UK Cherub - boats

Cherub 1

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Cherub 1

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Sundance

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:44:29 +0000

Sundance

This is Uk Cherub No 4, Sundance, built by George Dexter in Cowes in 1956. The boat was the only one of the first few not to be named after some kind of alcoholic drink!

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Name: Sundance
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Builder: George Dexter
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Pink Champagne

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Pink Champagne

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Feather

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:44:52 +0000

Feather

Feather was built for Stan Lewin in 1955. She is one of three Cherubs built of sapele veneer laminated over plywood instead of the normal sheet plywood construction - a combination of plywood and cold moulded construction adopted to make use of 2.5mm ply that proved too insubstantial on its own. The practice was outlawed after three boats were built.

Feather now lives in the Maritime museum in Auckland along with a number of other interesting boats charting leasure boating in New Zealand.

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Name: Feather
Designs: John Spencer
Builder: John Spencer
Construction: Sapele Veneer over plywood.
Location: Maritime Museum Auckland

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Prodigal

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Prodigal

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Magic Muscle

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Magic Muscle

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Name: Magic Muscle
Designs: Casson 4
Builder: McCutcheon
Construction: wood
Location: in the sky

126

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:45:23 +0000

126

Name: 126
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construction: wood
Location: Bath

Suspense

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Suspense

This McCutcheon III, first registered in 1962, is alive and well in Worksop, owned by Steve Tomnlinson.

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Name: Suspense
Designs: Spencer 2e / McCutcheon 3
Builder: W. McCutcheon
construction: Plywood
Location: Worksop, Notts

Wanderous

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:44:07 +0000

Wanderous

This boat is still sailing in 2006, her 43rd year!

She was designed and built by Hawkesworth, as a development of the Spencer 2d.

She has the rolled side decks which were common at the time - and remain beautiful today.

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Name: Wanderous
Designs: Hawkesworth 2
Builder: Hawkesworth
construction: Plywood
Location: West Mids

Har'Ta'Tak

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:44:01 +0000

Har'Ta'Tak

This boat is a gregory five, and has an incredibly long centreboard - the first of the period. The boat was launched in 1963 and won the Nationals in 1966 with Richard Gregory at the helm.

Nothing is known until the boat appeared on Ebay in 2007!

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Name: Har'Ta'Tak
Designs: Gregory Five
Builder: Richard Gregory
Construction: Plywood
Location: Kent

Huckle (The Maori Hunter)

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:43:48 +0000

Huckle (The Maori Hunter)

Cherub 1494

Known Owners:

* Tom Gatehouse (-2006) * Laurence Trim (2006-)

Design: Spencer 7

Year Built: 1969

After months of varnishing, polishing and family fun. Huckle (The Maori Hunter) is back on the water again.

-Previously

Hmmmm, Laurence is re-modelling “The Maori Hunter” to the all new “Huckle (The Maori Hunter)”. Whilst speed records are not anticipated, a whole lot of love has been devoted to her and she should soon be ripping up Bough Beech.

Latest photos show her new paint job…… . .

Life before 2000

(Summary below written in 2000 by Jim Champ)

This boat is an astonishing survival from the late 1960s. Here we see the classic design from before the “flattie” revolution fuelled by Bowler, Beashel, Bethwaite, Marten etc at the start of the 70s. Its complete with the short batten rig favoured in the UK (but nowhere else) at that time, and an original style asymettric spinnaker. The boat seems to have been built from a kit, and is very much in line with Spencer's plans.

The pictures below show the typical layout of the period. Note how the side decks are continuous with the foredeck. The alloy poles to support the daggerboard case. This is a more veed and very much more rockered shape than has been seen since in Cherubs (some other classes though!). Under the foredeck the carpentry is the arrangements for the forward sliding daggerboard. Note the bulkhead where the tank goes full height at the bow and the block for the tackle to pull the board up.

The traveller was typical. Note self bailers (remember them!). Locating these in Cherubs of that era was always tricky - difficult to find a place where they would drain and not be destroyed by being jumped on.

The entry was really quite fine for a boat of the period - especially if you compare it with contemporaries like the Scorpion.

The boat is moderately deep Veed right through to the transom. Sterns went flat as they are now in the early to mid 70s.

The original sails are shown, and predate the larger jib that was adopted in 1970. The sail area is probably around 100sq ft - 9.3m2, and spinnaker 60sqft - 5.6m2. Its all a bit different now!

Asymmetric Spinnaker 1968 style! One of these days I must blag a ride in this boat to appreciate what a horror gybing this must have been. Thank goodness for bowsprits!

This is the oldest active Cherub I know of in the world right now.

Credit

all Photos are © Tom Gatehouse, 2000/2001. Many thanks to Tom for the material and to Jim Champ for the words.

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Name: Huckle (The Maori Hunter)
Designs: Barton/Spencer 7
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Construction: Wood
Location: Bough Beech (Sevenoaks)

Crazy Horse (formerly Aquarius)

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Crazy Horse (formerly Aquarius)

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Name: Crazy Horse (formerly Aquarius)
Designs: Spencer 7
Builder: Barton
Construction: Wood
Location: Cambridge
Owner: Hannah Rose

Queenie SJB

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:42:58 +0000

Queenie SJB

1982

Name: Queenie SJB Queenie Sarah Jane Blucher
Design: Farr
Builder: John Paterson (probably)
Construction: Ply
Location: Surrey

Third in 1974 Worlds sailed by Mark Paterson (later Cherub World Champion and Kiwi Olympic 470 sailor). Currently fitted with an ex Nicola Bethwaite wooden Bethwaite wing mast.

Detonator

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:42:52 +0000

Detonator

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2253

Name: Detonator
Construction: Ply/glass tape
Location: Mt Maunganui, New Zealand

The Cats Whiskers

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

The Cats Whiskers

2303

Name: The Cats Whiskers
Designs: mod Forman 4c (g)
Builder: Unknown. Recent refurbishment done by Tim Noyce
Construction: Fibreglass. Built in a female mould.
Location: Roadford Lake, Devon

2344

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Tachyon

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:42:28 +0000

Tachyon

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Tachyon was Chris Forman's boat built around 1973/4 and sailed by him in several championships, including (I believe) the 1974 worlds

Most of these photos are from the late 70s

The yellow paint job was in 1981 after an incident where the someone moved her and presumably dropped her on one side ripping most of the starboard side tank off. The only sign of the repair in the car top photo is the (as yet) unplaned replacement aft gunwale section - I was quite proud of that repair.

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Name: Tachyon
Designs: Forman 6
Builder: ?
Construction: Wood - sapele veneered decks and topsides
Location: Unknown, please tell me if you know, Torchy

Peanuts

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Peanuts

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Name: Peanuts
Designs: mod Forman 4d
Builder: Spithead Boats/Tony Hows
Construction: Ply/glass tape
Location: SW Scotland

2422

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Haemogoblin

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Haemogoblin

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Name: Haemogoblin
Designs: Paterson 1
Builder: Andy Paterson
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Epoch II

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:41:52 +0000

Epoch II

Epoch II is a Jennifer Julian design by Russell Bowler (now President of Farr Yacht Design), built by Seaflite Boats in 1976. This boat is the only Jennifer Julian that we know of still sailing. There is so much to be learnt from looking at this boat from three decades ago.

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Name: Epoch II
Designs: Jennifer Julian
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Construction: GRP/wood
Location: Worksop

Bean Blue

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:41:30 +0000

Bean Blue

2507

Name: Bean Blue
Designs: Jennifer Julian
Builder: Seaflite Boats
Construction: Glass
Location: Barrow in Furness

Spot On

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Spot On

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Name: Spot On
Designs: Ellway 2
Builder: Ellway
Construction: Plywood
Location: France

Name

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Strictly Liquor, Love and Laughs

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Strictly Liquor, Love and Laughs

2534

Name: Strictly Liquor, Love and Laughs
Designs: Deeley 2
Builder: Bill Deeley circa 1978
Construction: Double-layer 3mm + fenestrated 3mm ply
Notable Achievement: 1978 UK National Championships Winner
Location: Cremated at Royal Tay YC in July 1995. Now inside "The Ashes" Urn!

Eggbert the Nasty

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:39:41 +0000

Eggbert the Nasty

This boat has quite an amazing story: Built in New Zealand by British prolific Cherub designer and builder Simon Robinson in time for the 1978 World's over there, but rigged with a mast brought over from England on the plane. She then came to the UK and has been going ever since.

Simon Robinson remains in touch with the class, though now sails a Flying Fifteen at Kielder Water.

Eggbert the Nasty is a Forman 8 design, Chris Forman being another prolific designer and builder and Simon's Business partner at Spithead Boats.

See the bottom of this page for the latest images of this boat.

In the beginning

Photos: Simon Robinson's archive

1977. Launching of “Eggbert the Nasty” - late 1977, Auckland, NZ. Simon Robinson & Paul Mason. Note the rotating mast.

In New Zealand. The crew is Jim Lamont.

1978. Forman 8s were the culmination of the UK deep vee development line, and very successful.

1978 again

A bit later

“Eggbert the Nasty” being rescued when car got stuck in ford in middle of Kielder Water 1985.

1990's

The boat came to the 1995 nationals having been converted to asymmetric, coming 17th.

2005

Bought on ebay by Stuart Hopson. Has now been restored with a false floor. will be the perfect first cherub for someone. pics comming soon…

2006

For sale having had a false floor put in and having been generally sorted out.

Nov 2006

Bought by Ben Butler. Spending my little free time getting him/her ready to sail. This is what he/she looks like now!

Jobs done so far:-

Made a billet aluminium pulley for main halyard. (I know halyards go against the grain but my club doesn't have much rigging space)
Ordered and fitted main halyard and rope/wire jib halyard with a cantilever tension thinghy (Highfield Lever)
Made nice big nylon bushes for spinnaker pole for support and ease of deployment

Dec 2006

Ok finally managed to get some work done after a trip to Purple Marine . Jib fairleads and cleats now dryfitted just got to epoxy everthing and bolt it all on some work done on the single line pole launch but can't do anymore till the the boat is dried out for the epoxy and the mast put back, up hopfully i'll have her back on the water on the 14th Jan, hopefully with pics and some vids too.

Jan 2006

Eggbert the Nasty finally hit the water on Sat 14th. Unfortunatley we forgot to give the camera to anyone before we went out but going out on sat probably so will try to get some pics then. For a first time in a Cherub it probably wasn't the best weather good 4 but shifty with some massive squalls, you guys are probably thinking perfect cherub weather but for someone who hasn't helmed a double hander in ten years or so and with a crew (my Dad, has his free bus pass) who has only sailed single handers for 28 years it was a bit fun epecially without a harness as it wouldn't fir over a his lifejacket (or under as the hook was too high (old windsurfing one)) we didn't do too bad did some good blasting even with out the kite (not fully operational yet). main problem was when we did capsise it was (sod's law) right on top of the old damm. It all happened so quick didn't have time to jump over onto the dagger board so she turtled and got stuck on the bottom. God that water was cold i only have one wetsuit a summer one with no arms, so my muscles froze up while trying to manover around. Once she was out of the mud she came up like a dream but we I had to go in due to the fact i could bareley move. Were going to go out again but got asked to put on another rescue boat as the squalls were getting worse.

Hopefully will get the kite rigged up on sat and i'll get some pictures posted.

Quick note for Stu you'll be pleased to know that the floor didn't leak and the water runs straight off so a job well done

Jobs still to do:-

Finish spinaker rigging
Make shute for above (comes halfway down boat)
Add some grip to floor (it's slippier than a bananna skin on an ice rink)
GET HARNESS
Practice
Practice
Practice

March 2006

Latest pics. Still non of me on the water never seems to be anyone around with a camera!

PLEASE NOTE:-

Boat was not fully rigged at this point just taken cover off hense the mess!
Addition of cascade to kicker( it actually has an effect now got the best sail shape so far today) now a whopping 6:1 (I think)
Dogged end to dagger board (damm submerged cattle walls!)
Washing tablet bags for halyards as per Dr Lee's suggestion
Old tiller extension as per tips page (now replaced see pic below)
Black duct tape to stop water going under the floor as it has split away from side taks due to repeated impact from feet cause off slippy foor (next project possibly this week, new product found will let you know how it performs)

April 2006

Brought the boat home to repair all the damage that I and my various crews have inflicted will also be adding a kickbar and putting in the non slip on the floor below are a few pics of the work as done so far.

Anti slip applied and ready for red finish

Boat now finished and some pics of me sailing in bugger all wind

also found out we can go upwind and tack with an asymetric lol!

Jan to March 2010

Boat is off the water for some long needed TLC. All Woodwork has been stripped and treated to 8 coats of some water thin epoxy primer. All holes have been repaired, the scource of the major leak has been repaired it's now just awaiting a fresh coat of red paint and a few coats of varnish and a bit of new rope.

A few pics taken in poor light with a phone will get some better ones soon.

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Name: Eggbert the Nasty
Designs: Forman 8
Builder: Simon Robinson
Construction: Ply
Location: Staffordshire

Whaam!

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:01:46 +0000

Whaam!

(ex Team Ecocats ex Mad Man Across The Water)

Whaam history

The Beginning

Cherub number 2539 was first measured in 1979, and was then called ‘Mad Man Across The Water’. Built by Jarrett/Cope and first owned by David Cope, 2539 was a Hot Dog design.

The Lost Time

Then the trail goes cold until the 1990’s.

The Cawsand Time

An extensive refurbishment was carried out in south east Cornwall. A carbon floor was put in and a new Kevlar foredeck added as well as an asymmetric conversion, making it a sort of Halo Jones inside out! The bits were offcuts from a project at www.multimarine.co.uk in Millbrook, Cornwall. The project was making catamaran motorboats with the functionality of a rib, but more efficient and less prone to make wash. It was called the Ecocat - the idea being that it can be used to take people on tours of areas sensitive th the effects of wash. This was the reason for the name of the boat at that time: Team Ecocats! Will Lee saw the boat on behalf of Tris Kemp in Cornwall in 2001 (inspecting it on the beach at Cawsand) and declared it a good'un.

The Tris Kemp time

The boat went to Netley and was sailed very happily for a while until she was sold to Andy Lang

The Andy Lang time

Andy also kept the boat at Netley, bought her as a bare hull and made it up for a single hander. Raced her solo for a year and then decided he wanted a newer boat so sold it to Iain Christie

The Iain Christie time

To Draycote and a new life - and fit out. But soon Iain bought Suicide Blonde and so sold the boat to David Blight

The David Blight time

The timber on this boat was still as solid as a rock. David Blight stripped it of any paint and left it for a few weeks in a boiler room to dry out, so he knew every inch intimately. The only rot was in the ply panels and support on the transom, so he very tentatively clamped up the rear end and took a saw to it! Daring stuff, but no problem. This gave him the opportunity to try his hand at some carbon work and the new open transom is the result – not a gantry as such but just a more interesting design. Apart from that, the only other thing he did is the Roy Lichtenstein inspired Pop Art paint job done in standard single pack yacht enamels.

The boat then acquired Norwegian Blue's old spinnaker, and sailed at the 2004 Boxing Day Challenge at Exe SC.

David kindly lent the boat to Stu Hopson, Kita Carpenter and Brad Yabsley for the 2005 nationals, and the boat came back with the wooden boat trophy!

Shortly after this, in August 2005, the story of 2539 could well have come to an end: An unscheduled meeting with a dock at Exmouth caused a bent mast, two large holes and an insurance write off.

The Chew Syndicate time

Two lads from Chew named Francis Screech and Ed Higham bought the kit of parts and set about putting the boat back together. They did it in record time and were sailing within a couple of weeks. What an amazing team.

Then about a week after we had finished fixing her we were sailing!!!

The finished article sailing at the 2005 Chew Blast.

French time

Whaam after a few things fixed has now a big carbon rig and will get bigger sails too.

Whaam blasting pics

2539

Arthur Ledard is now the keeper of Whaam!

Name: Whaam!
Designs: Hotdog
Builder:
Construction: Plywood with some carbon/kevlar bits!
Location: Bordeaux (FRANCE)

2548

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:39:19 +0000

2548

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Erik Bloodaxe

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:41:19 +0000

Erik Bloodaxe

2601

Name: Erik Bloodaxe
Designs: Paterson 2
Builder: Andy Paterson
Construction: Ply Epoxy
Owner: Richard Butler
Currently undergoing major restoration (January 2011)

Name

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

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2602

Name: Name
Designs: designs
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Aggro

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:38:55 +0000

Aggro

This boat has a crew deck.

2603

Name: Aggro
Designs: Deeley 2
Builder: A bloke a saw and some glue.
Construction: Ply Epoxy
Location: Bough Beech Sailing Club, Kent

Plane Jane

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:13:43 +0000

Plane Jane

The boat as moved to France but suffered from a major gust on the parking.

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Name: Plane Jane
Designs: Mark
Builder: Mark
Construction: Wood
Location: Saint-Quay-Portrieux (France)

Excalibur

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:38:07 +0000

Excalibur

2617

Name: Excalibur
Designs: Forman 8
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Dark Horse

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:38:01 +0000

Dark Horse

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2619

Name: Dark Horse
Designs: Foreman 8
Builder: Dick Jarrett (1983)
Construction: Wood
Location: Oxon

Previously named - Deceptively Bends

Easy Tiger

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:37:55 +0000

Easy Tiger

This boat (pka Kokopelli) is a Forman 8 designed by Chris Forman and built in 1984 She was brought up to date in the hull department by Tom Kiddle in 2004, and was bought and renamed by Ray Jones in 2005.

Tom Kiddle and Matthew Kiddle at the 2004 nationals in Weymouth

Tom Kiddle and Lucy Lee Sailing at Carsington

Ray Jones and novice crew Clare Christian off Gorleston

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A gallery of known photos of this boat, based on the sail number.

2622

Name: Easy Tiger
Designs: Forman 8
Builder:
Construction: Rebuilt with false floor and asymmetric conversion to 97 rig rules
Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk

Pxysyszygy (formerly Wreck n Effect)

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:01:14 +0000

Pxysyszygy (formerly Wreck n Effect)

Update 18.11.15

Acquired a new carbon boom from a Musto skiff - old boom hoping to see new life as a carbon bowsprit. Fittings removed and cut down to size. Boat currently has an RS200 main and a jib off a Merlin Rocket. Spinnaker is a Caws asymmetric, off one of the Flying Trifles if I'm not mistaken. Going to try with this sailplan first then possibly put on a bigger cut-down B14 main and kite. But maybe that's going a bit far. Need to drill new holes in mast for a proper jib t terminal and trapeze wires. There are already quite a few holes.

Contacted Andy Paterson about the boat's history - she's a Paterson 3, not a 2 (database amended). hoping he can dig out some old photos.

Next jobs: Finish boom. Install kite ratchets. Drill holes in mast. Get a new rudder stock.

Current Situation

In my parents' garden awaiting repairs to rudder, addition of proper kite blocks and lowering of hoist point. Other things that need doing: Get a longer centreboard - Replace dodgy mainsheet block - Get a boom that doesn't bend so much

The mast is a strange affair - twin spreaders, longer than 91 spec with a dodgy repair / lengthening operation in evidence near the foot. Clearly it had a former life on something else - anyone know any of her recent history?

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2623

Name: Pxysyszygy (formerly Wreck n Effect)
Designs: Paterson 3
Builder: Andy Paterson
Construction: Ply with cold moulded forward sections
Location: Mersea Island

Two Six Two Five

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

Two Six Two Five

2625

Two Six Two Five

This boat was last seen in Plymouth in 2002. Do get in touch if you have seen it!

Sgt Murphey (Nee Last Amber Dragon)

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:00:09 +0000

Sgt Murphey (Nee Last Amber Dragon)

This boat was built by Bill Deeley and defined what was to come in terms of Cherub - and dinghy - construction from then on. Foam sandwich with seriously excellent structure, with a modern array of exotics in the layups, this boat really showed what was possible.

After several “missing” years she was spotted on eBay and returned to the fleet under the loving care of Laurence Trim, making brief appearances at both 2009 and 2010 nationals. She now sports a Daemon T-foil and an intermedaite set of Hyde square top sails. With the exception of an additional “providence unknown” ply (lead) crew deck at the rear she remains structurally original, bullet proof and most importantly when it blows can still deliver grin factor 10.

