Sailboat Show 2002

Photo Jim Champ		The stand just before the show. Photos don't do Gavin's boat justice at this distance, the monofilm sails just disappear into the background, whereas live they were quite striking...
Photo Aardvaark Racing		Mango Jam - Gavins boat. Nice colour scheme, different and done well.
Photo Aardvaark Racing		Mango Jam again. from the bow its certainly a lean slim mean machine.
Photo Jim Champ		Queenie SJB. The veteran Farr made a very considerable contrast. There seemed to be more ex Cherub people than normal coming - maybe this helped.
Photo Jim Champ		There's certainly not much similarity in the hull shapes!
Photo Jim Champ		It was often amusing to see who looked at which boat first - my old beat wasn't remotely the oldest boat at the show (see below), but it was well up there...
Photo Jim Champ		Gavin's on the other hand, at about minus a week old, was pretty much the newest!
And now some of the other boats...
Photo Jim Champ		I'm amazed at the amount of rocker the 59er has got - its practically in the same territory as some of the British boats. The rockers in quite a different place though, without the curve under the planing run ISOs and things get slugged by.
Photo Jim Champ		Its pretty neat inside though. Shallower and wider than you'd expect I think.
Photo Jim Champ		The canoe, with a *big* spinnaker. This one has a tiny Bloodaxe built "transom" hung rudder stock, mounted on a sort of baby gantry on top the hull...
Photo Jim Champ		This years Moth is a Hungry Tiger. Quite astonishingly intense red used for the foredeck - a really neat colour...
Photo Jim Champ		And one of the Bieker adjustable rudder foils that's causing handbags at dawn on the 14 mailing list at the moment:-)
Photo Jim Champ		Oldest boat at the show, a pre-war 14 complete with cotton sails...

People

Dave Roe, 1980s star helm Guy Lewington, 1970s ace crew Jill Hows.

John Sharp, secretary in the 60s/early 70s. John also ran a Sailing School that taught people to sail in Cherubs. Wouldn't be allowed now! Andy Paterson, Tony Hows. The Hows 5th in 1974 still stands as the best UK result in a Worlds, especially when you consider what a boat speed advantage the Antipodeans had.

Photos Jim Champ