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Year built : ?
Construction : Carbon+Glass Foam Sandwich
Description : Ideal Boat to get your heart racing striaght away or as a winter project to convert to new rules.
Angell Carbon Mast and Boom
2 Excellent Kites
Good Main
Good Jib
Continuous Kite + Jib Sheets
12:1 Kicker
Twin Trapeze
Launching Trolley
Under and Over Covers
Down To Class Weight
£2600
Contact : Rich Bower: Rich.Bower'at'dsl.pipex.com
Telephone : 07866 099 232
Date Posted : 30 Oct 2005
Year built : 1999
Construction : carbon/foam/epoxy
Description : THE most successful Cherub of the 21st Century!
Winner of 5 of the last 6 Nationals.
6 race wins / 6 in 2005, and 7 race wins / 7 in 2004, and zzzzz get the idea?
Uprated 2005 to fast new big sails and easy twin wiring. Still carrying corrector weights.
Carbon spars, brand new Redeye main and kite.
Make friends with the BEAST and let her take you to success ( and much fun )!
£ 6500
Contact : Andrew Paterson: andyP \'at\' bloodaxeboats.co.uk
Telephone : 01983 298716 / 01983 295367
Date Posted : 15 Sep 2005
Year built : 2004
Construction : Full Carbon
Description : Full 2005 rules cherub, new race winning Red Eye sails on 12' interdoms winning Kiwi C-tech spars. 2nd overall at 2005 nationals. best fittings used throughout.
Under / over covers and combi.
yours at £7,800
Contact : Ben Brown: loco.perro'at'btinternet.com
Telephone : 01621 785302
Date Posted : 06 Aug 2005
Year built : 2002
Construction : Carbon Sandwich
Description : 2 suits of sails, 1 suit to '97 rules and 1 suit to the 2005 rules (only used at the 2005 nationals). Carbon spars, spare bowsprit. 2 rudder blades (1 lifting). Twin tillers and small tiller for single wire configuration. Combi trailer. All in excellent condition. £6000
This boat is the UK's best heavy winds performer. Star of the DVD and Sailboat 2002. All carbon. Unique paintjob.
Contact : Gavin Sims: Gavin.Sims\"at\"carrieralliance.com
Telephone : 07786 861514
Date Posted : 19 Jul 2005
Year built : 1962
Construction : Ply
Description : An old and very original boat, Not showroom condition but floats and doesnt fall apart in a blow (the only time it goes). Original 1963 measured main, wooden boom, wire luff spinaker. A centre thwart has been added to stiffen it up at some point as has a fair bit of polyester resin that is holding it together.
Make me an offer if you can give this boat a good home
Contact : Matt Young: m.j.young'at'care4free.net
Telephone : 01383 873411 (Port Edgar in Scotland)
Date Posted : 17 Jan 2005
Description : Short of boat bits to keep you on the water this winter?
Tin Mast + Boom
Main, Jib and Kite
Possibly a couple of extras available.
Prices by arrangement
Contact : Rich Bower: Rich.Bower'at'dsl.pipex.com
Telephone : 07866 099 232
Date Posted : 30 Oct 2005
I have an 'as new' Cherub mainsail which I used only about two times before the boat rotted away. The sail has been in the back of my garage for about 15 years. When I got the sail out I found some of the glue from the numbers had leached out where the sail was folded up but otherwise it appears quite sound. The sail is just standard material, nothing fancy and there are four battens but only the top one goes through to the luff. Luff :- 5290mm Leech :- 5700mm approx Foot :- 2000mm
Contact John Holloway tel. 02380692749 or 02392857200 ext 47091
A cherub, must have a reasonably modern hull shape, any condition considered as I\'m prepared to restore the right boat. no more than £850 please as I\'m a skint student.
Contact : Stu Hopson: stuarthop'at'hotmail.com
Telephone : 07952333177
Date Posted : 09 Jun 2005
The Class Association runs this website, organizes class events, Championships and the Class stand at the Sailboat show, and much more. Without association members none of this can happen. For your subscription you will get a class newsletter (four times a year), access to the members-only forum and the class archives. We also provide assistance for Cherub owners with maintanance tasks, tricks and tips. Unlike some classes we don't restrict our help to Association members, but we do ask you to join the Association. Most importantly Full members are the only people who can propose changes to the Class Rules, and vote on changes in the ballots.
Association Subs are currently a bargain £20.00 for full members (boat owners) and £10.00 for Associate Members (all others). This is cheaper than any comparable class. It would be really helpful if you could fill out a standing order for your Class Subscription. Please print of both these forms, fill them in and send to the Class secretary (address on the form), or you can now buy on-line.
That depends completely on your aims.
If you want to win the Nationals then you will want a boat built or modified to the latest rule set . Your options for this are a) modify an older boat, b) design and build your own, c) design one and commission a builder (Bloodaxe, Aardvark, DL Boats are the three who have been used recently) or d) buy an 'off the shelf' design from Bloodaxe, Aardvark, DL Boats or RMW Marine.
As in any class it usually takes a bit of time to get to the front of the fleet, and in Cherubs there is the added challenge of modifying a boat to suit you and your sailing style. We really recommend buying second hand for your first Cherub, so you can decide what you really want for the second, Nationals winning one!
The choice of secondhand Cherubs for anyone wanting a route to the top end of the fleet is excellent, especially if you are prepared to take on a little boat surgery. You certainly want an asymmetric spinnaker, these have been retro-fitted to nearly all of the early '80s boats. Designwise anything post 2600 (and some earlier e.g. Forman 8) is fine. It takes everyone at least a season to get to the stage where boat speed makes much difference so differences in hull shapes are pretty irrelevant to start with. Foam Sandwich is the preferred method of construction, but good ply boats are fine. Although it can be done we don't advise trying to modify an older ply boat to 1997 specification or beyond (this was the source of the 'Ashes Trophy'). Much better to sail the ply boat in the 1990 spec and then get another boat - or build a new hull - after a season.
If you're considering purchasing a modern boat you're welcome to contact any of the Class Association committee
to discuss the boat. They'll be familiar with the majority of boats from 2636 onwards.
If you want a boat to club sail then you have an even wider choice. All Cherubs are light and responsive, and enjoyable boats to sail for a lightweight crew.
Boats with a sail number below about 1900 date back to the first era of Cherub Design. They are significantly better
in light airs than the modern cherub hulls, but slower in planing conditions. Be sensitive about
extreme conditions, and you have a very enjoyable vintage sailboat that doesn't weigh a ton (a 1968 Cherub is still lighter
than an RS200!).
Between 1900 and 2600 you have boats from the 1970 design revolution. Huge numbers of Forman 4s. Lots of these were amateur built, and
the build quality varies. Only the good ones are likely to have survived.
Foam sandwich has been used on and off for Cherubs right back to 1970. Epoxy/foam boats (1980 on) seem to last for ever if reasonably looked after.
Lucy Lee