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Name: Sgt Murphey (Nee Last Amber Dragon)
Design:
Builder: Bill Deeley
Construction: Foam sandwich with seriously excellent structure, with a modern array of exotics in the layups, this boat really showed what was possible.
Location:Bough Beach Reservoir

Groovejet

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:37:34 +0000

Groovejet

2631 is a Paterson 4 design, built by Andy Paterson of Bloodaxe boats in 1986. In 2007 it was about to be burned by it's previous owner (Rob Stephens of Poole), having sat in his garage for a decade or two. Dave Ching managed to rescue it by persuading Mr Stephens to donate it to the class association instead. Neil Cardno purchased it from the class with a view to restoration. It needed completely stripped back to bare wood, there were 3 big holes in the topsides which needed fixing and it had no fittings or gear.

2008

Many happy hours were spent chopping out large sections of gunwales and topsides, back to a sound base.

Followed by patching.

Fairing,filling and painting.

2009

More sanding, and finally a few coats of varnish.

2631, now 23 years old is finally restored. She was never given a name by her original owner. Groovejet was successfully re-launched in May 2009!!

2010

Pictures

Gallery of Pictures

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2631

Name: Groovejet
Design: Paterson 4
Builder: Andy Paterson 1986
Construction: Cold moulded Ply
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Owner: Neil Cardno

Johnny Fartpants

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:37:24 +0000

Johnny Fartpants

2634

Name: Johnny Fartpants
Design: Fartpants
Builder:
Construction: Glass and foam
Location: Brightlingsea, Essex

Norwegian Blue

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:37:05 +0000

Norwegian Blue

Norwegian Blue was originally owned and built by Dave Roe, who took Norwegian to many National wins and much success.

Originally a conventional symetric kite boat, Norwegian has been progresively upgraded until arriving at the current format.

Norwegian is now a Twin Trapeeze boat with 12.5m2 white sail and a new addition of a 21m2 800 kite. Despite our best efforts Norwegian is still the most sucessful Cherub and still able to punish the big rig boats if they make mistakes.

Norwegian is currently owned by Dave Ching and Lara Gonzalez-Ruiz. We bought Norwegian from Will Lee and Lucy Lee after she was put up for Sale hours before Sailboat 2005. The idea being that a cherub would be a great boat to teach Lara to sail in. The first year of sailing ended at the Newquay nationals where a 7th (Norwegian's equal worst result) earnt a best newcomer trophy.

The 2006 season has started well with good results in all the opens, only being beaten by the new speed machine Atum Bom.

Norwegian is currently being fitted with a new pole and mast extension to accomodate the 800 kite and also receiving some well deserved maintenance.

With 800 kite. Full story coming soon!

This is the New comers Trophy. Our first nationals Trophy.

The boat is currently in France and being refitted why 2005 rig, self tacker, T-foil …

Results so far

1989-1993	1st	Dave Roe
1994-1997	2nd	Mike Chalmers and Matt Stobart
2004	6th	Lucy Lee and Will Lee
2005	7th	Dave Ching and Lara Gonzalez-Ruiz

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2637

Name: Norwegian Blue
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Dave Roe
Construction: Converted to 97 and with 21m2 800 kite
Location: France

Prodigal Son

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:36:20 +0000

Prodigal Son

7th June 2006

Boat “Utter Chaos” collected from Oliver Longdon in Bournmouth.

Brought back to Colchester for stripping repainting and refitting.

Name changed to Prodigal Son

2638

Name: Prodigal Son
Designs: Fartpants
Builder: Simon Baker
Construction: Foam
Location: Brightlingsea Essex

Bubbles

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:36:13 +0000

Bubbles

2640

Name: Bubbles
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

Halo Jones

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:36:28 +0000

Halo Jones

This Bistro was built by Wiz Deas and finished off by Jim Champ. The boat now lives in France with Thomas and Nathalie Desmars. She has been redecked, widen, adapted to the 2005 rules.

Here are some pics, from the original build through to its new radical refit!

2641

Name: Halo Jones
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Wiz Deas/Jim Champ
Construction:

Shell: Epoxy/Bi-Axial glass on Termanto foam, Wiz Dees
False floor: biaxial glass/carbon, Wiz Deas
Tank Sides: glass on airex foam, Jim Champ/Alistair Cope
Decks: ply
Front bulkhead/spine: Bloodaxe carbon panels installed by Jim Champ

Location: Piriac s/ Mer (FRANCE)

Note:- This was the last Cherub built with a pole spinnaker in the UK.

Little Fluffy Clouds

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:37:10 +0000

Little Fluffy Clouds

Fixing the Snout - Aug/Sep 07

With many thanks to the good Dr for his guidance and much pride at having got sticky solo, Malcolm and Allan are pleased to be able to say we've fixed Fluffy after “that gust” at the nationals. Pictures of the fix sequence below with a bit of a commentary (with a couple more to follow once I've found the lead for my camera).

Step 1 - Get the Saw Out

And then immediately swap it for a Dremmel.

Step 2 - Clean Out the Foam and Cut an Insert to Shape

Step 3 - Plenty of Bog and Clamp it into Place

Step 4 - Many Thanks Dr Lee: Looking Good

Step 5 - Wait a Month for it to Stop Raining

Using having an outdoor carport as a weak excuse.

Step 6 - Cut an Extra Foam Insert and Bog it in

Many Thanks to Mrs G's hairdryer. Then sand it down to get a nice flat repair.

Step 7 - Get Sticky

Thanks Will and Stu Tinner for the materials. 3 layers of glassfibre and we may have trashed one of Mrs G's nice paintbrushes.

Step 8 - Clamp and Hairdryer/Black Bin Liner Oven

Step 9 - Did It Work?

Haven't loaded it up yet, but it looks hopeful. I guess we'll find out at Brightlingsea!

Pictures

Many thanks to all those who took them.

2642

Name: Little Fluffy Clouds
Owners: Malcolm Gardner and Allan Gardner
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Wiz Deas
Construction: Converted to 97
Location: St Albans / Palmers Green
Sponsor: www.bluebeamsecurity.com
Chopped up: Summer 2025

Taking Liberties

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:32:39 +0000

Taking Liberties

Gallery

2643

Name: Taking Liberties
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Nixon/Brown (modifications done by Tim Noyce)
Construction: 1989 (ish). Modified with new snout, 97 rules sails, twin spreader rig, kick bars, twin wire.
Location: Grafham
Owners: Joe Moore and Rich Cunneen.

Suicide Blonde

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:35:31 +0000

Suicide Blonde

A Italian Bistro that has had an interesting life including a complete rebuild in 2005 by Iain Christie as documented in Suicide Blonde (The Iain Christie Years) Now under new ownership and starting a new story

2011/12/16 After brushing with Heathrow security Suicide has started another journey North. This time she is only heading as far as Derby (via Bristol). I'm mguessing her new owner will Hop to it to get her sorted and the plan appears to be a return to 97 rules.

25/01/2008 HMMMMM winter time in the north east how to fill in them cold lonely nights more modifactions to my little cherub i think after a successful bloody mary 2008 and mr christie laying down the rules of not beating him in his old boat at the nationals 2008 the motivation was created, all i needed now was bits so far carbon cloth aquired in true geordie style the charm still works resin aquired thanks to work and my other source. left to get some nomex but got a hopefull source, cost free of course fingers crossed. then the fun begins. check back later for more updates.

The new story begins

After buying Suicide from Ian and bringing her to Sunderland and rigging her in the dinghy park to voices of ooh shes very yellow we went out sailing and came back 3 hours later without breaking things and with big smiles.

HOWEVER

the voices were in my head you've got to do something to her!!!!

well that was it I thought start small following her major upgrade in 2005 her cover no longer fit. middle life spread and all that so first things first was get a new cover however this seemed a tad expensive so next best thing just make one.

a week and half later and a sore thumb the new cover was ready job done.

More sailing followed over the following weeks and I started making a mental picture of things I like to change over the winter. after a lovely trip to kielder where the wind did its usualy nothing or everything there was a little damage from my crews backside to the side tank. and a rather impressive pitchpole whilst taking it easy on the way in was enough drive for Sucicide's modification weight loss treatment to begin.

First Strip off blocks

Next start removing bits angle grinders away

progip stripped off and paint as a few patches on softness found in falso floor toe strap blocks removed extra weight and they were wood new foam added in damp patches and glassed back over leaks located and sealed.

My collection of carbon tubing offcuts courtesey of hardy's advanced composites handy living 5 miles form them also you can see toe strap points flush to floor

Time for the rudder gantry to undergo weight loss

Mmm centreboard case looks as if it could be a trip hazard safety first

Right Time to start and finish the gantry in comes the carbon tubing

finished

Time to make somewhere to store the spinnaker. mmm how to build a spinni sock think need a template luckily the new wners of an RS200 in my club have just upgraded there sock arrangement to the short sock. so the old long sock was donated to the cherub project. After some humming and harring yes the kite fits perfectly down the sock with a slight opening of the mouth.

Boat all finished with more pictures to follow.

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2644

Name: Suicide Blonde
Designs: Italian Bistro Turbo
Builder: Andy Horton, converted to 2005 rules by Iain Christie & Simon Roberts
Construction:

Hull-Glass/Kevlar reinforced foam
Foredeck/Snout/Racks/Rig-Carbon

Location: Rolands Driveway

Suicide Blonde (The Iain Christie Years)

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

Suicide Blonde (The Iain Christie Years)

This page will hopefully show any prospective new Cherub owners put off by the whole carbon fibre DIY thing that it is perfectly possible to pick up and older boat, and with the help of the rest of the class, learn the skills needed to have a go at doing some conversion work yourself, and make a perfectly decent little twin-wire skiff.

The conversion is described in general below, with some more specific construction details below that in handy section linked to from here:

Hull surgery
New foredeck
The rig
Racks & wheelie bars
Spraying the boat

I bought Bistro 2644 Suicide Blonde in summer 2004 after it became obvious that although she was a great boat and an ideal way into the class, my Hotdog 2539 Team Ecocats (now the immaculately restored and since reincarnated Whamm!) was not really going to be a suitable project boat for twin wires and a dirty great big carbon rig.

As far as I know the hull was built in the early 90’s by Simon Roberts and then she was decked and finished by Andrew Horton. She did the ’93 Nationals, and then by all accounts was left outside and unused. When I got her, she looked a bit tatty, but the hull was beautifully fair where it counted, and she really needed very little to get sailing again, the biggest problem being a HUGE mouse-hole in the kite!

A few new bits of bungee and a coat of paint later and she was ready for her first outing at my home club of Draycote Water. Although she had a pre ’97 rules tin rig, I’d added twin wires, and the obligatory carbon carp-landing poles as tiller extensions. Needless to say the outing was very wet, and I winced as both myself and my crew stuck our hooks through the freshly painted deck a few times, but it was a complete giggle and I loved it.

However straightaway I started making a mental list of stuff that I needed to change- first was the rudder. It was a truly awful thick varnished plank of wood, with a semi elliptical tip that was bizarelly the wrong way round. It was heavy and it stalled a lot. It was also mounted in a particularly nasty Rondar cast ally stock with a bent tiller. Not nice. Next was the daggerboard…it was a huge heavy thing, also varnished wood, and on my first outing we’d managed to snap 1” of trailing edge off it. Funny, we put this lethal looking snapped piece up inside the starboard tank, but it obviously got wedged inside somehow and is still there to this day…

Also, although the rig was straight and in great condition, it was, well, a bit metallic and a bit small. The retro bobstay on the ally pole did zippo for my boatpark street-cred and the awful 3-string kite system was truly hopeless.

So I started thinking and scavenging…and soon I’d been given a broken RS800 rig, a broken 49er pole and a complete, unbroken RS600 Angel mast. I’d also found a cheap slightly ripped RS800 kite (in yellow, perfect!) Now what could I use those for I wonder?

I also bit the bullet and ordered my first load of carbon from Wiz at Matrix Mouldings. I rebuilt the trailing edge of the daggerboard from bog, and sheathed the whole thing in UD and weave. It was a bit stressful, but seemed to work OK…I had now created a huge great heavy black daggerboard that reminded me of that giant paving slab in the film 2001…but hey, it was unlikely to break at any rate.

A few months later and my rudder was put to the top of the to-do list when the stock exploded with a loud bang one windy Saturday afternoon at my home club, Draycote Water. I was lucky…someone from the Fireball fleet managed to trash one of those nice Winder epoxy Kevlar stocks the very next day, and I’d soon done a deal on it. I spent the next week making a glass/carbon bush by winding tape round a suitably parcel-taped screwdriver, and then attached the bush to the stock with bog and many layers of UD of varying lengths going round the bottom web of the stock. A bit of glass bubbles filer mix and some careful rubbing down and it soon looked good as new.

So to the rudder itself…I was going to attempt to build it from scratch. Lots of people gave me lots of advice (thanks Will, Simon, Ben, Gav) and I eventually decided on a routed cedar blank and plenty carbon. To keep things simple I decided on a parallel sided foil of the NACA0010 profile, with just a quarter-ellipse at the tip…the curvy bit at the front on this new one unlike the old plank! I had not actually used a router before so I decided to build a jig to slide my cedar blank through and rout across the foil rather than along it-the theory being that it’s far more accurate at the edges. I wrote a spreadsheet to calculate the measurements of the jig, and soon I was stood in a pile of sawdust looking at a very nice looking cedar foil core. A few evenings of laminating later and it was done, complete with the very efficient downhaul system of the Winder stock. Of course, my own Fireball has the same stock (with a much longer tiller!) so I’ll have to try it in there one day and hope no-one notices the carbon…

The first outing of the new rudder was at Carsington. Now, I know some of the people reading this have designed and built their entire boats, but to say I was chuffed to bits with my handiwork was an understatement! It worked perfectly, was beautifully balanced (according to El Presidente just before he slammed me, the crew, into one of Carsington’s steel mooring bouys whilst muttering something about not being able to either head up or bear away…), and more to the point, DIDN'T BREAK!!!!

I was feeling confident by now, and knew that the time had come to look at building a bigger rig. I wanted to re-use as much of the scrap carbon as possible, and a few measurements confirmed that the following plan might just be possible. Cut a section out of the 49er bowsprit and use this as a slightly tapered snout tube…just perfect for the RS800 topmast to slide through as a bowsprit. The RS600 mast was to be used as the new mast, with a total length of 6.10 metres it was bang-on to sit on top of a stump made from the bottom of the RS800 mast, keeping the gooseneck exactly where it was. This left one more piece of RS800 mast-just perfect for a new boom. Simon Roberts very kindly (or stupidly?) offered to lend his garage and expertise to the project, and we started just after Christmas 2004.

I started the big chunk of the project where anyone would-the trailer! A few hours with the grinder and Smoothrite, and some new mudguards and reflectors will hopefully add a few more years to the combi’s life and make the thing road legal again. Time to get on with the more exciting bits now…

First job was the snout. Original plan was a bit of a nibble off the front, and a P7 style tube and support. However, we soon decided to take a bit more of SB’s flat foredeck off, and add a more Slug-shaped snout. However, whilst my back was turned and before you could say “Black & Decker” Simon had jigsawed the whole deck off, (never leave this man unattended with power tools and an outdated looking Cherub) and we’d made the decision to replace it with something a little more curvy and make some modifications to the spaceframe.

The 49er pole section was glued in first between the top and bottom sections of the space frame. We were extremely lucky…it was almost made for it. The spaceframe ran forward from the mast area under the foredeck, although bizarrely did not actually attach to the stempost which seemed to be hewn from solid mahogany. It then ran back at the level of the top of the bowtank and left a perfect place for the tube to be bogged into. I know that not all Bistros are built this way, hence the need for an offset pole. Next, the new carbon front bulkhead was installed, laminated up from a piece of foam and carbon, and a carbon tube going from the end of the snout down to a point on the stem just above the regulatory 200mm mark. It was at this point that I was introduced to Mr Peel Ply, and I wished I’d known more about it before I made the rudder…it may have come out somewhat lighter. Ho Hum.

When this was all laminated in place, we then took the spaceframe out, and carefully glued the stump in place, with a 4 degree backward sweep. We chopped the spaceframe off just behind the new tube, the theory being that once the tube had been glued in properly, it was likely to be pointing in the right direction…if we’d taken the spacefarme out first it would have been much harder to get the tube lined up accurately. The spaceframe was then cut into it’s 3 constituent parts, and then glued back in place, with the stump now right in the middle. Filler pieces were made to compensate for the higher foredeck profile and various layers of weave followed.

Next, came the actual side pieces of the snout itself. These were laminated up off the boat (you can’t “line” the inside of the snout with carbon once it’s in place!), then glued in place, with a string passing through the middle to keep the right shape whilst the glue dried. The excess parts of the original bow were then chopped out, belt sanded smooth with the new foam, and then the various new fillets were covered in carbon and peel ply. A second forestay attachment point was kevlared to the spaceframe-theory being to use the old small jib if it’s seriously chanking.

Next came the foredeck itself. All the foam had come from Wiz at Matrix Mouldings (who sorted out a delivery issue very quickly…the 8mm foam ordered arrived as 5mm foam-he got the 8mm delivered very soon after and let me keep the 5mm, good man!) but was obviously not foredeck sized. We estimated the size and bogged the foam together. Again, the underside had to be covered in carbon first, so the surface was prepared with a light “smear” of bog all over to stop the foam absorbing too much resin. Unfortunately, it was very cold that night so Amine Blush appeared the next day. Nope, she’s not a porn star, but a nasty sticky residue that weakens the subsequent lay-up, so you need to give Amine a good rub down with some sandpaper and Solvent C to get rid of her.

On went the carbon and on went the foredeck. The boat then temporarily became the heaviest Cherub in the world as we weighted the deck down with all manner of heavy things (me excluded, as the pub was open at this point and Simon and I were thirsty) and bits of string to keep the deck in place.

Next came some more filler pieces at the back of the foredeck, and loads more carbon over the deck and sides of the snout. This became the point that Suicide Blonde ceased to look like a cute little boat and took on the air of a pretty serious bit of skiffery.

With the stump well and truly integral to the hull it was time to look at the mast. The 600 mast has very little rigging, so new spreaders were required. I shaped the cores from balsa and bogged them as per Darryl’s excellent instructional DVD.

Hull surgery

The first bit of Suicide Blonde's transformsation to 2005 rules involved re-engineering the front end to include a snout, thereby increasing LOA and allowing a larger jib, and adding a mast stump, which makes the mast up to gooseneck height an integral part of the boat. For aesthetics, and also to provide more support to the stump, a new curved foredeck was to be added. This would require the load-bearing spaceframe to be re-designed…

This picture was taken on a cold winter's morning at Simon Roberts' house. In this pic SB is in her “restored” condition…ie similar to how I bought her but with a coat of paint and some TLC. Note the offset aluminium pole (booooo!) and the lightening holes cut into the foredeck. This seemed a crap idea to me and I used to cover it with some smoked kevlar sailcloth velcro's in place.

This bit was quite scary! Attacking my pride and joy with an angle grinder! Note the small nibble that has been taken off the front end compared with later pictures where we just rolled our sleeves up and took huuuuuge chunks of boat off with a variety of Black & Decker's finest.

The tube is a broken piece of 49er bowsprit and will form the housing for the new pole (broken RS800 topmast). The foam/carbon bulkhead is visible, although yet to be trimmed down a fair bit. Also you can see the carbon/kevlar former which forms the profile of the new front end.

Big picture shows the original profile of the foredeck and spaceframe, little pic shows the foam filler pieces added to change the profile of the foredeck. The bullseye for the trapeze elastic is in the same place. This area is under a lot of stress so loads of carbon was added here.

Foredeck off and spaceframe visible. Notice flat profile of spaceframe, prior to filler pieces and stump being added.

Similar pic to above, but now the stump is in place, and the spaceframe has a more curved profile at the back.

Side filler pieces of foam have now been added. You can see the mast stump if you peer up the snout tube…

Side view of the snout. I much prefer the “blended” look of this style of snout rather than the simple tube type, plus it gives you a bit more bouyancy up front. However it does not show you in this view what is going on inside the snout…

…lots of groovy carbon fibre and epoxy fillets. These fillets were subsequently covered with carbon weave and we made sure that the whole lot was very rigidly attached to the rest of the boat. There's 400lbs of rig tension pulling upwards on the very end of this lot and any structural failures would be a very, very bad thing…
Right then, time to put a foredeck on…

New foredeck

With the snout and spaceframe completed it was time to add the foredeck itself…

This shows the 8mm airex foam used for the fordeck…I used 5mm for the sides of the snout. The foredeck was made up from 4 pieces off the boat, and the carbon was laminated on the underside and allowed to dry first. Getting the deck to follow the contours of the boat without breaking along the join lines was quite tricky, and many weights/toolboxes/paint cans/whatever we could lay our hands on were used, as well as lots of rope to force the contours into the foam.

