Sailboat 2001

The Moth stand. Radical bow on that boat with the stem raked back like a turn of the century battleship. It certainly looks mean! They let us litter their boat with Cherub handouts. Many thanks guys.

The Moths certainly take no prisoners on waterline beam these days. This design looks especially mean because the boat is about half as wide at deck level than it is at the chines. This one is pretty much flat bottomed, unlike the latest designs from Andy Paterson (foreground), which have a rounded bottom.

The Canoe. That's a serious asymmettric. I was discussing handling with the canoes, because experience singlehanding the Cherub and my one-off of fourteen footer made me think that it wasn't going to be that practical. However the canoe really has quite a small main, with a very short foot (its I think around 15% smaller than a cherub main), and because the boat tracks so well, and the rudder (around 3 feet aft of the end of the boom) has so much leverage you can just point the tiller where you want it to go. In the Cherub of course the mainsail does a lot of the steering.

Another Bieker design 14. The 14s are experimenting with slightly wider racks, but I'm afraid I don't know whether this one is wide or standard. Paul's 14s are now pretty much dominating the fleet, they look like nice moderate modern boats. I remember about the time 14s started catching up with the world in the 1990s, being lectured by a 14 sailor on how much faster Cherubs would be if they looked like 14s. Well, now 14s look like Cherubs!

Our Good friends at Mayflower also made Cherub handouts available. Many thanks everyone. The brightly coloured chequerboard is a montage in the vein of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe posters. However in this case the subject is Dave and Claire in Pasta Frenzy.

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		The Moth stand. Radical bow on that boat with the stem raked back like a turn of the century battleship. It certainly looks mean! They let us litter their boat with Cherub handouts. Many thanks guys.
		The Moths certainly take no prisoners on waterline beam these days. This design looks especially mean because the boat is about half as wide at deck level than it is at the chines. This one is pretty much flat bottomed, unlike the latest designs from Andy Paterson (foreground), which have a rounded bottom.
		The Canoe. That's a serious asymmettric. I was discussing handling with the canoes, because experience singlehanding the Cherub and my one-off of fourteen footer made me think that it wasn't going to be that practical. However the canoe really has quite a small main, with a very short foot (its I think around 15% smaller than a cherub main), and because the boat tracks so well, and the rudder (around 3 feet aft of the end of the boom) has so much leverage you can just point the tiller where you want it to go. In the Cherub of course the mainsail does a lot of the steering.
		Another Bieker design 14. The 14s are experimenting with slightly wider racks, but I'm afraid I don't know whether this one is wide or standard. Paul's 14s are now pretty much dominating the fleet, they look like nice moderate modern boats. I remember about the time 14s started catching up with the world in the 1990s, being lectured by a 14 sailor on how much faster Cherubs would be if they looked like 14s. Well, now 14s look like Cherubs!
		Our Good friends at Mayflower also made Cherub handouts available. Many thanks everyone. The brightly coloured chequerboard is a montage in the vein of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe posters. However in this case the subject is Dave and Claire in Pasta Frenzy.