====== Daemon ====== {{ boats:2694-20070303a.jpg }} So here it is! The Cherub Dæmon, a stripped down and pumped up production skiff designed specifically to target ALL the ISAF requirements for the proposed Women’s Olympic Skiff. {{mailform>rich_taylor}} us to show your support for the project. === You are probably asking yourself why? === Well the short answer to this is necessity. Quite simply, there are production skiffs on the market and they do fit the ISAF requirement to a degree. However, some of these classes are restrictive and boats depreciate rapidly as there is no alternitive class to sail them competitively in. For this reason a few like-minded members decided to galvanise and execute a project that would bring a viable alternative for the ISAF committees to consider. The Daemon is our proposal, it is a strict Olympic One-Design and conforms to the Cherub class rules, this will automatically give all Daemon equipment a second lease of life inside the Cherub Development class rules and an alternitive fleet for owners to sail or "cut their teeth" in . Our proposal and design has a solid commercial plan and financial backing in the form of Hartley Laminates who have worked closely with the class and ISAF to ensure all product & commercial targets are met. === Now you are asking yourself how? === Creating the theoretical plan is relatively easy; executing and delivering it to market as a production boat is the hard part. Turning the Daemon into reality has been achieved by a hardcore of dedicated Cherub sailors with the collaboration of an exceptional production builder, Hartley Laminates. In early 2006 the Dæmon project was conceived, by August the plans & tooling forms had been constructed on CAD with the help of Simon Roberts. Early September saw the creation of tooling patterns and in October the first complete hull emerged form the Aardvark workshop. Gradually, as the ISAF specification became more detailed, we realised that the Cherub design & ethos fitted the criteria exceptionally well and we learned that a serious submission would be welcomed by ISAF. In February we made our submission with supporting documentation at the ISAF office in Southampton. It was a truly important day as the previous year’s activities had successfully be kept secret but in a few short days time the applications would be made public and our commitment known. === Testing the water === The first Dæmon “The Subtle Knife” was already public, it had been pictured on Cherub web site and also the ISAF release. What the competition did not know was that there was a second boat and a production builder that were waiting to launch. Hartley Laminates unveiled their Cherub Dæmon to an unsuspecting audience at the RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace. The boat created a real buzz and many serious enquiries. It was now clear to all, the Cherub entrant for the Women’s Olympic Skiff was a very serious proposal with the backing of a large production manufacturer as well as widespread support of the public.
=== Where to now? === The Hyeres trials in April are the next step in the ISAF process. Two Cherub Dæmons will be there together with crews and support team. We are there to present a serious alternative to the currently prevalent single-manufacturer system as we believe that it is important to support regional sailing industries around the world to broaden the appeal of sailing and to bring women's Olympic sailing into the 21st century. {{page>news:2007:0416}} {{page>news:2007:0417}} {{page>news:2007:0418}} {{page>news:2007:0425}} {{gallery>boats?3?only2693-}} {{gallery>boats?3?only2694-}}