You can see the inner forestay attachement point in this shot. It is securley bonded to the spaceframe with lots of kevlar and carbon and it needs to be…it will only get used when I have built the no.2 (small) rig to be used with the old pre-97 rules sails for serious wind! However, it is still perfectly possible to twin-wire upwind and down in a F3 with average sized people on the wires…

Ok so here we see the layer of carbon bonded to the deck, and running around the gunwales and round the snout keeping everything in place. When we removed the peelply from the carbon, there was a serious amount of that eerie blue light discharged…something to do with the molecular bonds breaking down in the epoxy. Turn the lights off an think Darth Vader and you won't be far wrong…

Another shot of the front end of the boat. The topsides had to be taken back to the laminate before the carbon was applied. Tricky stuff…Suicide Blonde is a kevlar boat and if your sander hits that kevlar you end up with a wooly mess (the kevlar strands) that quickly makes a Cherub look like a well loved teddy bear.

The rig

The mast is from an RS600. It actually blew over the side of a boat at an open meeting and was recovered months later when the water levels went down! Needless to say it looked very ill but it had potential! In this shot the mast (devoid of spreaders) has been tied in place so we could estimate the required spreder length and sweep. Amazingly, we got it right first time!

Bit of fun really, just HAD to put the kite up to see what it would look like! Again, no wire on the rig yet (just string!) and no capshrouds (hence bend in top of mast). Kit looks HUGE in this picture. It's an RS800 kite which measures at 21.5sqm. To make it class legal it needed to lose 0.5sqm, however with the way the measurment rules work in practice it was far less than this. Leaving the head and clew as they were, I took a sliver of material out of the kite that was only 10cm deep at it's widest point, halfway up the leech. Almost not worth bothering with!

Mast is finished at this point, and varnished in International 2-pack Perfection varnish which has 7 times the UV protection of a single pack prooduct. Tangs are off an RS800 and throughbolted.

Mast head-note lack of main halyard…the sail just ties in place. Carbon and Kevlar tow reinforce the kite halyard block and caps which are also bolted in place. The whole rig measures just 14mm under the limit!

Compared to other pictures the kite looks small here…I think it is ballooning hence the clew seeming so high. However the heavily roached profile of the Red Eye main is apparent here, not so in other pictures. There is still some debate on the best way of fitting this much area on to the rig within the constraints. Loco Perro, Suicide Blonde and Shiny Beast all have this style of main, where Primal Scream's RMW/CST rig opts for a longer boom and less roach. There is certainly a shed load of power from my rig up high!

Racks & wheelie bars

Suicide Blonde's hull was narrower than the current ruleset so she needed widening to the 1.8m maximum to take advantage of the extra power from the big rig. I decided to do it by adding tube racks rather than flaring the hull. I also decided to add “wheelie bars” (aka aft gunwale extensions) to allow the crew to get their weight as far back as possible to stop pitchpoling. Not perhaps required on a lake venue in moderate winds but most certainly required for a windy bearaway in waves!!

This was one of the trickiest parts. My guide and mentor, Slug/Dog/Platypus designer Simon Roberts was abroad on business…the boat was back in my garden and I was on my own! All of the tubes are bits of scrap RS800 mast and the forward attachment points are glued to the spaceframe to tranfer the loads into the strongest part of the boat. The white “bog” (epoxy/colloidal silica/microfibres/glass bubbles mix) is visible…this was carefully made good with a dremmel before a few layers of carbon were added. The tubes look like they dissapear into the spaceframe, in fact they were put on a belt sander so at the outer end they are still O in cross section, and at the inner end they are C shaped, with the points of the C being glued to the spaceframe. The joins between the main tubes and the supports were all done by eye with a dremmel, with pieces of wood temporarily screwed to the boat as guides.

Here's the aft end of the boat. The rear supports just go around the sides of the gunwales, again with bogged in place. Strips of unidirectional put the loads down onto the transom and 3 layers of weave keep the whole lot together. Even with me bouncing around on the back end they have stayed in place, even though they look like they should have something from the ends transferring loads down to the rudder gantry.

Above is a view of the completed racks prior to carbon being applied. I was amazed how straight they turned out, exactly parallel everywhere. The wheelie bars droop down by about 10 degrees and turn in a bit, the idea being that it makes it easier to stay attached to the boat whilst wiring from the back. However, in practice the bars tend to catch the stern wave a bit in the marginal planing stuff…looks very impressive with sheets of white water everywhere but perhaps not the most efficient! Note the long tunnel in the middle of the boat. Most of this was to be removed…it used to house the old pole and small kite but was now surplus to requirements…and in the way!

View from the front of the boat prior to paint and progrip…

And afterwards. The ends of the self tacker track are actually surplus bits of balsa cored carbon spreader from the mast! Note also the shorter tunnel and new kick bars running inside the cockpit which also conceal the helm's trapeze elastics.

Spraying the boat

The boat after her first coat of paint. It's actually narrow boat paint, Canary Yellow from Midland Chandlers, Braunston. This is probably going to be the fastest yellow narrow boat paint about! I'd borrowed a barn, a compressor, a couple of guns and crucuially an air-fed mask. Don't start messing around with thinners and sprayguns unless you really want to be off with the faries…

When this picture was taken, I was obviously off with those damn faires. I was working alone and had to turn the boat over and get it on and off it's trolley without scratching it…easier said than done!

The mast stump meant that it was a little tricky to move the boat around, but I supported it on the racks and bowsprit (both masked up) which did the job OK. It was funny, I was used to looking at a boat with this new front end in black tacked on the end…at this point she suddenly seemed to become one whole boat.

And pushed out into the sunshine for the first time. I have to say she looks pretty mean!

Devoid of fittings and progrip, here she is trying her new Redeye sails on for the first time at Draycote Water. The jib needed a slight re-cut as it was a little long in the foot (I'd added the self tacker after Andrew from Redeye had measured the boat) and the main had some fullness taken out of the top.

Gallery

Cheese Before Bedtime

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:32:11 +0000

Cheese Before Bedtime

…gives you crazy dreams!

Cheese Before Bedtime is a Dog design by Simon Roberts, now owned by Tom Jones

New 2005 Sails 29th May 2007

After much research into which sail manufacturer to go with and a great tip-off from Stuart Hopson I decided to go with Pinnell and Bax. Even though they are not well known for Cherub sails they have a lot of experience with the similar International 14 sails. I found most manufactures fairly vague when it came to actually designing the sails to suit my mast and the dimensions of Cheese. What really impressed me with P&B is that I was able to drop Cheese of with them and they designed manufactured and fitted the sails to match the exact shape, foredeck height, mast position, mast bend etc. They have even offered to carry out any slight mods required free or charge should they be necessary! They have designed an interesting leach on the jib to help increase the area, the overlap on the mast is about 130mm (see clew plate and batten on the pics). I sailed with the new set for the first time today and they are brilliant. I am looking forward to some racing to get in idea of the improvement around a course.

Draycote blast March 07

Update 25th February 2007

Sailing at last, Still with 97 rules mail and jib at present.

Update 5th February 2007

Update 15th January 2007

Update 10th January 2007

Update 28th December 2006

Update 18th December 2006

Update 12th December 2006

Update 3rd December 2006

Centreboard casing back in 150mm further back. The bottom kicker fitting will be moved 100mm above the mast step to avoid the bowsprit.

Update 23rd November 2006

Update 12th November 2006

Update 6th November 2006

I have cut the flares off and plan to extend the sides

vertically and beef them up on the top edge. The new floor will meet

the sides so there will be no side tanks. I am then fitting carbon

racks. Can't believe how much lighter Cheese felt once I cut the

side tanks and wings off. The Carbon tubes only weigh 4.8kg and

without the flares the foredeck area is smaller so I am hoping that

Cheese will loose a chunk of weight.

Update November 2006

Having decided that I needed a longer pole so I can set mast rake back to how it was, things escalated rapidly!

Problem 1. Concerned with the unsupported 11-foot pole as it is offset from the snout, also the snout was short by about 100mm and mast is well forward so had no chance of fitting a self tacker with a reasonable size jib.

Solution- just simply fit a new snout with centre pole, no problem!

Problem 2.Retracting the pole so it misses the mast.

Solution- need a pole with lots of taper, no problem!

Problem 3. Can't find a pole tapered enough.

Solution- Make one.

Problem 4. Can't find a suitable mandrel.

Solution- Call in some favours with local engineering companies and have one made.

Problem 5. Find out I could almost buy a new cherub for the same price! (Next time they want some firewood or shavings they can ***!)

Solution- Make one in wood.

Problem 6. It is not possible to turn it in the traditional way because the section is too small for its length so it is too whippy, also is unlikely to stay straight.

Solution- After much head scratching ,glue timber around steel tube-

Make trough and fit mandrel in with it sticking out more at one end than the other.

Run the contraption through a spindle moulder then rotate the mandrel a few degrees and repeat. (all done very late at night to avoid a badly timed visit from Health and Safety)

Bit of sanding and

One mandrel aprox 4.2m long, 30mm dia at the pointy end and 85mm at blunt end. Made so the launch tube can be made on the mandrel as well.

New launch tube and pole in boat.

Problem 7: Just thought whilst I have gone this far a might as well give her a sand back and re-spray but the side tanks were a bit soft. So I cut a hole to have a look. Very damp and de-laminating. before long I was back to a sound hull and floor.

As I have gone this far I am planning to cut the flairs off extend the sides up and fit either racks or wings, not sure yet.

P.S. Class members are welcome to borrow the mandrel.

Update October 2006

Cheese now has been given an RS800 kite and extended mast!!

The new kite makes it a lot more stable twinning downwind and the sheet loads have been reduced.

With the new bigger kite Paul has had to rake the mast back slightly to compensate for the longer luff. As he has done so it has increased the weather helm which makes harder to sail well.

More Changes

Cheese is going to be going under alot more needed improvment, Weds 18th oct- paul has taken his angle grinder to cheese yet again and removed the fordeck and snout to sort cheese out once and forall.

The plan is to redo the fordeck with selftacker and bigger hole for the kite and new snout so she can be converted to a selftacker!!!

Also i think the other plan is to redo the whole colour sceame and generally sort her out into a proper raceing boat!!

Blasting pics from castle cove august 2006

13th November 2005

Paul Croote has radically sorted out Cheese's snout. Good Job!

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2645

Name: Cheese Before Bedtime
Designs: Dog
Builder: Simon Roberts, rebuilt by Paul Croote
Construction: Carbon/Kevlar
Location: Draycote SC

Madge

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:31:51 +0000

Madge

2646 had a major update during 2011-2015 where Nick Pratt updated her to be a 97 rules championship winner (2014).

After completing the build of green bananas he sold the boat to me, ready for race Madge for another season, where we managed to compete in most events of the year to some extent including winning the 2016 national champs (97 cat).

Winter of 2016 will see Madge have some improvements and strengthening ready for another season of abuse.

November 2011

This has now been bought by Nick Pratt. We have plans to get this boat sailing again next year. Photos of the refit to follow.

Photo's below are it's current state coming out of Graham's barn.

Pre 2011

Madge “The Badge” Allsop has been rescued from deepest South Wales and dragged back to Brightlingsea on the Essex coast to be Paul Smith's next restoration project in an attempt to recapture the past and restotre a six Cherub fleet to the club not seen since 1985.

Another of the original fleet helms has been lined up to ditch his RS400 a rekindle his teenage romance.

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2646

Name: Madge
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Unknown
Construction: Glass/Foam
Location: Havant

Fubar

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:31:43 +0000

Fubar

This grey Bistro won the nationals in 1996 with co-builder,owner and pilot Graham Dickenson at the helm.

Now in South Wales (Neyland)

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2647

Name: Fubar
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Biffa Boats main structure - Graham Dickenson foils & finished
Construction: Foam/E-glass/Carbon reinforced
Location: Neyland, South Wales

Comfortably Numb

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:35:11 +0000

Comfortably Numb

2648, formerly Mental Oriental.

Numb is currently living in scotland at Helensburgh SC after nearly 2 years in the garage and a serious facelift at the hands of Ben Howett She has a website:ComfortablyNumb.co.nr to save cluttering up this page with an unloadable amount of pictures showing the rebuild but I will add a summary of the work here in the next few days.

2648

Name: Comfortably Numb
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Unknown
Construction: Glass/Foam with Carbon. Converted to 97.
Location: Netley SC

Dangerous Strawberry

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Dangerous Strawberry

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2649

Name: Dangerous Strawberry
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Ian Praine
Construction: Converted to 97 with occasional big kite
Location: Monaco

King Tubby

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King Tubby

2650

Name: King Tubby
Designs: Paterson 6
Builder: Andy Paterson Bloodaxe
Construction: Glass/Ply/Carbon/kevlar
Location: Nottingham

Strangely Brown

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Strangely Brown

2651

Name: Strangely Brown
Designs: Dog
Builder:
Construction: Converted to 97 rules
Location: Monaco

The Flying Trifle

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:32:12 +0000

The Flying Trifle

This boat (latterly known as “Oops (Again!)”) is the first of the trifle designs. This boat benefits from “turbo chines”, rumoured to have been created by some nutter getting medieval with rear end with a chainsaw!

The owners have been John Lobb / Martin Harrison, Daryl Wilkinson who sold it to Neil Cardno and now Roland Trim, bought her about four hours after the boat was put up for sale. Is this a record? This boat is somewhere in the flat-lands and hopefully we will hear more from her shortly.

The boat had a fair bit of modernisation with the Trims, including:

Added a tin mast.
Adapted an RS600 carbon mast to fit.
Made the boat a bit softer on by alterations to save our knees.
Removed the mainsheet post and obstructive castle.
Made a set of sails (these were totalled by flying teenagers).
Added a snout.
Made a 3.5m pole.
Added the “baby” - an RS800 kite with added grin factor.
Added a 12ft skiff white sail set to bring her to roughly 05 rules.

Photo of the boat with John Lobb / Martin Harrison original paint job:

Photo of the boat with previous owners “Team Scotland”:

2652

Name: The Flying Trifle
Design Flying Trifle (Chris Stimpson)
Builder: John Lobb / Martin Harrison 1992
Construction: Carbon/Kevlar/GrippyRubber/Foam Sandwich. Bloodaxe foils.
Location: Monaco

Norfolk In Chance

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:34:28 +0000

Norfolk In Chance

This boat is a Flying Trifle design, and had a distinctive leopardskin colourscheme. This boat was originally called 'Does Your Mother Know', then called 'Hong Wang Paow' and now 'Norfolk In Chance'. She is now owned by Abi Riley

Update July 2012

After several years in several back gardens the Trifle has resurfaced and will be back on the water soon. Paint needs some TLC and there was a very very random collection of rigging. She is a boat ready to be sailed!

Update Nov 2007

Some old photos of this boat have recently resurfaced. Many thanks Patrick Cunningham:

2654

Name: Norfolk In Chance
Designs: Trifle mod
Builder: Patrick Cunningham and Mark Saunders in 1992 during GCSE study leave.
Construction: Carbon Kevlar hull and Kevlar decking
Location: Draycote Water

Monkey Magic

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:47:39 +0000

Monkey Magic

This Bistro is owned by Ewan Harris and lives in Essex. “Its Meetoo” moved into Ben Brown's garden in January 2006 and quickly became “Monkey Magic” before moving into the garage for conversion to 97/05 rules.

Ewan purchased Billy Woods Fyfe/C-tech rig in late 2005. During the winter, the plan is to remove the impressive aluminium space frame, grow a snout and add few other sexy things including an self tacking jib. Keep watching!

15th April 2007

Ancient History

Before 1.

Before 2.

Before 3.

Oh look at all those hatch covers!!!

During 1.

Note the new midline launch tube, lack of flare in front of the shrouds, new 'batswing' mini foredeck and absence of the alyy spaceframe. And the really really big hatch cover!!

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2655

Name: Monkey Magic
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Andy Paterson
Construction: Glass and Foam
Location: Bournemouth/Monaco

Therapy

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:29:31 +0000

Therapy

This boat has quite an amazing story: Built by Simon Roberts with Andy and Kate Horton for them. Simon designed the boat to be a better mannered boat than his previous Dog design.

This boat is now with Mark Grant in Weymouth/London, and underwent a really beautiful transformation in early 05 resulting in the boat winning the 'most beautiful boat' award at the 2005 nationals.

In early 2006 the blood is really running: A new set of sails from Barford Sails in Weymouth will take this boat to full 2005 rules spec: Monsta!

At the 2001 Nationals

The 2005 refit.

Looking great!

A prizewinner!

2656

Name: Therapy (Formerly Domino)
Designs: Platypus
Builder: Simon Roberts and Andy Horton
Construction: Carbon glass and foam
Location: Weymouth

Slippery When Wet

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:34:16 +0000

Slippery When Wet

This boat, a Simon Roberts Dog, is owned by Phil Kirk and Sarah Gregson. With a few jobs to do before it is ready to hit the water and being new to cherubs this pair have their work cut out. The main focus is on the hull and foils which must be good if the boat is going to be fast. These parts are also going to be seen by the rest of the fleet as Phil and Sarah expect to be swimming a lot ( at least this year anyway). The aim is to get the boat ready for this year's nationals and hopefully a bit of practice beforehand.

Back on the Water

There is nothing like a deadline to get the boat building completed. We had decided to enter Chew Valley SC.'s frostbite series so that we could get some time on the water and sail against Pocket Rocket or Cheese Before Bedtime.

This was the chance to test out all the mods completed since the inlands. The good news is that they appeared to work. The new curved chute did not jam up as the old one did on leward drops. We had also rigged the retrieval line on the inside (Starbord side) of the kite which may have helped too.

The new longer pole, which we built at the sticky weekend, made gybing a dream. The only concern was with the amount the outboard end bent in the relatively light winds but this can be improved with a few extra layers.

The modified bow/snout structure held but hasn't been properly load tested yet.

We had one or two jams on drops when the kite sheets tangled with the pole thanks to the new sheet take up system. This has been re-rigged.

We are just going to enjoy some sailing for a bit but a T foil is on the cards when we have finnished fitting a new kitchen. We would like to try a bigger kite but the mast needs extending first.

The wind wasn't strong enough to test the wheelie bars!

Week two at Chew was spent sitting in the club house wainting for the 30-50 knot winds to subside.

New Chute in

All the bits were cut and dry fitted on Friday evening. These were then glued in on Saturday morning and then 2 layers of glass were added on Sunday Afternoon. The result.

You can just see the wheeli' bars on the back of the boat and see the additional support to the snout on the bow. Everthing needs tidying up now and fairing before a re-paint. I must work out where th

new pole fitings and lines are going!

Some progress

I made progress made glassing the wheelie bars before Tim U made a guest appearance with his new rudder blade and some epoxy foam. After filling the rudder blade which appeared to have a Tardis like interior and required a top up we agreed it was so much fun that we would fill Slippery's new chute aswell.

Saturday evening was spent trying to cut the starboard side of the snout tube away infront of the bulkhead. This took some three hours mostly because I couldn't see what I was doing with the dremmel, hacksaw blade, sandpaper (in fact anything to hand) and had to keep stopping to take a look. A few cuts and carbon slinters later the job was done. The tube is still supported by over half a bulkhead and now on three sides by other internal structure but I will probably add more support to the snout on the outside of the hull. While cutting carbon in tight spaces was tricky bonding the additional structure in a space that you can't see and can barely reach is impossible. I just hope I put enough bog on it and that it stayed in place as everything cured.

The important thing is that I can now retract a longer pole past the mast.

Post Corus Improvements

It became obvious that even with a 97 rules kite that our pole was to short. A new one was designed to use a byte C2 top mast as a mandrell. The spreadsheet put together to show that the pole would retract past the mast gave hope however a glitch in the calcs was found. The remaining clearance would be 8-9mm not 40-50mm as first thought. A bit close but possible if we build the pole acurately. The spreadsheet also said that we had to reduce the length of the snout tube inside the boat. This only needs to be done on one side and additional supports will be added.

We were also aware that our chute was the wrong shape. On many ocasions we had droped the kite on port tack only to find it impossible to retreive it around the tight radius of the outboard corner. A new chute had been made around a bycicle inner tube and awaits integration.

We also found that we couldn't get far enough from the bow when the down wind sailing got scary. The deck flairs have been extended by 300mm to allow us to get our weight over the rudder. This will get a T foil added to it shortly.

So while the crew enjoys herself at a freind's wedding Slippery's helm will be in the garage getting covered in dust and epoxy.

