[citation needed] In the winter of 1928/29, the first boat was built by Archie Watty, for Sir Charles Hanson (a former Lord Mayor of London).
[citation needed] The name comes from Troy town which is the fictional name given to Fowey by the writer and scholar Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in many of his books.
Seven new boats have been built in the last ten years, five of them by Marcus Lewis, boatbuilder in Fowey.
[citation needed] The Troy class has been dominated over the years[when?]
by Alan Toms, so wins by other competitors have been well received by the Fowey sailing community.