Solent Sunbeam classic keelboats are already signed up for racing at this year’s Cowes Classic Week, with another couple expected to be on the start line on 29th July, taking the total to at least 15.Among this year’s entries is Solent Sunbeam hull no 1, Dainty,...
Chichester Harbour at its best – Solent Sunbeam Thursday Evening racing
What can be more sublime than slipping the mooring for an evening of sociable yacht racing in a stunningly attractive classic keelboat on the beautiful waters of Chichester Harbour!This is what the Solent Sunbeam fleet does every week from May to September, with the...
Report: Chittagong Weekend race report – 25 and 26 May 2019
The Solent Sunbeam fleet racing at Itchenor Sailing Club had superb racing conditions for the Chittagong Cup race series over the May Bank Holiday weekend. 20 Sunbeams raced in moderate wind conditions and the closeness of the racing meant that the final results went...
Report: Chisholm Weekend 2019
The Solent Sunbeam Class enjoyed the 31st running of the Chisholm Weekend over the early-May Bank Holiday weekend at Itchenor Sailing Club. The weekend is always one of the best-attended events in the Solent Sunbeam Class and this year was no different, despite a cold...
Brand new Sunbeam launched to join 96-year-old fleet at Itchenor
The 96-year-old Solent Sunbeam class welcomed a brand-new yacht to its fleet last week with the launching of V70 Minty which took place at Itchenor, the base for this historic and much-admired classic keel-boat fleet. Minty’s hull was built on the Isle of Wight by...