The Finished Article

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Making a Spinnaker Sock

Trying to keep the DIY spirit alive whilst trying to cope with a odd shaped shute meant it was easier to make our own Spinny Sock than make another classes one fit. A bespoke sock as sported by 'Cheese'was also not an option because I had other jobs to do on the boat.

I did copy the job that Bristol sails did for 'Cheese'using the same material and edging tape. The best stuff to make the sock from is trampoline mesh. I got mine from 'Pennine outdoor'and over ordered buying 3.5m. (1.8m width) 3m would have sufficed but hindsight is a valuable commodity. The sock is made from 4 pannels of cloth with a seam at each corner. The seam is on the outside to avoid snagging the kite. Each seam was glued to gether with a contact adhesive before being stitched with Sarah's (ex her gran's) really old sewing machine. You almost need lessons to rig one of these.

The centrefold edging tape provides a neat finish and stopps the crew getting snagged. (additional, unneccssary weight then).

I then attached the sock to the underside of the fore deck with velcro and a few choice screws.

The boat looks like a boat now.

See you at the nationals

Paint On!

After a yacht race two weeks ago to Deauvile (Framce) there hadn't been as much progres on Slippery as I would wish. We finished the return trip in 45 knots with just the storm jib up and still making 7 knots. However last week a bit of leave combined with School half term (Sarah's a teacher) enabled the final sanding and primmer coat to be completed. Prior to the painting the boat weighed 50kg's. After this weekend's light wind yacht race from Cowes to the Eddystone lighthouse and back without much sleep I was determined to get a top coat on the floor and decks. I finaly put the roller down at 11pm last night knowing that some bits might need a second coat but never the less it looks much better. Although I used half a kg of paint, by the smell in the garage I knew that all the thinners had evaporated and much of the paint had been soaked up by the roller's. Surely the boat couldn't be that much heavier!

Now it's finish of painting the decks, paint the foils and rudder stock add the few fittings, sort out the rig and then go sailing.

I know the nationals are getting close and we have a bit to do but we are hoping to be there still weather we have practiced or not.

Second top coat went on tuesday and pro grippy stuff has been ordered. Can i convince my Dad to help put some fittings on this weekend on his rest day from Cycling from Lands End to John o'Groats?

Structural Bits Complete

Tim Ummerman visited to see our progress on Saturday morning and helped with a few fitting layout issues. and further ideas for getting a full length pole in. He also suggested that we should fit kick bars to help us get to grip with this mean machine. By 5pm I had made, bonded and glassed two kick bars in.

After Sarah and I sailed an open together in the Enterprise (just working on our team work) which we won comfortably we set to with the final sanding and filling. I noticed that the old jib cleat supports would not be used and felt that we could remove a few more grams. Out came the grinder and within a few minutes we had found the original glass surface.

We just have some wet sanding to do before applying the 1st coat of paint to the floor, decks, foils and rudderstock.

I'm not doing anything structural now until after the nationals.

I'm now interested to see how much she weighs so i'm off to buy some scales.

Any advice on layup's for long poles would be appreciated. A future project which could be achieved quickly and get us big kite sailing through the winter.

Cherub or ARC?

Things have been progressing slowly with sailing getting in the way of the boat work. With the rain falling heavily outside I was wondering if an ARC would be a better long term project but couldn't find Noah's website let alone the ARC class rules. Over the weekend I made a foam carbon structure for attaching the self tacker track to and bonded the rudder stock together. See pictures. I was realy pleased that the stock pivoted smoothly and that the tiller missed everything as planned. Thanks for the advice Will! No I haven't cut the rudder pin to size yet. I need to finish the fillets on the stock and overlay the joints with carbon before trimming the sleave down to size. You will notice that I have used a small carbon tube for the pivot through the tiller and to spread the loads of the rudder pin into the gantry. Hopefully this will reduce any local stress concentrations. i am now into thinking about where all the fittings go and sanding the topside smooth for painting.

A Nice Blue Job

Over the last few days we have wet and dried the hull between coats each time finding new imperpfections that need attention. half of the initial primer coat was sanded off in this process so we put a second thinner coat on to cover the bare glass. On Saturday after a hard days sailing in our other boats we carefully mixed and applied a top coat. We left the heater on in the garage overnight to keep the temperature up. In the morning it was great to see the new blue paint job. It wasn't perfect and there were a few drips. A moth (insect kind) had also decided to inspect our handiwork and got too close and become part of the boat.

After a second days sailing where Sarah in her Byte C2 managed to beat me (grrr) I wet sanded the hull again in preperation for the final coat. The hull is fairer still and I am determined to spread this coat thinner still to avoid the drips. Any moths be warned the boat is already part boat and part animal.

I'm not looking forward to attacking the decks although I hope there will be less filling and sanding involved.

Easter Fun

After completing 2 offshore yacht races on the Easter weekend catching up with the Cherub sailors at Weston it was time to get back to work on the boat.

Over the next two days we:

filled and faired the hull

faired and Sheathed the rudder blade

faired and sheathed the centreboard

made sleave for the new rudder stock and nearly couldn't get it off rudder blade

On Tuesday 17th I got the first coat of paint on the undeside of the hull.

What a difference that makes. it now looks like a boat.

Jobs to do:

Complete painting underside

make new trolley cradle

Sand fill and fair decks

integrate self taker

Paint decks

Put rudder stock together and attach mounting plates to transom.

make modest T foil and fit to rudder.

coat mast and remove rough bits.

Add kicker point to boom.

make spinnaker sock

Add fittings

go sailing!

I'm glad that last line has appeared on the jobs list

31st March - 1st April Sanding for Britain

More progress was made on the weekend and the jobs list is seeing more things being ticked off.

The rudder blade was long boarded and fairing starts before the final layer of carbon can be added.

Progess was made in the week on the centreboard so after some longboarding and some fairing, it was looking nearly there.

Tim came over to repair Pocket Rocket's boom and was bombarded with questions while he was there. He commented that the tip of my board looked wrong so the jigsaw came out to rectify the issue. A little work work with the plane and sander will now be needed to shape the now blunt leading edge.

Sarah got stuck in to removing all the excess resin from the bow from the previous snout and foredeck mod. Some was 6mm thick.

We finished fairing the inside of the spinnaker chute and applied a layer of glass.

I had removed the worst of the damp wood in the stem in the week and the area had now dried out. The void was filled and is ready for sanding.

On tuesday evening we will be making a tiller. Anyone wish to bet on weather it will come off the mandrell?

24th- 25th March Slippery and Sticky

Slippery When Wet is slowly developing into a seaworthy craft however every time we look at a new part of the boat we find something else that needs fixing.

Over the weekend we finished shaping the rudder blade and laminated on the UD cloths. I can't wait to put the final cloth on but there will be a bit more sanding and fairing to do first.

The foredeck gunnel cracks have been filled, faired and a bit of glass laminated over the worse port side.

A small fillet was added on the inside of the deck hull join to stabilise the joints. The fillet was previously mising in places allowing the deck to hinge at the hull deck joint cracking the glas laminate there.

This was helped by hanging the hull from the garage roof and turning it so the fillets could be dripped into the narrow join.

When the hull was upside down i was also able to fair the inside of the chute opening.

Sarah spotted some rot in the timber at the base of the stem and some locaised damage from the trolley cradle.

I've also started re profiling the centreboard although it doesn't need as much work as the rudder did.

Now starts a period of sanding. Before I can hopefully get some paint on her.

Easter Update

Paul has been a busy easter bunny.

another pic of mast extension

centreboard casing mods

inside the cockpit after turret removal

mast extension ready to be attached

new bow launch tube in position

new structure

overview of bow

Before

The pics below are “before” pics.

2657

Name: Slippery When Wet
Designs: Dog
Builder: Simon Roberts
Construction: Carbon glass and foam
Location: Bristol

Lost In Space

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:28:51 +0000

Lost In Space

This boat was designed and built by Duncan Barr in offcut nomex and carbon. The design ruthlessly exploited the five-foot back rise of floor rule in force at the time by having a rounded national 12 type shape from the bow the the shrouds which then turns into a concave Slug like shape towards the stern.

Tim Unerman partially upgraded the boat to 2005 rules. The new 2007 owners John and Margaret Brookes are looking forward to the thrills and spills of their first Cherub.

This is a boatbreaker using no blocks, just a bit of aluminium tube and wire. The highest tension achieved in testing was 700lbs (320kg). (I'm glad this boat is made of nomex!)

Here it is in the 'on' position.

Foil measurements on 29/6/6

Board = 1400mm x 330mm

Rudder = 1080mm x 230mm

Probably a NACA 0010 section.

2658

Name: Lost In Space
Designs: Barr 1
Builder: Duncan Barr
Construction: Carbon and nomex
Location: Team Scotland HQ

The Flying Kipper

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:28:45 +0000

The Flying Kipper

This boat is a Dog designed by Simon Roberts and built by him and Richard Butler in 1993

She was brought up to date in the hull department by Richard in 2004, and was bought by Tom Kiddle in late 2004 who sold it to Matthew Kiddle in 2007 who sold it to Phil Alderson in 2008 Phil added a Carbon Mast and sailed it in 97 rules configuration, sometimes with a larger spinnaker.

These boats, very flat in the rockerline and narrow on the chine due to rise-of-floor-dodging double chines, are still very quick in the right hands.

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2659

Name: The Flying Kipper
Designs: Dog
Builder: Simon Roberts / Richard Butler
Construction: Glass carbon and foam
Location: Largs

The Pasta Frenzy

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The Pasta Frenzy

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2660

Name: The Pasta Frenzy
Designs: Pasta Frenzy Mod
Builder: Dave Roe
Construction: Glass Foam hull
Location: Winchester

Eva Dexoff

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:31:07 +0000

Eva Dexoff

Eva is a 97' rules Bistro with an added snout bringing her closer to 05' rules.

Originally owned by Ken Appleby, then Mark James and Sarah Armstrong after him.

Then sailed by Andrew W, while being owned by Jason LM. At this time she was based at Hawley Lake, Surrey(Winter only!) /Marchwood YC, Southampton.

After this she was sold on to Andy H based in Devon, where she was repainted to match Andy's other cherub Wreck N Effect and gained a carbon rig and bigger sails. She was renamed Eva Dexoff with this renovation. During this time she was sailed from Sidmouth SC against scorpions amongst other dinghies.

Her next move was to her current home in the south west wales town of Tenby.

During the winter of 2016 / 2017 she underwent a full makeover with new paint, ropes, spinnaker, progrip, trolley, rudder stock and tfoil.

The 2017 season has seen her sailed in the weekend and midweek series at TSC on a regular basis.

2661

Name: Eva Dexoff ex This Way Up
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Ken Appleby
Construction: Converted to 97
Location: Monaco

Fizzy Shark

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Fizzy Shark

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2662

Name: Fizzy Shark
Designs: Pasta Frenzy
Builder: Tim Dean
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Location:

Sweet Dreams

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:33:54 +0000

Sweet Dreams

Bought by Matt Harris in late May, is currently at '05 rules with twin wires, Hydes main, Fyfes Jib and monster RS800 Kite. All thats left to finish the '05 upgrade is a snazzy pain job and jobs a good-un!

Bassenthwaite - '09 August Bank Holiday Weekend

First time out this year, full weekends sailing in force 5-6, only breakages 1 crews knee, one tiller extension and the 20 mph barrier. Absolutely stunning weekends sailing, brilliant fun. Going past hiking boats like they were still was ace only beaten by the looks on peoples faces .

Thornbury - '08

Not as much wind as two fat boys could have hoped for but first time out with the new sail plan and managed to not come last in a race too!! Properly loving that kite.

Sweet Dreams

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2663

Name: Sweet Dreams
Designs: Death By Chocolate
Builder: Martin Harrison
Construction: Kevlar, Carbon & Foam
Location: Southport (North West)

The Spanish Inquisition

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:58:17 +0000

The Spanish Inquisition

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2664

Name: The Spanish Inquisition AKA Spanish
Designs: Pasta Frenzy
Builder: Dan Taylor
Construction: Epoxy, Glass,and Local Carbon
Location: Alton Water SC

Pastatoide

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:28:01 +0000

Pastatoide

This boat was built as Pistrix by Robin Russell in 1996 from glass sandwich and carbon. She is a Pasta Frenzy design. She was converted to 1997 rules by the builder himself then owned by Joe Snawdon.

In 2004 the boat was sold to Ghislain Devouthon and Laurent Thouvenin, who live in France. The name was then changed to 'Pastatoïde', which roughly means 'Pasta-oid' (shaped like pasta).

Pastatoïde phoenix project

At the moment the boat is refurbished in order to fully upgrade her to 2005 rules. The aim is also to give her a nice artwork after checking the underside.

First step

Attila's sack

After a few hours rubbing down

Laurent's cruel smile

Always Laurent working !!! 10 hours later we have a nice bare hull.

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2666

Name: Pastatoide
Designs: Pasta Frenzy
Builder: Robin Russell
Construction: Glass foam/Reinforced carbon
Location: Toulon (FRANCE)

Sports Cherub

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:57:07 +0000

Sports Cherub

http://www.cherub.org.au/aboutpdf/Cherub%20Australian%20Sailing%20Nov%201995.pdf and

http://www.cherub.org.au/aboutpdf/Cherub%20Aust%20Nationals%2095-96%20and%20World%20Championships%201996.pdf

2667

Name: Sports Cherub
Design: Sports Cherub
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

Catananche

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:50:50 +0000

Catananche

Catananche – The Refurb.

Catananche is now based back on Mersea Island in Essex, not far from where her designer and builder still resides. The boat was an emotional purchase by an ex Cherubist (me) who was a wide-eyed 20 something at the time of her build – the dream of owning such a great ship now finally a reality…

BEFORE

Catananche was purchased by Andy Webb of AW Sailboats to bolster the then burgeoning fleet at Harwich SC. A few years later in 2022, with unfortunately a million too many things on his plate, he reluctantly decided to part with her in the interest of getting her back up and running, and sold her to me. Being blessed with no skills beyond the destructive, I immediately commissioned Andy to do a full refurb, with me doing the occasional bit of grinding under strict supervision.

Having spoken to her designer Simon Clifton, we opted to stick with his original plan to keep her in upgraded 97 rules format and go no further than that. Over the years she had acquired a self-tacker that was no longer operable, along with a bow snout – so the tacker was discarded but the snout maintained. For now we are using the sail plan in its originally intended form – when rules changed in 1997 Simon put all the extra permitted area into the main – the jib currently flies from its original bow position though in time we want to bring this forward. No gunwhales were extended at any point but with our weight on board there’s no worries there.

Changes made during the refurb include chopping out the 90s mainsheet post in favour of off-the-boom sheeting with a transom bridle, and a new interior layout that’s as clean as possible, taking some inspiration from the current crop of Australian boats. The pole launch / kite hoist is now a one-piece system that I think most people are using these days.

AFTER

Sadly the original foils have been lost to time so the replacements are slightly cobbled together, heavier and sturdier affairs. Probably for the best though given my previous tendency to explode rudders with monotonous regularity. All spars have been completely refurbed and a nice new paint job to reflect the new era. It’s been such a great experience to see this boat brought back to life by Andy’s skills.

Current gear list looks like this: Sails: 91 and 97 rules suits. Parker & Kay (remember them?) / Speed Sails. Foils: Wood / carbon centreboard (Bloodaxe). Rudder off a 49er (yes this is too big). Spars: All carbon – Claridge Mast, Boom provenance unknown.

For now she’ll be doing the occasional club race on Mersea Island, and we hope to make it to a couple of class events. If any Cherubists from the mid 90s / early noughties are still about and have a boat in the garage – please come and join in!

Stafford

March 2023

From June 2006, Catacananche is sailing from Weston Sailing Club in Southampton by Matt And Paula Burrows. She is back home after long cold years in the north being looked after by Andy Easton.

Still awaiting upgrade from pre 97 rules principly because Catananche doesn't break and therefore hasn't needed time in the garage.

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2669

Name: Catananche
Design: Hard On
Builder: Simon Clifton
Construction: Glass and foam with localised carbon
Location: Weston

Dangerous Beans

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:27:02 +0000

Dangerous Beans

Built by Robin Russell in 1998 when she was known as The Green Slug, Dangerous Beans is a previous nationals winning boat with Robin Russell and Will Lee sailing her to victory in 2001. This boat was built on a male mould. It is constructed from 80kg/m³ foam with a 200g/m² 2×2 carbon twill either side. The bottom and decks also have a layer of 200g/m² E glass for added impact resistance.

The twin wire option and 2005 rules rig were prototyped on this boat in 2004.It is the 'grandfather' of the modern Cherub. It has Fyfe sails and C-Tech spars.

The boat has been sailed all year round since 2003 and is down to weight (with correctors). Whilst others have broken their RS800s, 29ers ets at Stokes, Dangerous Beans is still going strong and has been a totally hassle free boat. It is testimony that a properly built lightweight skiff can outlast (and outperform) production SMODS.

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<html><center>Robin Russell and Will Lee</center></html>

<html><center>Green Slug on the beach</center></html>

<html><center>At the Weymouth 2004 Nationals trialing the '05 rules rig.</center></html>

<html><center>Blasting at Stokes</center></html>

<html><center>In early 2007 Beans was bought by Tom Kiddle. This is a shot of him and brother Matthew coming in after their first sail.</center></html>

<html><center>In the boat park at Stokes Bay SC.</center></html>

2673

Name: Dangerous Beans
Designs: Slug
Builder: Robin Russell
Construction: 1998
Location: Weston/Covenham

Born Slippy

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Born Slippy

Some recent video from Chew valley.

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The pictures below show the Trim's first sail in Born Slippy - November 17th 2007. Thanks to the lovely rescue crew at Draycote for the photos, these confirm that Roland needs to learn to hike and “close the barn door” with the kicker.

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2674

Name: Born Slippy
Designs: Slug
Designer: Simon Roberts
Builder: Robin Russell
Construction: Carbon / Foam Sandwich 1998
Location: Monaco
Rig: Superspars Carbon / Batt

Fuzzy Logic

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Fuzzy Logic

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2675

Name: Fuzzy Logic
Designs: Velocipede
Builder: Jonathan Garfitt
Construction: 1997
Location:

Shiny Beast

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:29:15 +0000

Shiny Beast

The first and most successful Paterson 7. Built and owned first by Andy Patterson, Dave Ching, Paul Clemments, Jamie Pearson aand now Hayden Mills

Sails currently are a Dynamic main sail with a spare, low wind main from Rowsell. One Dynamic jib as a spare only, t hree homebrewed jibs, one white (light to medium breeze) and one black (windy weather) one yellow (as yet untested)

Now supporting a turbo foil from Bethnal Green marine with a self build worm screw mechanism.

2015 2015: Sheppey Open Cherub, 1st place

Weston open - 6th

Lord birkett - 1st Cherub

9th in the 2015 Nationals mumbles issuing two races due to a broken rudder.

2016 Major upgrades being: July, Jib track backing plate to allow stopper pins to be used. December, after a trip to the isle of wight, Shiny came back with a LONG board and a new case to suit, as well as a infill plate to resort to the shot board.

8th at 2016 nationals, Missed too many races to silly things happening (gudgeon bush fell out kite launch block fell out.)

2017: With the new board and a few new mains (again, thank you Mr Trim) the new season looks bright for one of the oldest cherubs still doing the circuit. Jamie has a project boom on the way. More to follow.

2676

Name: Shiny Beast
Designs: Paterson 7
Builder: Bloodaxe
Construction: Foam Carbon hull , 1999
Location: Draycote Water Sailing Club
Owner: Jamie Pearson.

Squid Pro Quo

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:30:35 +0000

Squid Pro Quo

Squid Pro Quo is a Squid, designed and built by Mike Rolf in 1999

The hull is mostly glass over divinycell, with ud carbon reinforcements to take the rig loads, and a carbon transom.

New Owners

by John Hackett

Squid Pro Quo was bought from Mike Rolf by John Hackett and Robert Kennaugh in October 2005. Many thanks to Andy Lang for giving the squid a peggy back down to plymouth after the Draycote open.

Two cherubs, fours cherubers and far too much gear showing you dont need racing suspension to lower a civic.

The Mods

by John Hackett

After several altercations between the mainsheet post and and various parts of my anatomy it was decided it had to go. How do you remove a carbon mainsheet post in the dark without a power supply?

With a generator, an angle grinder and some headlights of course!

Twin Trapezes beckoned so kick bars were definitely on the cards. So over easter 2006 we went about our first major mod.

