1990s Designs

Earlier Designs 1980s Designs
The Paterson 6 was considerably influenced by current thinking in the International Moth Class. Andy Paterson's designs were influential in the Moths at that time.

Paterson 6
Drawings for this design with construction details for ply sandwich construction are commercially available from Bloodaxe Boats.

Chris Stimson, one of a new wave of U.K. yacht designers, teamed up with Cherub Sailors John Lobb & Martin Harrison to produce this design, named for a party at the Torquay Nationals where they started thinking about the design.
Flying Trifle

Drawings for this design are commercially available from Christian Stimson Yacht Design

Simon Roberts' Dog design was the first to use a double chine to further narrow the chine beam.

Dog 1

A development of the Bistro, the Pasta Frenzy utilised double chines for narrower beam at the waterline. A Pasta Frenzy took two seconds in the 1995/6 worlds, but then proceeded to break every spar on the boat.

A more moderate development of the Dog, the Platypus was compromised a little away from top speed and a little more towards controllability compared to its predecessor.

For those who are unaware, Death by Chocolate is a dessert of almost unsurpassed sweetness and stickiness! The design is notable for the low panel curvature at the transom which leads to finer waterlines aft.

Drawings for this design are commercially available from Christian Stimson Yacht Design

Designed by Iain Murray & Associates (now Murray, Burns and Dovell) to the UK rules and built by Dinghy Sports, The IMA Sports Cherub was the first Australian design built to the UK rules and fitted with an asymmetric spinnaker. With plenty of rise of floor at mid length and a fine straight entry it was quite different from contemporary designs in the UK. One of these designs won the 1995/6 World Championships

Quite unmistakable in appearance with flat sections aft.

Andy Paterson converted his mk6 with snout and wide flares and won the 1997 Nationals with it. As well as the obvious wings and snout, he actually extended the bow rather than the stern and so made the bow slightly finer.

The first true 1997 rules design, the Slug features a distinctively "wavy" flare line, and waterplane rather further aft than its rule-constrained predecessors.

Like the Slug, the Paterson 7 has the waterplane further aft than its predecessor. The shape of the bat is characteristic Axeman, with very vertical topisdes, and the flare is particularly flat.
Drawings and construction details in foam sandwich for this design are commercially available from Bloodaxe Boats.

Jonathan Garfitt's Velocipede was loosely based on a Pasta Frenzy, but extensively modifiied for the 1987 Rules.

Gavin Sims Buttplug featured low rocker, U shaped forwards sections, and slightly wider than minimum chine beam for weight carrying.

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