We started with some glass tubing and then covered it in kevlar for added strength and shock absorption. We then made some foam/carbon supports before filleting them to the deck. We then glued the bars in place, which were curved, partly due to the shape of the boat and partly due to the fact that it should give them added strength and stiffness as they are under tension. Surprisingly when we unclamped them in the morning they didn't spring off in a dramatic fashion and actually seemed quite sturdy (ah the wonders of epoxy). After a couple more layers of carbon, they were ready to be faired and painted.

Foam/carbon support filleted onto deck.

Kick bars glued in place with first layer of carbon on.

Next up, wheelie bars and a new paint job…

2677

Name: Squid Pro Quo
Designs: Squid
Builder: Mike Rolf
Construction: Glass/foam with carbon transom and carbon reinforcements
Location: Monaco
Owners: Roland Trim

Little Red Number

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:25:56 +0000

Little Red Number

Built in collaboration with Bloodaxe Boats as one of a pair, the other being 'Shiny Beast'. Un-used since nationals July 2004. Currently having “midlife upgrade” including mods for 2005 rules :

New internal and external structure to have solid lowers, stump and gnav.
Snout, forecedeck and jib track mods to have a longer footed jib.
New stern and gantry mod for T-foil.
Old mainsheet post and supporting structure has been removed.
New lighter and longer tapered pole retracting to back of centreboard case.
New sails from FYFE to same design as Atum Bomb.

Left to do : LOADS of sanding prior to new paint job in “Jessica Rabbit” red. Maybe move the cboard casing, to allow for the bigger jib. Stick the spreaders on the mast. Make a t-foil…..

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2678

Name: Little Red Number
Designs: Paterson 7
Builder: Patrick Cunningham
Construction: Foam Carbon hull Patrick Cunningham & Bloodaxe. Launched Sept 2000
Location: Isle of Wight (In garage being updated to 2005 rules.)

Nautilus Pompilius

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Nautilus Pompilius

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2680

Name: Nautilus Pompilius
Designs: Slug
Builder: Robin Russell / Simon Roberts
Construction: Carbon + foam. Vacuum bagged
Location: Southampton

AquaMarina

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:25:45 +0000

AquaMarina

The Beginning

In the beginning, AquaMarina was owned by Phil Alderson

AquaMarina is a Paterson 7 design and was launched in 2001. The outside shell was built by Bloodaxe boats in foam carbon construction vacuum bagged over a male mould. I then took the boat Up to Aberdeen and put in the false floor, bulkheads and fore deck all built in foam carbon but not vacuum bagged. The boat currently has 4Kg of correctors to bring it up to the minimum weight of 50Kg. The boat is built slightly differently from the rest of the P7's in that it has tubular wings with a gap between the hull and the wing. This was done to save a bit of weight and reduce the wave drag by eliminating the flares. They have the advantage of being easy to trapeze from and give you a half trapeze position from the inner gunwale which is particularly useful downwind. They also let you climb into the boat from between the wings.

The centreboard is from Bloodaxe and there are two rudders both home built in foam carbon one standard dagger rudder and one T-foil rudder similar to that used on the International 14's

The boat has a CST twin spreader carbon mast the upper shrouds are adjustable on the water for power control with a carbon Kevlar boom and Carbon spinnaker pole. The only other rig controls that are adjustable on the water are the Down haul which is lead out to the front of the wings on each side and the kicking strap which is lead to a swivel cleat in the centre of the boat with the control line dead ended onto the mainsheet. The standing rigging is all set with pins and the rig tension is set on the shore with a boat breaker.

The sails are from RMW marine and were bought just before the nationals in 2004 they are built to the 12.5sqm rule and have not been heavily used. There is also an older set from Batt sails which have seen quite a lot of use. The Jib is self tacking and the main has a large roach and square top for more power. There is also a galvanized steel road trailer with launching trolley and a top cover.

The Patterson 7 design has been quite successful with 4 National Wins for Andy Patterson and a P7 123 at the 2004 nationals in Weymouth It is especially quick in light winds compared to other cherubs.

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For more of an idea of quite how much fun this boat can be then have a look at some short videos

Aqua Madness 1.1Mb Quicktime 1.1Mb Courtesy of UK Cherub Class Association
Dalgety Bay1 Windows Media player ©Dick Alderson 2003
Dalgety Bay2 Windows Media Player ©Dick Alderson 2003

The London Time

Lucy Lee and Will Lee bought Aquamarina in April 2005, and took advantage of the fantastic rig, winged rudder and general well sorted outness of the boat to sail pretty hard in twin wire mode. After coming 4th, and first 97 rules boat, at the 2005 Nationals in New Quay, Wales, they sold the boat to Andy Lang on the last day!

The Netley and Plymouth Time

Once the boat was in Andy Lang's hands, she got a lot of sailing in in Netley and then in Plymouth, as that is where Andy studies.

Going home from New Quay

Aquas new Kite

Aqua has now been treated to a 21sqm RS800 kite. The pole has been lengthened to 10ft to accomodate this beast! So now hopefully she will be quick downwind as well as upwind.

The kite is now fully mast head, and the poles been stiffened by laying some beefy Uni-D carbon along it & then a layer of 45/45 twill carbon with a half overlap around the pole. Ive cut out a chunk of the bulkhead to allow the pole to retract fully, & sanded a bit out of the snout.

lengthened & Uni-d ready

Cutting wheelie bars (600mm extension)

Gallery

2681

Name: AquaMarina
Designs: Paterson 7(Tubular)
Builder: Bloodaxe / Phil Alderson
Construction: Foam Carbon hull from Bloodaxe Boats finished off with separate tubular wings and no flares
Location: Destroyed by fire in a garage in France

Mango Jam

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:24:58 +0000

Mango Jam

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2682

Name: Mango Jam
Designs: Butt Plug
Builder: Gav Sims
Construction: Foam Carbon Converted to 2005 rules
Location: Toulon (FRANCE)

New life

Here is some pictures of Mango Jam travel to France and first try with Fred T. (brother of Laurent T. Pastatoide owner) and Ghislain D.

Pocket Rocket

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:24:27 +0000

Pocket Rocket

This boat is an Appleby 1 designed by Ken Appleby.

The below are all the images we have on this boat.

Draycote blast March 07

2683

Name: Pocket Rocket
Designs: Appleby 1
Builder: Ken Appleby
Construction: Glass/Carbon/Kevlar - Vacuum bagged over CoreCell
Location: Monaco

Hungry Beast

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:24:20 +0000

Hungry Beast

This boat is the 3rd of the Paterson 7's. This one is in Maryland, USA and was built by Skip Kovaks.

2684

Name: Hungry Beast
Designs: Paterson 7a
Builder: Skip Kovaks
Construction: Carbon + foam. Vacuum Bagged
Location: Maryland, USA

Loco Perro

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:24:15 +0000

Loco Perro

'Yo no soy un numero!'

'I am not a number'

Loco Perro is Spanish for Mad Dog

Thanks to Tom Gruitt for the photos: www.tom-gruitt.photoshelter.com

July 2013

At last the Nationals are nearly upon us. We are lacking in practice but are raring to go. We had a good Weymouth Regatta despite Sam being in Viet Nam - thanks for Tom stepping in and also spotting some rigging issues etc

We doubt if we will be competitive but we have set up 2 video cameras in order to pick up some on the water action and will post the edited videos. Hopefully there should be some crowded starts and downhill sleigh rides to catch.

Loco at the Inlands 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbJ5bpCsl9U&feature=plcp

November 2012 and I am reflecting on my first season back in Cherubs for 25 years. The boats have changed…they are even better…the feeling as that big kite fills…(eyes become fixed into the distance, loses his train of thought and breaks into a smile)….

To anyone considering Cherubs but put off by twin wiring or the boats' reputation - don't worry, get in there. Single wire at first downwind, upwind it's not really an issue.

A rough Nationals and illness meant we didn't get going until the Autumn. Loco is pretty sorted now and has the ability (if we have) to snap at the heels of the E5/6s and Banshees. Current plan is to update the foils which is where extra performance may lie.

March 2012 Loco Perro has moved from the beautiful south to sunny Bournville, within shouting distance of the chocolate factory (and Cadbury World) - so if you fancy putting on a few pounds come and see us.

She is now in the care of the Modern clan, who will try to keep up the tradition of pidgin Spanish…her name probably translates to 'Mad the dog' and MAY derive from a similar grammatical error committed by the owners of a Texmex restaurant in East Hampton, Connecticut (http://www.locoperro.com/) which is about 10 miles from where my son-in-law (Peter Keast) grew up in Middletown, Ct. Isn't life strange?

Yes, when you hear the cry 'Caramba, el Perro Loco!' it will mean you have been passed again on a screaming downwind leg by Nigel and Sam.

Currently Nigel and Sam are trying to look cool on a (frequently) upturned boat at Bartley Sailing Club http://www.bartleysailingclub.com/ in Birmingham.

In 2012 we have plans to sail some traveller events and the nationals at Pwllheli

More pictures of Loco at bottom of page (most recent first)

This is what her previous owners said…

This is what modern UK Cherub sailing is all about: Blasting along, both on the wire, in only 8 knots of breeze. This photo was taken the first time that Ben Brown / Daryl Wilkinson went out with the new Redeye sails (see below) and paint job. It was March 2005. It was cold but it was fast!

[Watch the video here

…and the punk version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pEiFrmk68E&feature=fvsr [Watch the video here

The Story So Far

Loco Perro (Mad Dog or Dog Mad) was born in Gotham Village over the winter of 2004. She was not the creation of Bruce Wayne but Mike Cooke of Aardvark Technologies who had up until then been building rather nice looking National 12s.

We wanted a fast hull shape that was forgiving to sail with potentially larger sails an twin wires. because there was a bit of uncertainty at the time about which way the class was going, we tried to make her as futureproof as possible i.e. by moving t}}he mast back touch and a couple of other subtle things.

After a few sleepness nights she was launched in primer only at Weymouth at the 2004 nationals a little behind schedule. Over this winter she was painted and gained a suit of nice big redeye sails we also moved the centreboard back by about a foot.

Since then LP has finally been sailed in anger for the first few times and has shown all the right characteristics: fast and forgiving. This I think was proven in race one of the Nationals when we were first round the top mark and first through the finish line. Not a bad result nor bad pace. Although comments were made about our ability to roll tack which was something the Cherub fleet hadn’t seen for a number of years!!

Above are photos of Loco with (on the left) her Fyfe sails and (on the right) the Red Eye main and Evolution jib. Loco's Red Eye mainsail now functions as a 'storm sail', having had area removed from the leach. The Red Eye's shortened foot is clearly visible in these pictures.

NB Thumbnails are misbehaving but the files are still there! Just click on the little blue question marks.

Gallery

2685

Name: Loco Perro
Designs: Big Issue (National 12-based design)
Builder: Ardvark Racing
Construction: Foam Carbon converted to 2005 rules with C-Tech rig and Redeye or Fyfe sails. Loco Perro was the first Cherub to take to the water under 2005 rules and has a hull designed by Phil Morrison based on his Big Issue National 12, lovely looking boat on the water.
Location: Bournville

Primal Scream

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:46:22 +0000

Primal Scream

Primal Scream is an “Easy Wan” Design Cherub, it is the first Cherub to be designed to the 2005 rules. Designed around a sail plan of 15.5sqm upwind then an additional 21sqm asymmetric spinnaker.

The plan for the design was for a slightly more forgiving boat than AquaMarina to give a good base for learning to control the new rig. It was designed and built for Phil Alderson with the help of Dave Low.

Where the stuff for Primal Came from

Hull DL Boats

Sails http://www.rmwmarine.com

Mast http://www.c-tech.co.nz/

Daggerboard http://www.bloodaxeboats.co.uk/

After the Build

After building the boat we get to sail her, and she has proved to be a manageable handful. The hull has a lot more static stability than Aqua which has made for a good learning platform to get used to the bigger rig and sailing twin wire.

Some Sailing Stories

Screaming Around: Primal Screams account of the 2005 Nationals

Round Cumbraes 2005

Some Modification Stories

Primal gets a new spinniker chute

The Refit

Following an unscheduled visit to some rocks at Largo Bay Primal is feeling a bit sorry for herself so there will be quite a few repairs and modifications to be done over the winter.

1st April 2007

After Seven months Primal Scream goes sailing again. Full rig tension was pulled on with no cracks or bangs, the sails went on and we finally hit the water. First impresions were that I liked the new deck layout, it seems simple and clean. The rounded decks are eisier to stand on and the Centerboard goes up and down eisier than before. It is quite odd to sail as when I look forward it looks just like it always did, however when I look aft it is like sailing a different boat. Have a huge list of little jobs to do, including cutting a bit off the tiller, as with a shorter gantry the tiller sticks into the boat more than before.

27th March

Starting to get some fitting mounting points in place.

Mast bridge in place around the now obligatory section of RS800 mast that all rebuilt Cherubs must include somewhere in the structure

24th March

The new mast bridge, jib track thing ready to go in, I am not sure what to call it as it is not a foredeck, or a space frame so mast bridge will have to do.

22 March

The wing support bars are bonded in place.

15th March 2007

The new deck has now been bonded in place and is almost complete.

View of new deck from the front

The back of the boat showing the new transom and the Gantry nearing completion. Just the control mechanism and one support strut is still required, they will be fitted after the deck is in place.

The start of the rebuild Feb 2007

Gantry starts to come together.

The new deck being made with first layer done and the foam going on. The hull can be seen in the background with the new stump in place.

The Deck Mould is built

Dismantling Jan 2007

The strip out begins. and more damage is uncovered. including cracks to the shroud bulkhead probably from when the support of the mast bridge was removed with full rig tension on.

All the damage is now removed as well as the bits that needed to go for access to asses the damage plus some bits that needed to go to make way for the new layout.

All it needs now is to be put back together.

The Accident 09 Sept 06

An encounter with the rocks and that is the end of sailing for a while

2686

Name: Primal Scream
Designs: Easy Wan
Builder: Dave Low and Phil Alderson
Construction: Foam Carbon to the 2005 rules with C-Tech/RMW Marine rig and T-Foil rudder
Location: France

Thunderbird 4

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:22:44 +0000

Thunderbird 4

2687

Name: Thunderbird 4
Designs: Slug
Owner: Rob Streeter
Builder: Tris Kemp and Rich Bower
Construction: Glass + foam.
Location: Southampton

Formerly Hardly Sluggish

Story

This boat is the 4th of the Slug to be built. Ben Brown began to build a flairless Slug. This project was passed on to Tris Kemp and Rich Bower, and the completed shell came off the mould in Summer 2005 to be christened 'Hardly Sluggish. The project has now been passed to Rob Streeter who will be getting serious with building over the Summer of 2010 and the boat might finally hit the water in time for the 2011 Nationals.

The Build

Summer 2010

It seems that building in carbon is not much more expensive than building in glass. When you take into account the fact that you need twice the quantity of glass and thus twice the quantity of resin, you might be surprised at the actual difference in cost. Ther is also the advantage of ending up with a stiffer, lighter boat. For this reason it was decided to use carbon for much of the build. As with the other racked Slug design boats the topsides needed extending due to the design pre dating racks coming into fashion. Here is a photo of the topsides being extended:

Spring 2010

Not a lot to report so far. The shell made it home safely on the home built trailer, see: Building a Trailer. And has been re-named Thunderbird 4. So far there is a transom, the best part of a spine, and enough foam for a mid bulkhead. Not a lot will be done over the next couple of months due to time constraints but watch this space over the summer!

Transom laminated and cut:

Gallery

Atum Bom

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Atum Bom

2688

Name: Atum Bom
Designs: Slug
Builder: Bloodaxe Boats, Will Lee and Lucy Lee
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: Chichester Harbour

The Story

Atum Bom is the 5th of the Slugs, built over the winter of 2005-6 by Andy Paterson of Bloodaxe Boats and then completed by Will Lee and Lucy Lee.

Atum Bom has tube wings, unlike 3 of the 4 preceeding Slugs. They are Born Slippy, Dangerous Beans, Nautilus Pompilius and Thunderbird 4.

She won her first Nationals in 2006, and her second in 2007.

3rd September 2011

First sail as new owner.

1st September 2011

Atum Bom has now been sold to Ben Rushton

17th November 2007

Atum Bom has been sold to Stu Hopson

24th March 2007(draycote blast)

25th June 2006

We've been busy:

Weston was spent basically breaking everything

Kielder was learning that Phil and Carol are much better than us!

Inlands - Result!

Weston Open - Result!

We are now working with Kevin Ellway to enhance the huge T foil speed advantage.

26th April 2006

April 22nd: Raced at Kielder. We did win a prize, but it was for the furthest travelled boat…

April 12th: Raced at Weston Grand Slams, where many problems were ironed out.

April 8th: Sailed at Draycote at the blast. Success!

April 1st: Boat lauched at King George SC in NE London: Everything worked until a ropey gybe when the T foil came off the rudder, leaving the rudder OK though!

13th April 2006

Atum has got wet twice now: And Easter is the first race!

18th March 2006

Well the boat was ready for sailboat, but not ready for sailing quite yet! The plan is for the boat to get wet next Saturday, the 25th March!

20th Feb 2006

Pole launch tube in, spinnaker chute made and in, top of snout shaped and carboned, kite halyard cleat in, kite floor block in, jib cleat in, back fitting (on based of transom where the gantry will be controlled from) carbonned on (Thanks Ben), three coats of primer bottom rubbed down smoooooth. Three coats of topcoat sprayed on (Thanks Jools). Shroud points carboned in, kicker point attached and carbonned.

Fittings arrived from Bloodaxe, trapeze rings arrived from Wavelength, Footloops arrived from Sh-ock, nuts and bolts arrived from Cspray, launch tube, boom and pole arrived from C-tech. This is a mail order Cherub!

“All” we need to do in the next 12 days:

Hope the rest of the spars arrive from C-tech soon.

Hope the sails come from Fife's soon.

Fit the rig.

Fit the jib track and reeve the jibsheet.

Fit the back kite block, the cunningham and T-foil cleats.

Fit the spinnaker sock

Fit the progrip

Paint the spi chute area

Make the end fittings for the pole.

Find a trailer (Welsh Harp)

Fit the solid lowers.

Fit the toe loops.

Attach the T foil to the rudder.

Tie on some ropes like trapezes, kicker, cunningham, T-foil adjuster, mainsheet bridle.

16th Feb 2006

The bow area with spi hoop pointing towards the camera

The fittings bogged on snugly

Shroud point

12th Feb 2006

Horizontal tubes in, gantry on, trapezing tubes on, shroud points bogged on, kicker point on, snout deck made, fitting backing plate made. Awaiting first load of stuff from New Zealand. We've also reinforced the gunwhale all round with two layers of plain weave.

4th Feb 2006

Deck goes on. We have the progrip and the fittings are on order. There is still loads to do though.

31st jan 2006

Wings go in.

30th Jan 2006

Stump goes in.

This is where the shroud point will be. It all fitted very nicely.

The mark 4 gantry pivots on the transom beam. Here it is flipped over into the boat.

23rd January 2006

Rudder and stock near completion. These were built by Will and Lucy and will meet the rest of the boat on Friday 27th Jan!

16th December 2005

The shell is finished, and looks half cheeky and half menacing.

12th December 2005

5th Dec 2005

Topside preparations.

29th Nov 2005

The plug.

Shell off mould. 8kg so far!

25th Nov 2005

More progress: The outer skin going on.

19th Nov 2005

Side foam going on…

…and being bagged down.

Bottom foam going on….

…and being bagged down.

13th Nov 2005

This is an interim screenshot of the design.

12th Nov 2005

Atum Bom's inner skin has gone down on to the mould.

Looking good!

Special Sauce

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:21:55 +0000

Special Sauce

2689

Name: Special Sauce
Design: Special Sauce
Builder: Francois Goulet
Construction: Ply and glass, carbon and epoxy.
Location: France

HaloWind

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

HaloWind

2690

Name: HaloWind
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Laurent Arnoult
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: Piriac s/ Mer (FRANCE)

Kurun Bragez

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:21:32 +0000

Kurun Bragez

This is the first of the boats built in France to the Oleo Bandjo design.

2691

Name: Kurun Bragez
Designs: Oleo Banjo
Builder: Ronan the Barbarian
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: North Brittany (FRANCE)

Natural Born Skiffeurs

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:23:07 +0000

Natural Born Skiffeurs

2024

The class committee received an email from Ghislain asking if we would like to take on NBS, we leapt at the chance to have another race ready slug in the fleet. After a little bit of tuning and a little make over NBS has hit the market and is now for sale. Let us know if you'd like to take her for a spin/purchase her.

The limace Project is to be built over the Slug plug lent to the french fleet.

The boat should looks like Atum Bom with racks.

The boat met the Water on the 1st of april !

She has since done a few race with some success.

After a few breakages (rudder cas, spreader) the boat has been proven fast and well balanced.

2007/2008 winter will is dedicated to some upgrade and finalisation which have never been done.

First of all, the hull will be completely faired and repaint to have a smooth aspect. A new rudder and board will be done and maybe some lethal weapons.

9th september 2007

1st april 2007

Unveiling day.

was her first time for NBS. In a gently unsteady breeze (4-12 knts) we have been out for the first time.

First good news she floats !!!! The boat seems well born. She is light, strong, responsive and equilibrate. She isn't really hight on the water.

Bad news, the boom is about 10 cm short. Some spliced have moved and some ropes are too long but I did it willingly as it is always hard to theoricly define rope lenght on the shore.

I only broke the jib track due to a mistake from mine. I forgot to add a fix point at its middle. Another identified point to improve is the chute which seems to have to close angle which means the spinnaker doesn't retrieve gently.

Ready

She floats !

D-Day -1 last adjustments

mid march-beginning april 2007

As I had so much work to do, I do not have that much pictures :(

First time withe the mast on. The Jib is so huge !

Fittings on

10-11th Feb 2007

Racks glued

Rudder straight from the mould

2-3rd Feb 2007

First layer of coat

Launcher throat

23rd Jan 2007

Deck layered with 200 g 0/90 carbon and 160 biax E-Glass + reinforcement on some parts

20th-21st Jan 2007

Deck glued

13th-14th Jan 2007

Tube on

6th-7th Jan 2007

Snout On

Central Bulkhead glued and tubes ready.

begin Jan 2007

hyde sails ordered

28th Dec 2006

C-tech mast received with some damages :(

16th-17th Dec 2006

After an intense corporate party wednesday night

Transom and mid lenght bulhead glued.

I also finished the bulkheads and coated the deck foam.

That's a rock n' roll time, cutting the hull for the daggerbord case !

Positionning the daggerboard case

11th Dec 2006

With my only mate

Floor Airex cut

Sides cut

10th Dec 2006

Central bulkhead glued

9th Dec 2006

Stem fixed

Transom cut

28th Nov 2006

Side carbonned, waiting for a stem

26th Nov 2006

Inside coating + sanding + cutting frames for bulkheads

25th Nov 2006

External Skin raised

20th Nov 2006

Side foam raised + coating + sanding

12th Nov 2006

Preparation of the sides

First part of the hull poped out of the plug

11th Nov 2006

Vacuum bagging

Ready for vacuum bagging

9th Nov 2006

Mast, prod, boom, racks ordered at C-techC-tech

5th Nov 2006

3rd Nov 2006

Small patch on an unglued part

2nd Nov 2006

The same after fairing

Airex C70-75 8mm

1st Nov 2006

First layer of 200g/m² carbon (without resin)

Slug plug

16th Oct 2006

Materials ordered at Sicomin

2692

Name: Natural Born Skiffeurs
Designs: Slug
Builder: Ghislain Devouthon
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: Class Boat, always on the move!

Subtle Knife

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:20:46 +0000

♦

Subtle Knife

Pictures

Video

2693

Name: Subtle Knife
Designs: Cardinal Sin
Builder: http://www.aardvarkracing.co.uk
Construction: Foam Carbon to the 2005 rules
Location: Southampton / Hayling

Cherub Dæmon

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:20:36 +0000

Cherub Dæmon

Daemon

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.

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. <html><center>

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.

ISAF Women's Olympic Skiff Trials Day 1:

16th April 2007

Today was the first day of the ISAF Women's Olympic Skiff Trials in Hyeres, France. The two Cherub-Daemons were joined by four other teams, The RS800, the International 14, the 29er and 29erXX and the GT60.

The 0930 briefing gave us the opportunity to meet the evaluators and the for the teams to introduce themselves. The Cherub Daemon Team is being represented by Richard Taylor, Tim Coventry, Derek Clarke, Tim Noyce, Matt Albiston, William Lee, Lucy Lee, Tom Kiddle, Stuart Hopson and Ant Chapman.

The briefing was followed by an inspection of the rigged boats by the ISAF committee, ISAF designated evaluation sailors and the other teams. This allowed the teams to compare the boats and the evaluators to see what they would be sailing.

The Cherub Daemon was able to demonstrate its unique T-foil system with a mechanism within the tiller controlled by twisting the tiller extensions.

Following the formal inspection of the boats, there was a period of hours while the breeze filled in, where there was much informal discussion and demonstration.

The format of the event over the next few days will be that five pairs of ISAF evaluation sailors will sail each boat and report their impressions. These are drawn from the very best female sailors.

Today, the sailors in the Cherub Daemon were International 470 sailors Rachel and Rebecca from the UK.

The Cherub Daemons were the first boats to launch with one evaluation sailor in each boat, paired with Tom Kiddle and Stu Hopson. The wind was initially light and patchy, so the crews were able to become familiar with the layout before the breeze filled in a little. After a short while Rebecca and Rachel swapped to sail together, getting to grips with the new techniques required in a twin-trapeze asymmetric with T-foil.

Most of the afternoon was spent sailing around a small course in company with the other trial boats.

There was no formal racing, but there was some friendly rivalry between the Cherub Daemons which kept it lively. As you can see from the GPS-track, courtesy of our Nationals Title Sponsors Velocitek, the Cherub Daemons did not hang around offwind, even in the light conditions, hitting 12 knots at times. Both Cherub Daemon crews were very pleased with the performance compared to the other boats in light airs with the T-foil rudder providing a clear performance enhancment in these conditions.

“Today was a chance to show really excellent female sailors this terrific boat.” says Lucy Lee, Cherub Class President, “I am thrilled that they found it such an enjoyable and challenging experience, and were able to see for themselves just how well it fulfills the ISAF's criteria for the proposed Women's Olympic Skiff. ”

Richard Taylor, Daemon Project Manager, added “Hartley Laminates have really pulled this off. The boats look excellent and have drawn admiring glances from everyone, including teams preparing for the regatta here next week.”

The evaluation continues tomorrow.

ISAF Women's Olympic Skiff Trials Day 2

17th April 2007

The second day of the ISAF Women's Olympic Skiff Trials was characterised by moderate breeze in the morning in beautiful sunshine, and less breeze resulting in tow-ins for many in the afternoon.

The allotted trial crew for the Cherub Daemon were Maki and Mitsui, the nominated team from Japan. These two rigged one of the Daemons themselves under the guidance of the Cherub Daemon team. They then assisted with the short and easy lift to the water right around the other boats waiting patiently to use the slipway.

Maki sailed as crew in one Daemon and Mitsui sailed as helm in the other with Cherub Daemon team members filling in. Once out of the harbour the next half an hour was spent showing them the ropes and demonstrating the T-foil system, both upwind and down. Before long these two 470 sailors took a Daemon between them and reported thoroughly enjoying twinning upwind and down in the building breeze, and experimenting with the unique twist-grip T-foil control, allowing them to push this ultra-light skiff hard in the lumpy water. Soon our new friends were whisked away to their next assignment by an official ISAF RIB and then the process started again with another pair of nominated sailors. Who could ask for more than bright sun, blue sea, fabulous breeze and a Cherub or two to burn about in? (with a RIB to carry the drinks)

After lunch (taken serially in the Hartley Laminates sponsored RIB), one of the US nominated sailors named Elizabeth enjoyed a marathon tacking and gybing session with a Cherub Daemon team member and the other boat was snatched for joyrides by the liveried members of some of the other teams - Naughty!

All too soon the breeze switched off and little tow from the RIB got the sailors home ahead of the rush to pack up in good time to go back to the hotel and look at the pictures, video clips, and, of course, our Velocitek sponsored GPS tracks.

More breeze is forecast for tomorrow, the third day of these four day trials.

PS Max speed recorded today was 14.7 knots (See the GPS track at: http://www.sailingsource.com/cherub/appletGPSAR/gpsar.html)

ISAF Women's Olympic Skiff Trials Day 3

18th April 2007

Today began with more light southeasterly winds and sunshine. There was a full house of ISAF nominated sailors in the Cherub Daemons to begin with: Hela and Marie from Denmark in one and Elizabeth and Caroline from the USA in the other. These two evenly matched pairs match raced as they put the boats through their paces. The Hartley Laminates RIB followed at a safe distance, taking photos and videos, answering occasional questions about T-foil use, but mostly looking at the incredibly high quality sailors and picking up tips on how to improve our own sailing.

The course was set as a windward-leeward with a leeward gate just to keep everyone together in the same place as the ISAF raters visited each boat to watch. The building breeze allowed for the boats to be used in every 'gear' by the teams. Hela asked for a Cherub-Daemon team member to swap in to demonstrate T-foil use, so she and Lucy Lee did a couple of laps, visited for a time by Team GBR Tornado Coach (and friend of the Cherub Daemon project) Derek Clarke in his RIB. He came to see how his rig alterations were getting on before going to continue with his team preparing for the Hyeres Regatta next week.

The Austrian team Sylvie and Sonia asked for a second shot in the Cherub Daemon and swapped to replace the Americans. They really enjoyed the extra speed available offwind when using the T-foil - especially as they had made full use of an of-the-water masterclass the previous evening in the boatpark, turning the extension and watching the foil change angle in a fully controlled environment.

After a lunch spent basking in fabulous sunshine and chatting with members of other teams, it was back on the water with the Swedish ISAF nominees, this time divided between the two boats with Cherub Daemon team members Ant Chapman and Lucy Lee filling in. These two Swedes soon asked to be together and spent the rest of the afternoon showing off the Cherub Daemons absurd pace upwind and down, with many spectacular gybes, hoists and drops thrown in.

The Japanese team of Mitsui and Maki also asked for another turn in a Cherub Daemon so it was a full house of nominees again.

All of a sudden at half past four, nearly at the end of the afternoon, an unsettling bank of sea fog rolled in from the southeast on the breeze. As the landmarks, yachts, RIBs, and other close-by boats disappeared around, the Japanese team were just swapping into the RIB for a Cherub Deamon team pair. This was enough time for the Swedish team to be out of sight - and this was the boat without a full featured GPS aboard. The wind stayed up while the fog was in, and everyone headed for shore. The RIB arrived at the harbour with the Swedish pair, who still had their kite up and flashly sailed right to the slip before a smart drop and jumping out. The GPS equipped Cherub Daemon appeared shortly afterwards, having followed the GPS track back in.

After the boats were packed up the Cherub-Daemon team made their presentation to the ISAF evaluation committee. This outlined the details of the boat and the wider proposal. This was well received.

Tomorrow is the last day of the trials, and with the presentations out of the way, the team can relax a bit and concentrate on helping the crowd of elite female sailors who want to try out the talk of Hyeres: The Cherub-Daemon.

ISAF Women's Olympic Skiff Trials Day 4:

Thursday 19th April 2007

There was much talk of more wind for this, the last day of these interesting and enjoyable equipment trials. All of the 'main business' of each of the nominated sailors having a sail in all of the boats and later filling in a questionnaire had been completed, so people chose which boat to sail.

Finding some rational method to choose a pair of teams to sail the Cherub Daemons from the moderately orderly queue of keen elite female sailors was a challenge, and in the end it was decided to offer sails to those who asked the earliest: This meant it was Lina Stroemquist and Tina Nilsson, two 470 sailors from Norway who had asked to have a go before the event even started in Badgers, and the Danish nominees Helle Orum-Nielsen and Maria Gade in Subtle Knife.

The wind was slightly fresher: It may have even had exceeded ten knots at times, and it was cloudy which gave the day a very different feel. After some sailing around a gate-start was arranged and the boats headed upwind on a short beat to a buoy. The RS800s and to a lesser extent the i14s got clean away, the extra rag, weight and length keeping them moving through the chop. Once the Cherub Dameon 'Subtle Knife' was clear to tack, that's just what the Danes did, and then they were able to put the nose down, get back and use the T-foil properly. Watching from the RIB the speed difference was immediately apparent and at the windward mark the Cherub Daemon was comfortably ahead of both RS800s, which were followed by both i14's. There followed a neat hoist and then they were away: Locked in on their way downhill: Unstoppable! They were persued by the evaluators RIBs: All eyes were on the Cherub Daemon! (See the pics taken by pro photographer Andrew Filipinski on www.digigraphics.co.uk - page 6 of the album has the sequence. Videos and GPS track coming soon.)

After this the breeze went down and there were some boat-on-boat rabbit-start exercises. Then, all too soon, it was all over. People were getting on planes, boats were having their masts taken down and being lifted onto trailers. It was sad to see that our experiences in Hyeres were coming to an end so suddenly: The chance to show elite female sailors, and the administrators of our great sport, what we have to offer - and for them to all absolutely love it - was really special.

The Cherub Daemon team at Hyeres was Richard Taylor, Tim Coventry, Derek Clarke, Matt Albiston, Tim Noyce, Ant Chapman, Will Lee, Lucy Lee, Tom Kiddle, Stuart Hopson.

Pictures

2694

Name: The Badgers Nadgers Cherub Dæmon
Designs: Daemon ( Cardinal Sin )
Builder: http://www.hartleylaminates.com
Construction: Foam and S Glass, Carbon Bulkheads
Location: Hook, Hampshire

Bragez Ruz

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:20:29 +0000

Bragez Ruz

This is the second boat to the Oleo Bandjo design, in Morlaix, France.

2695

Name: Bragez Ruz
Designs: Oleo Banjo
Builder: Ronan
Construction:
Location: Morlaix, France

Oleo Banjo 3

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

Oleo Banjo 3

2696

Name: Oleo Banjo 3
Designs: Oleo Banjo
Builder: Ronan
Construction:
Location: Morlaix, France

Always

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:54:57 +0000

Always

The build of this boat has been placed on hold until Bethnal Green Marine's new premisis in the Bristol area has been secured.

The concept, finished design and initial construction was to create an ali space frame that could support various “floats” or hull shapes. Once lashed together it will not float unaided, but will provde a land training devce and we may even eventually get the thing in the water. Bethnal Green Marine's other project looks like a Cherub and will appear as a later number in the list.

2697

Name: Always
Designs: CND
Builder: Roland and Hayley Trim
Construction: TBA
Location: Back of van, Bethnal green, England.

Ronin

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:47:58 +0000

Ronin

Gallery

Gallery of pictures

2698

Name: Ronin
Designs: B1C (Bieker 1 Cherub)
Builder: www.carbonology.com
Construction: Carbon and foam
Location: Birmingham/ Poole YC

Antidote to Panel Games

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:53 +0000

Antidote to Panel Games

2699

Name: Antidote to Panel Games
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: Bloodaxe / Team Lee
Construction: Carbon, foam, sweat, blood and tears of joy
Location: the class boat (so always on the move)

Dans Boat

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:44 +0000

Dans Boat

Gallery

2700

Name: Dans Boat
Designs: Banshee
Builder: Aardvark
Construction: Carbon/Foam
Location: Southampton

Flat Stanley

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:38:46 +0000

Flat Stanley

Famous old Cherub and one time Worlds Winner. This old boat is still going strong and is still rapid when the wind blows. Robert Streeter purchased the boat from Ross Burkin in late 2008 and took it to the 2009 nationals with Alex Nock at the helm. In Februrary 2010 the boat was sold to John Bennett who has taken on the next chapter of the Flat Stanley story, in its 30th year since victory in the Worlds of 1980.

The Southampton Time

Weston SC and the 2009 Nationals

Flat Stanley came to Southampton in late 2008. The highlight was the Nationals where the crew learned a thing or two about Cherubs and Cherub sailing and gained a 14th out of 17. Hardly news worthy but good fun and respectable given that Flat Stanley is now 30. While in Southampton, Flat Stanley was also responsible for some seriously quick sailing off Weston Shelf, with 19knts reached on the GPS at one point and possibly higher speeds unverified!

This picture was taken on the beach at the 2009 nationals:

And here is one form one of our sails at Weston SC:

A Quick Tidy Up

And here are a few pictures after a recent tidy up by Robert Streeter. Unfortunately, a season of hard use means that it doesn't look anywhere near this neat anymore but that is the nature of Cherub ownership. Current condition is better seen in the previous photo!

The old Mast Ram fitting had gone walkies so a new one was made:

The first test fitting of the rig:

A Blast From The Past

And here is the boat being sailed off Weston Shelf, Southampton, some years earlier. Probably early to mid 1990s.

2705

Name: Flat Stanley
Designs: Murray Mod Snow
Owner: John Bennett
Construction: Kevlar, Foam Sandwich and Ply Decks
Location: York

Banshee Ambulance

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:37 +0000

Banshee Ambulance

Gallery

3201

Name: Banshee Ambulance
Designs: Banshee
Builder: Aardvark Daryl Wilkinson
Construction: Carbon, Foam, and Glass
Location: Draycote Water

Usagi Yojimbo

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:18 +0000

Usagi Yojimbo

Gallery

3202

Name: Usagi Yojimbo
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: BloodAxe hull finished off at home
Construction: Carbon, foam
Location: Castle Cove SC

E-Numbers

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:12 +0000

E-Numbers

Gallery

3203

Name: E-Numbers
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

Riot Van

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:05 +0000

Riot Van

Gallery

3204

Name: Riot Van
Designs: Banshee
Builder: Aardvark
Construction: Carbon and more Carbon
Location: Usually Brightlingsea, sometimes Kent.

Evey Hammond

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

Evey Hammond

Gallery

3205

Name: Evey Hammond
Design:
Builder:
Construction: Carbon-reinforced Ply
Location: France

Exultant Jubilation

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:44:43 +0000

Exultant Jubilation

There are several ways to get your highs. Some people just want to sail, others like to tinker, others want to try and do the lot. This inclusive route to an awesome sail is why we love sailing a Cherub. Exultant was built by Hayley and Roland in a workshop in Bethnal Green. The aim of the 3206 project was to make as much of a boat as was realistically possible - we (the Trim's) bought ropes and fittings, but everything else was made by us (mast, spars, racks, sails, foils). Photos and some description of the build are shown here.

A serious impact with a 2 ton displacement tug could have been the end of this boat. However, EJ has a new life with the Ching-Gonzalez's. The transfer of ownership included fitting a stump and solid lowers. The amazing discovery during this process was that the original mast stump had shattered during the foresaid impact and the bulkheads made no noise on adding tension. BGM wishes the new owners and EJ well in her new chapter.

Gallery

3206

Name: Exultant Jubilation (EJ)
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: Bethnal Green Marine
Construction: Carbon, foam, sweat, blood and tears of joy
Location: Stokes Bay

Exultant Jubilation - Sailing log

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

Exultant Jubilation - Sailing log

To help us track what we have done. I might remember to fill this out….

Life- July 2010 - June 2011

Been a bit slack on keeping track of this, but EJ now has a serious number of water miles on the clock. In January we moved to a Hyde Main and have had alot of fun at Chew. Sadly the weed is rising and the water dropping, so we will not be playing at Chew again till the Autumn.

Paul Croote caught a bit of our last weed encounter at Chew on video. Please forgive the bow trim, if you look carefully you will be able to see the T-foil is in upside down and we are in “spoiler mode”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WyOXi9HPDM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oIGHlNZdQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Thornbury - Sunday July 11

During the week we grafted a new tip onto the old mast and then went down for our first sail at the “Summer” sailing club. Lovely place, lovely people - we both felt truely at home.

Atum, E-Numbers and EJ went for a pleaseant evening ride on the escalator. Wind dropped as we launched and the promising 3 descended into a cunning drifter of boat vs tide. The racing was a sailing version of utlimate wipout - only those lucky enough to score a gust on their voyage from the shore shelter to the windward mark actually got around it, failure to round delivered the boat back to the start line. Great enterainment value to watch, a ba$%^rd to sail.

Atum fought gamely in conditons not entirely suited, but gave the Kirks a run for thier money retiring after one lap. We think E-Numbers retired after hitting the windward mark twice (turns took them past the gybe mark). EJ had a new mast and not enough uppers on, consequently had issues tacking (like 100m backwards in the tide at every tack trying to pop the main). After an hour we technically failed to reach the windard mark. EJ retired happy to have a new stick in place and being the only Cherub present to not capsize.

Poole - Saturday July 3

As we left the beach the mast became a two piece item. No drama or bang just folded at the top. Inspection of the break - looks a bit frayed at the joint, but nothing clear. This is very different to our last tip malfunction.

This mast was not new - first outing in Babbacoombe nationals last summer. Think the mast was simply too bendy and went in fatigue after one stress cycle too many.

BGM appears not to be deterred, on landing H was offered the choice of stop, buy a c-tech or get sticky. Made a new mast base tip on Sunday - 4 hours form start to turning the urn on. New mast tip mandrel will be ready and a tip off it by the end of the week. In the mean time we have a an old-style tip to graft into place on the current stump. This will be an OK spare, but we do not think it will last more than 30 outings.

Chew - Wednesday June 30

Horray - it all works.

Went for a gentle evenign sail. Started the race behind the medium handicap (i.e. 2 satrts late) and by the end of the lap was past the Vortex and up with the 4000. Twinnign accross Chew chasing stationary boats was great until we hit the island. Luckily all the weed meant we were stationary before impact.

All systems used and work well. Roll on Poole.

Bethnal Green Marine Central (Keynsham) - Sat/Sun June 20-21

A weekend of grinding sticking and generally enjoyable recouperation in the sun. Not too much wind here. Both helm nad crew physically unfit to sail ¹⁾. Items played with:

Self tacker. New carbon support. A Z-shaped molded section that the track fits onto. Minimum radius 1500mm, but flatter in the centre.Mounted at 30(ish) degrees to horizontal, bogged into hull at centre and ends.

ProGrip patches added

Raised cleat support for kicker and cunno.

New rudder stock started. This will give a twisty grip and the adility to launch at Thornbury.

Whistable - Sat/Sun June 5-6

Team EJ had a real shocker. We have done some running repairs on the bits rushed in order to leave the room of requirement, every one of them failed.

Day 1: Self tacker stopped tacking. Absolute farce involving crew having to force the car across. Kite got 3 more twists with every hoist, eventually with about 20 twists in the top it was not possible to set it. Helm got grumpy, we came in. 2 starts, no finishes.

Day 2: Slept, stripped the kite halyard and rigged the jib to set via the T-foil blocks. Kite run to start line everything felt fantastic. Boat sang along under kite down to the start.

Once the 5 minute gun went everything went wrong. T-Foil cleats not at a good enough angle to keep hold of the job on starboard, moved control to jib tower and started late. The port jib sheet went on strike shortly after, but we discovered that H could stand on it whilst trapezing and we made good ground on the fleet ahead.

When we hoisted the stripped halyard burnt through the pulley and jammed. After a swim to retrieve the kite it was Game over and we limped to shore.

List to sort before we sail next:

Self tacker. This needs new geometry, with the mounting plate removed and re-fitted and the support ears replaced. We got the positioning of this badly wrong first time out.
Pro grip patches. One on each side for the crew and one in the middle for the helm.
Bungs.
Kite system. New halyard required (another). 20 hoists and drops on shore to be completed without glitch before boat hits the water next.

Chew - Sat 22nd May 2010

Grumpy helm having to go to singapore in the evening made all smiles by a cheeky little sail. Wind was only a force 2-3 in every direction possible, but EJ picked up her heels and some fun was had by all.

Drops made easier by replacing the block on the top of the mast with any allen one (the only harken on the boat was burnt out!). Helm loosing a few kg's and being much fitter makes a big difference.

Only negative was the first noise ever made by the rig. Small pop and a small loss of tenstion. Think the mast foot settled, but a full examination needed on return to the uk.

Chew - May 21st 2010

No wind again for the Wednesday race - nice to be sailing after work though.

Chew - bh monday 5th May 2010

To celebrate being on holiday went for a session. Got truely munched.

In the post mortem we think it went like this. As R got into the boat H stood on the leward tiller extension. Being made of fishing rod it simly bent and went under the rack. It was blowing 4-6. Boat completely wild and as she sped up the tiller extension dragging in the water had more control of the boat than the one in R's hand.

After 4 swims we had a boat upright and could steer. But we were very cold and tired. Then the jib sheet parted from the jib and we descided EJ did not want to play.

Chew - Wednesday April 28th 2010

A no wind. Feel a bit bad for tipping the balance for Atum and subjecting us both to a drifting farce. Paul finished the evening race - we had a bad start and when the lasers came past called it a day.

Draycote Blast - March 20th-21st 2010

Hmmm. Not the best weekend for team Trim. Both shattered and felt a bit like we had run a marathon before we actually hit the water. After a slow start we got short, but tiring sail on both days, water was very cold. Communication on-board was a bit non-existant and a few swims followed. Some big grins heading upwind in the proper wind and an inkling that the boat will work when tamed.

Many thanks for Tom K. for putting his body on the line and taking a guest for a sail in EJ. Watching from the shore/rescue boat was entertaining and confirms the boat is actually very solidly built. Seeing a 6ft2 built 18ft skiffer bouncing on your board is strangely scary. Sadly they did eventually wear through the trap line lashings onto the mast and arrived back at shore a bit wet.

The weekend also confirms that the rig has a huge ammount of work needed. It is good in light, but there are a number of roping issues that need to be fixed. Watching the rig from not-on-board there is also suspicion that the Me-Tec ²⁾ is simply not stiff enough at the top.

Many thanks agian to Tom, and Digby for their guest slots on board.

New home #2 - Chew 20th Feb 2010

There was no wind, but we thought we'd go say hello to Paul C. who was on rescue boat duty at Chew. After drinking some tea and playing with different self tacker options a zepher rippled the lake, so we went for a sail. Taking advantage of the coaching boat ³⁾ we swapped in and out of the rib for an enjoyable couple of hours.

H needs to be sat in the chute to get the transom out of the water
H liked having a helm who was competant (thanks Paul C)
R crewed the boat for the first time and enjoyed just how stable the boat was.
Limited single wiring, with a couple of seconds of twinning downhill for both P+H and P+R combinations.
Paul slipped a couple of times, maybe some pro-grip will be needed afterall ⁴⁾.
Self tacker appears to work a treat, will be removed and bent at first possible opportunity. The three point bending means it is almost straight at the extremities and most curved in the middle. This is the opposite of what is actually wanted.
Sailing in zero wind is actually rewarding in this boat and we were still faster than the fireflys.
It was very cold. When we lifted her out of the lake the droplets on the hull froze!

Am much happier about how she sails, the rig may actually work (although still needs alot of tweaking). Looking forward to two weeks time for our next outing.

New home #1 - Chew 23-24 Jan 2010

EJ has sat in the rafters of my parent's garage since October. Hyaley and I have been stuck between London and Utrecht. Since our last sail we have sold our flat, moved into rental, bought a house in Bristol, joined Thornbury and are several kg's heavier than we should be. A mouse has taken a good deal of material away from H's sailing pants, but everthing else has survived the layup.

New self tacker appeared to work fantastically in light winds on Saturday and we had a nice gentle cruise around the lake. Sunday dawned with a complete mirror and then built to an almost fun force 2-3. We felt rusty, fat and not flexible as the boat took off. Unfortunately, the self tacker jammed again and another good day of playing was lost in a series of catapult capsizes. Track appears to be ok - pulleys are turning under load and causing friction…

Next outing we will deliberately practise water starting to get R into the boat. Even with the “make you look silly” Gill bouyancy aid R still can't fit between the racks and H is not heavy enough to conter balance an over th racks manouver.

NB. Paul now able to sail and be Bailey with a normal camera, this was life on Atum.

De-Bugging - Draycote 4-5 October 2009

A lovely weekend at the friendly reservoir near Rugby. Lovely people and really good to bump into Mr Christi (although it appears that Tom has got all repectable and is a club sailing rear admiral or something).

Little to no wind on Saturday, so bimbled in the sun. Perfected a new method for making elasticated main-sheets and introduced the new kite to the boat. Went for a couple of gentle drifts including the first complete BMG three sail reach - this was very fun,but in a force 1-2!

Sunday as a perfect new cherub day. Started dreary with no wind and then built steadily to a full on 5-6 by teatime. Unfortunately we were on the trailer by then. Had two very similar outings. They followed the same script - shot across the lake stuffed in on a tack. Got her upright, got R in, shot across the lake stuffed it in on a tack. Got her upright, got R in, shot across the lake stuffed it in on a tack. Got her upright, got R in, shot across the lake stuffed it in on a tack.

Getting R back into the boat was hampered by a borrowed life jacket, this added the two inches needed for R to get stuck between rack and deck. Funny but not fast or elegant.His buoyancy aid was apparently being test sailed by an anonymous party, but we are very grateful they decided to return it to a hook in the changing room after use.

The good news is that we now understand why we bin it in on every tack. The not so good news is that we need either a new self tacking system or to build some more stiffness into the existing track. Under normal load the Allen track works a treat - it*s just not got enough support as fitted by us. The load on the car bends the track, the car locks and we go swimming.

Launch weekend - Lymington 13-14 September 2009

DISCLAIMER:

This describes the first outing of a new boat. The author would seriously suggest to any new cherub sailor that one's first outing should not be attempted in restricted waters in 20+ knots of wind. We have sailed a couple of cherubs before and got a bit ahead of ourselves, the grins will last for longer than the bruises.

DAY 1

Preamble:

After spending 5 hours in traffic we arrived in Lymington on Friday night late and had to swap bimbling for dining. At 6am on Saturday morning it was blowing a stiff 4 in the marina and the ferry woke me up so I put on an extra fleece and tied the remaining fittings onto the hull. By 9am we were had relocated to the park adjacent to the yacht club and had the mast in place. The final bits needed (t-foil adjuster, actually putting the main on, battens, jib tack) took an age to complete and by the time we were ready the rest of the fleet had started race 2.

The outing:

Dave and Lara kindly chose to arrive back to shore just when we were ready to leave, many thanks for helping us dodge the phone lines between the park and slipway. Maybe we should have followed their advice that it was “a bit narly out there”.

With Dave C. as a stabiliser we were released form the shore with not a small bit of trepidation. The boat leapt from the shore with no semblance of control, we missed the jetty, crossed the river and then had to bin it in to avoid a moored boat. Some choice words of encouragement were offered by my in-laws (attending in a tiny rib) and the source of the lack of steerage was traced to the rudder holding down rope no-longer being present.

After re-attaching the rudder, we righted the boat about 3 times and eventually I got in. The rest of the outing followed the following pattern:

 1) Boat sped up
 2) Nose went down
 3) Boat continued speeding up
 4) Nose went to "snorkelling baby", spray levels left both crew and helm struggling for air.
 5) Rudder cavitated
 6) Broach/capsize/both

We decided to drop the main and head in before we reached the mouth of the estuary. Arrived back to yacht club courtesy of my in-laws rib and a larger friendly rib.

DAY 2

Pre-amble

After some significant de-briefing and a large dose of sleep we returned a little wary of our new green friend. We re-adjusted the T-foil to give a further 10 degrees more negative foil and raked the rig back 3 pins (a lot as our shroud plates are fairly chunky). After checking with the club that they were happy for us to try again we went for another swim

The outing.

The first aborted launch attempt was to let a ferry pass, then we capsized righted and got settled. On the third attempt we left the slipway with both on-board. Unfortunately we misjudged how fast we would be and caught the ferry and had to follow it wobbling to stay upright for a minute or two to get to the point where there was enough free channel to overtake. Out in the main channel we got flat and twinning and headed upwind towards the race area. After 1/2 mile the main jammed in a block I had tied (not spliced) in place. So we twinned across the channel with using the rudder to keep the boat flat. Seriously fast, big grins from jumping the swell, more fun than I can describe. Then we tried to tack. Actually we tried about 8 times to tack, but with the main set in one position this proved a bit too much and eventually we went swimming to tape up the fitting. It took five attempts to get the boat upright and me in. After another two attempts we tacked. The dropped it in again avoiding a yacht (the main had jammed again). Lots more swimming and started to get tired. At this point we were within sight of people on the Island side.

After getting the boat upright and pointing in the mainland direction I was too tired to get over the rack - so hooked onto H's wire and stood on the side of the deck under the rack. H then pulled in enough main to pull me clear of the water. The following 2 sail death zone reach home will stay imprinted on my brain forever. The boat knife's through chop like it was not there, planes high and is a complete scream. H complains that she has serious bruising from the ride and in future would prefer to be on a wire rather than sat on the deck clinging on for dear life. Estimation of average speed across the channel is between 15-20 knots. The capsize that followed us running aground broke the tiller extension in 3 pieces across Hayley's bum. After removing the main and noddying back under jib the Harbour master gave us a ride to the yacht club (no way I was single sailing that trip with the ferries around).

Post match analysis

Hayley has named our boat - “Exultant Jubilation”. Even in compromise mode she has already earnt her name.

Despite being bashed from pillar to post over the weekend (literally, we hit a couple of posts, a jetty and the mud) breakages were limited to a tiller extension and 3 of the lovely foot loops we were donated. In addition the trailing edge of the CB and the tip were too thin, but now appears to have found it's equilibrium point the expense of a few tears in my wetsuit. It appears that the sail material we used is also capable of taking a bit more of a flogging than we predicted - the jib still looks serviceable after two rides in on a rib!

The next outing will happen on a large reservoir, Grafham or Draycote are the favorites.

¹⁾

giant pond leaving a hole in helm's foot, crew fell off bike

²⁾

An anomonous party has “stickered” up the rig - photos to follow

³⁾

we were the only boat on the water not team sailing

⁴⁾

or that could have been the ice

Sail No 3207

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Sail No 3207

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3207

Name: New Tricks
Designs: Forman 8
Builder: Omega
Construction: Built in 1982/3 and not registered till 2010 this was Hull no 8 from mould no 1
Location: Sheppey

Eleanor

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Eleanor

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3208

Name: Eleanor
Designs: Ellway 6
Builder: Aardvark
Construction: Carbon
Location: Poole YC

Anatidaephobia

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Anatidaephobia

this boat is being built by two 16year old guys in their study leave who know nothing about building boats. what could go wrong, we will need all the help we can get!!!!

for those of you who dont know: ANTIDAEPHOBIA - the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you!

yes

a duck!

(graphics to follow)

Build Log

June Half Term

travelled down to the isle of wight to pick up the shell and deck, so excited!!!!

Friday, 16th July 2010

Tonight we laminated up the bulkhead panels from 8mm foam and a lyare of carbon outside, we also learnt alot about vacuum bagging…… the pieces turned out ver well with good resin impregnation :)

Monday, 26th July 2010

a brilliant first day of boat building!!!! me and digby woke up at 9am, and cut out the remaining bulkheads, phil and sarah then arrived at 1030am, a mention must be given here to oscar the guinea pig who was an incredibly usefull aid to navigation to our often hard to find house, with Sarah's help of course!!! the next 10 hours followed in a whirlwind of work… by the end of day 1 we have: 1/ 75% fitted hull, deck and bulkheads (alot of sanding) 2/ made a mast stump from an old piece os Rs 800 mast (yet more sanding tho remove the track) 3/ laminated up some 2mm carbon plate for various uses (very strong) 4/ vac-bagged the tension struts (very clever mould - thanks phil) 5/ laminated both the forward and rear rack beams (some very good use of old drainpipe as mandrels) 6/ made a centre board casing 7/ phil jigsawed through the hull shell, accurately thankfully (sounded like it was going to break) 8/ learnt a huge deal 8/ destroyed at least 4 pairs of scissors

altogether, a very productive days work

Tuesday, 27th July 2010

well today was brilliant, even if not quite as visibly productive as yesterday, we have made excellent progress though… we have got the bulkheads, spine, transom ears and rear beam supports fitted to the hull, just some filleting and carbon to do there…. all of out bits we made yesterday turned out brilliantly, with the rack beams exceptionally good we learned a huge amount, thanks philand sarah a huge amount!!!!!

later this evening me and digby managed another hit after the kirks had left, it turns out that digby had managed to cut the mast stump perfectly and it was perfectely central, now bogged! We have also finalised the bog on the transom ears finally, we have sorted the centreboard casing and started the link between the spine and case productive day!!!!!!

Sunday, August 1st 2010

Well I (john hamilton) was left home alone today, so idecided to play with boats, finished bogging in the spine extention and centerboard casing, also had a bit of experimentation with filleting. all looking good. after the first weigh in, the boat now weighs 15.5 kg!!!!

October Half Term

This half term has been all about fiddly stuff to do before getting the deck on….. E.g. rack supports, Finishing filletting, bonding in tension struts, ensuring everything is straight, cutting deck to fit, jib track supports, rack beam fitting, etc…

unfortunately, i have run out of silica and glass bubbles, so will ave to wait a while before doing the finaly fitting of rack supports and the gantry mountings.

the boat now looks like a boat now though!!!! It currently weighs in at 26kg with all the racktubes on, etc…

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3209

Name: Anatidaephobia
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: Andy Patterson , john hamilton
Construction: Carbon, Glass, Foam
Location: Plymouth

Sailno 3210

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Sailno 3210

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3210

Name: Sailno 3210
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

Sailno 3211

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Sailno 3211

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3211

Name: Sailno 3211
Designs: Paterson 8
Builder: Doug
Construction: Carbon
Location: Dubai

Marmite

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Marmite

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3212

Name: Marmite
Designs: Ellway 6
Builder: Paul Croote
Construction: Carbon
Location: Weston-super-Mare/ Chew Valley Lake SC

EVO

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EVO

The first boat built to the Ellway E6 Evo design.

Launch Weekend

Thanks

So this may read like an Oscar acceptance speech, but there are so many people Roland and Hayley really want to thank for their help and input to this boat:

Firstly: Paul Croote and Yeo Valley Joinery - for time, patience, borrow of spray booth, spraying expertise, transport logistics, kite hoop, all-round expertise and being generally wonderful.

And in Alphabetic order: Aardvark/Mike Cooke - for mould hire
Algeos- for super thin pro-grip substitute
Allen - for supply of chandlery stuff
Arup - for supporting the Santander bid
Car Paint Warehouse - for, er, paint
Kevin Ellway - for designing an inspiring machine
Tom Holmes - for sanding services
Stu Hopson for fittings advice
Maff Kiddle for time, advice and reality checks
Tom Kiddle for time, advice, joining us on launch day and precision finger placement/leaky slot assistance
Phil and Sarah Kirk for last minute chandlery loans when the orders didn't arrive on time
Matrix - for supply of materials
Stu Tinner for coming along on launch day and for keeping us smiling
Tim Unerman for materials advice, time and elbow grease
Vizual Impact - for stickers
Ian Wise - for Rhino juggling

Our next door neighbours - for putting up with the noise, dust, smells and occasional swearing.

The Cherub Class as a whole. Because without them none of this would ever have happened. In fact Hayley would never have got in a boat and would certainly never have contemplated building one. Let alone two.

Sorry if anyone has been missed off - the list is by no means exhaustive.

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3213

Name: EVO
Designs: Ellway 6 EVO
Builder: The Trims (AKA Bethnal Green Marine)
Construction: Carbon
Location: Bristol

Little Chilli (ex Cool Beans)

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Little Chilli (ex Cool Beans)

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3214

Name: Little Chilli (ex Cool Beans)
Designs: Ellway 7
Builder: Composite Craft
Construction: Carbon
Location:

A+E

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A+E

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3215

Name: A+E
Designs: Everest 1
Builder: Roger Angell/Dan McMahon
Construction: Prepreg carbon foam and pre formed carbon foam panels.
Location: Hayling.

Lady Virgina of Keynsham (Poppy)

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Lady Virgina of Keynsham (Poppy)

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3216

Name: Lady Virgina of Keynsham (Poppy)
Designs: Ellway 6 EVO²
Builder: The Trims (AKA Bethnal Green Marine)
Construction: Carbon
Location: Warwickshire/ Grafham SC

Green Bananas

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Green Bananas

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Build Photos

http://s1324.photobucket.com/user/pratn0/slideshow/green%20bananas

3217

Name: Green Bananas
Designs: Daemon
Builder: Frensham Boat Works
Construction: Carbon
Location: Netley sc

Zero Gravitas

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Zero Gravitas

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Build Photos

There are loads of build photos on the forum build thread

3218

Name: Zero Gravitas
Designs: everest_1
Builder: Largs Boat Works
Construction: Foam Carbon
Location: Largs

Rossa

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Rossa

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3219

Name: Rossa
Design: Ellway 6 EVO²
Builder: Roland Trim
Construction: Carbon Infusion
Location: Monaco

Boat List

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:18:59 +0000

Boat List

Sail Numbers, explained

The sail numbers are a bit confusing as they have been allocated in batches to different countries more info.

List of boats ordered by reverse sail number.

90's Era Hull Shapes

2000 - Current Era Hull Shapes

3219

Name: Rossa
Design: Ellway 6 EVO²
Builder: Roland Trim
Construction: Carbon Infusion
Location: Monaco

3218

Name: Zero Gravitas
Designs: everest_1
Builder: Largs Boat Works
Construction: Foam Carbon
Location: Largs

3217

Name: Green Bananas
Designs: Daemon
Builder: Frensham Boat Works
Construction: Carbon
Location: Netley sc

3216

Name: Lady Virgina of Keynsham (Poppy)
Designs: Ellway 6 EVO²
Builder: The Trims (AKA Bethnal Green Marine)
Construction: Carbon
Location: Warwickshire/ Grafham SC

3215

Name: A+E
Designs: Everest 1
Builder: Roger Angell/Dan McMahon
Construction: Prepreg carbon foam and pre formed carbon foam panels.
Location: Hayling.

3214

Name: Little Chilli (ex Cool Beans)
Designs: Ellway 7
Builder: Composite Craft
Construction: Carbon
Location:

3213

Name: EVO
Designs: Ellway 6 EVO
Builder: The Trims (AKA Bethnal Green Marine)
Construction: Carbon
Location: Bristol

3212

Name: Marmite
Designs: Ellway 6
Builder: Paul Croote
Construction: Carbon
Location: Weston-super-Mare/ Chew Valley Lake SC

3211

Name: Sailno 3211
Designs: Paterson 8
Builder: Doug
Construction: Carbon
Location: Dubai

3210

Name: Sailno 3210
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

3209

Name: Anatidaephobia
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: Andy Patterson , john hamilton
Construction: Carbon, Glass, Foam
Location: Plymouth

3208

Name: Eleanor
Designs: Ellway 6
Builder: Aardvark
Construction: Carbon
Location: Poole YC

3207

Name: New Tricks
Designs: Forman 8
Builder: Omega
Construction: Built in 1982/3 and not registered till 2010 this was Hull no 8 from mould no 1
Location: Sheppey

3206

Name: Exultant Jubilation (EJ)
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: Bethnal Green Marine
Construction: Carbon, foam, sweat, blood and tears of joy
Location: Stokes Bay

3205

Name: Evey Hammond
Design:
Builder:
Construction: Carbon-reinforced Ply
Location: France

3204

Name: Riot Van
Designs: Banshee
Builder: Aardvark
Construction: Carbon and more Carbon
Location: Usually Brightlingsea, sometimes Kent.

3203

Name: E-Numbers
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

3202

Name: Usagi Yojimbo
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: BloodAxe hull finished off at home
Construction: Carbon, foam
Location: Castle Cove SC

3201

Name: Banshee Ambulance
Designs: Banshee
Builder: Aardvark Daryl Wilkinson
Construction: Carbon, Foam, and Glass
Location: Draycote Water

2705

Name: Flat Stanley
Designs: Murray Mod Snow
Owner: John Bennett
Construction: Kevlar, Foam Sandwich and Ply Decks
Location: York

2700

Name: Dans Boat
Designs: Banshee
Builder: Aardvark
Construction: Carbon/Foam
Location: Southampton

2699

Name: Antidote to Panel Games
Designs: Ellway 5
Builder: Bloodaxe / Team Lee
Construction: Carbon, foam, sweat, blood and tears of joy
Location: the class boat (so always on the move)

2698

Name: Ronin
Designs: B1C (Bieker 1 Cherub)
Builder: www.carbonology.com
Construction: Carbon and foam
Location: Birmingham/ Poole YC

2697

Name: Always
Designs: CND
Builder: Roland and Hayley Trim
Construction: TBA
Location: Back of van, Bethnal green, England.

2696

Name: Oleo Banjo 3
Designs: Oleo Banjo
Builder: Ronan
Construction:
Location: Morlaix, France

2695

Name: Bragez Ruz
Designs: Oleo Banjo
Builder: Ronan
Construction:
Location: Morlaix, France

2694

Name: The Badgers Nadgers Cherub Dæmon
Designs: Daemon ( Cardinal Sin )
Builder: http://www.hartleylaminates.com
Construction: Foam and S Glass, Carbon Bulkheads
Location: Hook, Hampshire

2693

Name: Subtle Knife
Designs: Cardinal Sin
Builder: http://www.aardvarkracing.co.uk
Construction: Foam Carbon to the 2005 rules
Location: Southampton / Hayling

2692

Name: Natural Born Skiffeurs
Designs: Slug
Builder: Ghislain Devouthon
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: Class Boat, always on the move!

2691

Name: Kurun Bragez
Designs: Oleo Banjo
Builder: Ronan the Barbarian
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: North Brittany (FRANCE)

2690

Name: HaloWind
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Laurent Arnoult
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: Piriac s/ Mer (FRANCE)

2689

Name: Special Sauce
Design: Special Sauce
Builder: Francois Goulet
Construction: Ply and glass, carbon and epoxy.
Location: France

2688

Name: Atum Bom
Designs: Slug
Builder: Bloodaxe Boats, Will Lee and Lucy Lee
Construction: Carbon and Foam
Location: Chichester Harbour

2687

Name: Thunderbird 4
Designs: Slug
Owner: Rob Streeter
Builder: Tris Kemp and Rich Bower
Construction: Glass + foam.
Location: Southampton

Formerly Hardly Sluggish

2686

Name: Primal Scream
Designs: Easy Wan
Builder: Dave Low and Phil Alderson
Construction: Foam Carbon to the 2005 rules with C-Tech/RMW Marine rig and T-Foil rudder
Location: France

2685

Name: Loco Perro
Designs: Big Issue (National 12-based design)
Builder: Ardvark Racing
Construction: Foam Carbon converted to 2005 rules with C-Tech rig and Redeye or Fyfe sails. Loco Perro was the first Cherub to take to the water under 2005 rules and has a hull designed by Phil Morrison based on his Big Issue National 12, lovely looking boat on the water.
Location: Bournville

2684

Name: Hungry Beast
Designs: Paterson 7a
Builder: Skip Kovaks
Construction: Carbon + foam. Vacuum Bagged
Location: Maryland, USA

2683

Name: Pocket Rocket
Designs: Appleby 1
Builder: Ken Appleby
Construction: Glass/Carbon/Kevlar - Vacuum bagged over CoreCell
Location: Monaco

2682

Name: Mango Jam
Designs: Butt Plug
Builder: Gav Sims
Construction: Foam Carbon Converted to 2005 rules
Location: Toulon (FRANCE)

2681

Name: AquaMarina
Designs: Paterson 7(Tubular)
Builder: Bloodaxe / Phil Alderson
Construction: Foam Carbon hull from Bloodaxe Boats finished off with separate tubular wings and no flares
Location: Destroyed by fire in a garage in France

2680

Name: Nautilus Pompilius
Designs: Slug
Builder: Robin Russell / Simon Roberts
Construction: Carbon + foam. Vacuum bagged
Location: Southampton

2678

Name: Little Red Number
Designs: Paterson 7
Builder: Patrick Cunningham
Construction: Foam Carbon hull Patrick Cunningham & Bloodaxe. Launched Sept 2000
Location: Isle of Wight (In garage being updated to 2005 rules.)

2677

Name: Squid Pro Quo
Designs: Squid
Builder: Mike Rolf
Construction: Glass/foam with carbon transom and carbon reinforcements
Location: Monaco
Owners: Roland Trim

2676

Name: Shiny Beast
Designs: Paterson 7
Builder: Bloodaxe
Construction: Foam Carbon hull , 1999
Location: Draycote Water Sailing Club
Owner: Jamie Pearson.

2675

Name: Fuzzy Logic
Designs: Velocipede
Builder: Jonathan Garfitt
Construction: 1997
Location:

2674

Name: Born Slippy
Designs: Slug
Designer: Simon Roberts
Builder: Robin Russell
Construction: Carbon / Foam Sandwich 1998
Location: Monaco
Rig: Superspars Carbon / Batt

2673

Name: Dangerous Beans
Designs: Slug
Builder: Robin Russell
Construction: 1998
Location: Weston/Covenham

2669

Name: Catananche
Design: Hard On
Builder: Simon Clifton
Construction: Glass and foam with localised carbon
Location: Weston

2667

Name: Sports Cherub
Design: Sports Cherub
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2666

Name: Pastatoide
Designs: Pasta Frenzy
Builder: Robin Russell
Construction: Glass foam/Reinforced carbon
Location: Toulon (FRANCE)

2664

Name: The Spanish Inquisition AKA Spanish
Designs: Pasta Frenzy
Builder: Dan Taylor
Construction: Epoxy, Glass,and Local Carbon
Location: Alton Water SC

2663

Name: Sweet Dreams
Designs: Death By Chocolate
Builder: Martin Harrison
Construction: Kevlar, Carbon & Foam
Location: Southport (North West)

2662

Name: Fizzy Shark
Designs: Pasta Frenzy
Builder: Tim Dean
Construction:
Location:

2661

Name: Eva Dexoff ex This Way Up
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Ken Appleby
Construction: Converted to 97
Location: Monaco

2660

Name: The Pasta Frenzy
Designs: Pasta Frenzy Mod
Builder: Dave Roe
Construction: Glass Foam hull
Location: Winchester

2659

Name: The Flying Kipper
Designs: Dog
Builder: Simon Roberts / Richard Butler
Construction: Glass carbon and foam
Location: Largs

2658

Name: Lost In Space
Designs: Barr 1
Builder: Duncan Barr
Construction: Carbon and nomex
Location: Team Scotland HQ

2657

Name: Slippery When Wet
Designs: Dog
Builder: Simon Roberts
Construction: Carbon glass and foam
Location: Bristol

2656

Name: Therapy (Formerly Domino)
Designs: Platypus
Builder: Simon Roberts and Andy Horton
Construction: Carbon glass and foam
Location: Weymouth

2655

Name: Monkey Magic
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Andy Paterson
Construction: Glass and Foam
Location: Bournemouth/Monaco

2654

Name: Norfolk In Chance
Designs: Trifle mod
Builder: Patrick Cunningham and Mark Saunders in 1992 during GCSE study leave.
Construction: Carbon Kevlar hull and Kevlar decking
Location: Draycote Water

2652

Name: The Flying Trifle
Design Flying Trifle (Chris Stimpson)
Builder: John Lobb / Martin Harrison 1992
Construction: Carbon/Kevlar/GrippyRubber/Foam Sandwich. Bloodaxe foils.
Location: Monaco

2651

Name: Strangely Brown
Designs: Dog
Builder:
Construction: Converted to 97 rules
Location: Monaco

2650

Name: King Tubby
Designs: Paterson 6
Builder: Andy Paterson Bloodaxe
Construction: Glass/Ply/Carbon/kevlar
Location: Nottingham

2649

Name: Dangerous Strawberry
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Ian Praine
Construction: Converted to 97 with occasional big kite
Location: Monaco

2648

Name: Comfortably Numb
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Unknown
Construction: Glass/Foam with Carbon. Converted to 97.
Location: Netley SC

2647

Name: Fubar
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Biffa Boats main structure - Graham Dickenson foils & finished
Construction: Foam/E-glass/Carbon reinforced
Location: Neyland, South Wales

2646

Name: Madge
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Unknown
Construction: Glass/Foam
Location: Havant

2645

Name: Cheese Before Bedtime
Designs: Dog
Builder: Simon Roberts, rebuilt by Paul Croote
Construction: Carbon/Kevlar
Location: Draycote SC

2644

Name: Suicide Blonde
Designs: Italian Bistro Turbo
Builder: Andy Horton, converted to 2005 rules by Iain Christie & Simon Roberts
Construction:

Hull-Glass/Kevlar reinforced foam
Foredeck/Snout/Racks/Rig-Carbon

Location: Rolands Driveway

2643

Name: Taking Liberties
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Nixon/Brown (modifications done by Tim Noyce)
Construction: 1989 (ish). Modified with new snout, 97 rules sails, twin spreader rig, kick bars, twin wire.
Location: Grafham
Owners: Joe Moore and Rich Cunneen.

2642

Name: Little Fluffy Clouds
Owners: Malcolm Gardner and Allan Gardner
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Wiz Deas
Construction: Converted to 97
Location: St Albans / Palmers Green
Sponsor: www.bluebeamsecurity.com
Chopped up: Summer 2025

2641

Name: Halo Jones
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Wiz Deas/Jim Champ
Construction:

Location: Piriac s/ Mer (FRANCE)

Note:- This was the last Cherub built with a pole spinnaker in the UK.

2640

Name: Bubbles
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2638

Name: Prodigal Son
Designs: Fartpants
Builder: Simon Baker
Construction: Foam
Location: Brightlingsea Essex

2637

Name: Norwegian Blue
Designs: Italian Bistro
Builder: Dave Roe
Construction: Converted to 97 and with 21m2 800 kite
Location: France

2634

Name: Johnny Fartpants
Design: Fartpants
Builder:
Construction: Glass and foam
Location: Brightlingsea, Essex

2631

Name: Groovejet
Design: Paterson 4
Builder: Andy Paterson 1986
Construction: Cold moulded Ply
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Owner: Neil Cardno

2627

Name: Sgt Murphey (Nee Last Amber Dragon)
Design:
Builder: Bill Deeley
Construction: Foam sandwich with seriously excellent structure, with a modern array of exotics in the layups, this boat really showed what was possible.
Location:Bough Beach Reservoir

2625

Two Six Two Five

This boat was last seen in Plymouth in 2002. Do get in touch if you have seen it!

2623

Name: Pxysyszygy (formerly Wreck n Effect)
Designs: Paterson 3
Builder: Andy Paterson
Construction: Ply with cold moulded forward sections
Location: Mersea Island

2622

Name: Easy Tiger
Designs: Forman 8
Builder:
Construction: Rebuilt with false floor and asymmetric conversion to 97 rig rules
Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk

2619

Name: Dark Horse
Designs: Foreman 8
Builder: Dick Jarrett (1983)
Construction: Wood
Location: Oxon

Previously named - Deceptively Bends

2617

Name: Excalibur
Designs: Forman 8
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2616

Name: Plane Jane
Designs: Mark
Builder: Mark
Construction: Wood
Location: Saint-Quay-Portrieux (France)

2603

Name: Aggro
Designs: Deeley 2
Builder: A bloke a saw and some glue.
Construction: Ply Epoxy
Location: Bough Beech Sailing Club, Kent

2602

Name: Name
Designs: designs
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2601

Name: Erik Bloodaxe
Designs: Paterson 2
Builder: Andy Paterson
Construction: Ply Epoxy
Owner: Richard Butler
Currently undergoing major restoration (January 2011)

2548

Name: 2548
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2539

Arthur Ledard is now the keeper of Whaam!

Name: Whaam!
Designs: Hotdog
Builder:
Construction: Plywood with some carbon/kevlar bits!
Location: Bordeaux (FRANCE)

2535

Name: Eggbert the Nasty
Designs: Forman 8
Builder: Simon Robinson
Construction: Ply
Location: Staffordshire

2534

Name: Strictly Liquor, Love and Laughs
Designs: Deeley 2
Builder: Bill Deeley circa 1978
Construction: Double-layer 3mm + fenestrated 3mm ply
Notable Achievement: 1978 UK National Championships Winner
Location: Cremated at Royal Tay YC in July 1995. Now inside "The Ashes" Urn!

2521

Name: Name
Designs: designs
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2512

Name: Spot On
Designs: Ellway 2
Builder: Ellway
Construction: Plywood
Location: France

2507

Name: Bean Blue
Designs: Jennifer Julian
Builder: Seaflite Boats
Construction: Glass
Location: Barrow in Furness

2445

Name: Epoch II
Designs: Jennifer Julian
Builder:
Construction: GRP/wood
Location: Worksop

2437

Name: Haemogoblin
Designs: Paterson 1
Builder: Andy Paterson
Construction:
Location:

2422

Name: 2422
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2350

Name: Peanuts
Designs: mod Forman 4d
Builder: Spithead Boats/Tony Hows
Construction: Ply/glass tape
Location: SW Scotland

2345

Name: Tachyon
Designs: Forman 6
Builder: ?
Construction: Wood - sapele veneered decks and topsides
Location: Unknown, please tell me if you know, Torchy

2344

Name: 2344
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

2303

Name: The Cats Whiskers
Designs: mod Forman 4c (g)
Builder: Unknown. Recent refurbishment done by Tim Noyce
Construction: Fibreglass. Built in a female mould.
Location: Roadford Lake, Devon

2253

Name: Detonator
Construction: Ply/glass tape
Location: Mt Maunganui, New Zealand

1982

Name: Queenie SJB Queenie Sarah Jane Blucher
Design: Farr
Builder: John Paterson (probably)
Construction: Ply
Location: Surrey

Third in 1974 Worlds sailed by Mark Paterson (later Cherub World Champion and Kiwi Olympic 470 sailor). Currently fitted with an ex Nicola Bethwaite wooden Bethwaite wing mast.

1658

Name: Crazy Horse (formerly Aquarius)
Designs: Spencer 7
Builder: Barton
Construction: Wood
Location: Cambridge
Owner: Hannah Rose

1494

Name: Huckle (The Maori Hunter)
Designs: Barton/Spencer 7
Builder:
Construction: Wood
Location: Bough Beech (Sevenoaks)

723

Name: Har'Ta'Tak
Designs: Gregory Five
Builder: Richard Gregory
Construction: Plywood
Location: Kent

698

Name: Wanderous
Designs: Hawkesworth 2
Builder: Hawkesworth
construction: Plywood
Location: West Mids

691

Name: Suspense
Designs: Spencer 2e / McCutcheon 3
Builder: W. McCutcheon
construction: Plywood
Location: Worksop, Notts

126

Name: 126
Designs:
Builder:
construction: wood
Location: Bath

94

Name: Magic Muscle
Designs: Casson 4
Builder: McCutcheon
Construction: wood
Location: in the sky

22

Name: Prodigal
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

19

Name: 19
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

11

Name: Feather
Designs: John Spencer
Builder: John Spencer
Construction: Sapele Veneer over plywood.
Location: Maritime Museum Auckland

10

Name: Pink Champagne
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

4

Name: Sundance
Designs:
Builder: George Dexter
Construction:
Location:

1

Name: Cherub 1
Designs:
Builder:
Construction:
Location:

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:21:55 +0000

The Ashes Trophy

The Ashes Trophy is awarded at the National Championships each year for the mightiest piece of boat destruction. But where did it come from? Well, the urn contains the venerable remains of Cherub 2534, designed and built by Cherub grandee Bill Deeley in 1978. Initially known as “Strictly Liquor Love and Laughs” it was the 1978 Nationals winner. She made her way to Scotland in the mid-1980's, and became the first Cherub owned by “Team Scotland” (Neil Cardno and Ken Scott Brown) in late 1990, having been hit by an InterCity 125 train from Aberdeen (yes, really!). The boat was re-named “Bad to the Bone” at this stage, in honour of the George Thorogood and the Destroyers song of that name which features in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film “Terminator 2”. Following a major refit including a complete new '91 rules Caws rig she contested a variety of open meetings and National championships, until finally suffering from terminal hull failure on the final day of the windy 1994 Nationals in Weymouth.

Team Scotland went on to purchase The Flying Trifle 2652 in preparation for an assault on the 95/96 World Championships in Sydney. It was felt that it might be interesting to offer an “Ashes Trophy” for this competition, so preparations were made to cremate Bad to the Bone at the '95 Royal Tay YC Scottish Cherub open meeting. As usual, there was a monumental party and piss-up on the Saturday evening of the regatta, and at about 11pm the assembled Cherub sailors made their way down to the beach for the ceremonial torching. A little accelerant seemed like a good idea to get the funeral pyre going, so a bit of 95RON unleaded was sprinkled around. Somehow it didn't look like quite enough, so the rest of the 5-litre fuel can followed into the buoyancy tanks and under the foredeck.

By this stage, it transpired that nobody was sober enough to get the matches to light, so a period of about five minutes went by while attempts were made to ignite some old rags, while the petrol quietly vapourised inside the tanks….

Finally a flaming chip wrapper was produced and was dutifully hurled into the fine old vessel along with some saluting and a bit of speech making. Suddenly there was an explosion to rival Canary Wharf, with witnesses the next day claiming to have heard it a couple of miles away up the coast! The boat was literally blown to smithereens, the only identifiable parts being the non-flammable glassfibre bowsprit and some old plastic padding car body filler which had somehow found its way into bits of the hull (shame on you!!). The next morning the remaining ashes were scraped into an urn and now form the Ashes Trophy. After a bit of pleading with the club committee, the Team Scotland crew managed to avoid getting thrown out of the Yacht Club following a barrage of complaints from local residents, and still sail there to this day.