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Copyright Notice for the UK Cherub Website.

This Site

• U.K. Rules News
• All About Cherubs
• Sailing Racing & Reports
• The U.K. Cherub Boatbuilding Pages
• Cherub Class Design & History Pages
• John Spencer

Other Cherub Pages

• Australian Cherub Association Pages - Also link to the Cherub On-Line message board.
• Loco Perro Home page for Ben & Darryl's new yacht.-->
• Restoring Queenie SJB - Time for some major maintenance on my early 1970s Farr Cherub.
• Peanuts - top boat of the 70s still active on the Clyde.

Other Sailing Sites

Development Boats

• Back to the UK Cherub Front Page
• 12 Foot Skiff Class (New Zealand) - Big Sister! The 12 footer piles an awesome amount of rag onto that 12 foot hull, and run probably the most advanced rigs in the world. Check out some of the videos on the site.
  12 Foot Skiff Class (NSW) - The Australian Twelve footer site. Often got some great photos.
• International Moth - The Moth has long been the singlehanded alternative for Cherub Sailors.
  New Zealand R Class - Another Kiwi development class, the R is 3.9m (12'9") with two trapezes and around the same sort of sail area as a UK rules Cherub. The "beginners guide" to R class sailing is strongly recommended as being highly applicable to Cherubs.
• International 14 - Two trapeze development class, sailed mainly in UK, US, NZ and Australia.
• International Canoe - Slender hull, sliding sea, and often nowadays a soddin' great asymmetric spinnaker. And a long and illustrious development history.
• The Australian NS14 Sailing Dinghy - An interesting Aussie two-hander and close relation of the Tasar. (although another twenty years development makes the NS look quite different!)
• New Zealand Javelin - skiff type, 14ft long, and, like the Cherub, by founded by John Spencer. A very influential class in Antipodean dinghy development.
• ++ Singlehander - designed and part built by the editor, who's too heavy for a Moth.
• Merlin Rocket - 14 ft. two person "sit on the side" UK based restricted class. Conventional spinnaker and Clinker built!
• National 12 - 12ft two person "sit on the side" UK based restricted class. No spinnaker.
• 16 foot Skiffs - Three hander skiff class.

Sailing Sites - Cherub Graduates

• Bloodaxe Boats - Long time Cherub and Moth sailor Andy Paterson's company site has some tremendous material about his Cherub and Moth designs over the years, as well as commercial information about their foils, boats and Building plans for both Cherubs and Moths.
• Smilie Marine - Cherub Sailor Jonathon Garfitt's company.
• Murray, Burns & Dovell - Iain Murray has long been associated with the Cherub Class, having designed, inter alia, 1980 and 1995 Worlds Winning Boats.
• Farr Yacht Design Ltd. - Its many years since 1970 Cherub World Champion Russ Bowler or Bruce Farr set their pens to designing a Cherub, but for those of you whose sailing has moved on to bigger and more expensive things this is their web site. On site biographies indicate how much importance they place in their early years in the NZ development classes like the Cherub.
• Marten Yachts - 1972 World Champion Steve Marten started Marten Marine building small boats. They are now surely the world's premier large yacht builders, having built, amongst others seven America's Cup yachts.
• Bethwaite Design - 1976 World Champions Nicola and Julian Bethwaite are heavily involved in the business, which covers one design skiff types like the 59er, 49er and 29er and consultancy.
• MacKay Boats - 1978 World Champion Dave Mackay's New Zealand company builds 49ers, 29ers and medal winning 470s.
• Christian Stimson Yacht Design - A leading light and innovator amongst the new breed of U.K. Yacht Designers.
• Aussie Angels - 1976 World Champion Nicola Bethwaites campaign for the Yngling medal at the Athens Olympics.

Sailing Sites - Materials & Equipment Suppliers

• Bloodaxe Boats - Builder of Superior Foils, boats and Building plans for both Cherubs and Moths.
• Smilie Marine - New boats, repairs, Sicomin resin and C-tech Spars.
• Aardvark Racing - New boats, foils and bits.
• C-Tech New Zealand - Twelve footer and R Class Ace Alex Valling's company makes boats, spars and other carbon bits and pieces.
• SP Systems - Epoxy resins & other boat building materials.
• Batt Sails - The Womble Man 's brother is one of the leading Cherub sailmakers in the UK.
• Superspars - Superspars have been involved with Cherubs for years with a lot of Championship wins.
• Proctor Masts - Proctors have also won a good number of Championships
• Fastacraft - Australian Supplier of foils and other carbon parts.
• Marinet Company Directory - Seems to be a very complete list of boat-related U.K. businesses.
• WB-Sails Ltd Oy - They've not cut any Cherub sails to my knowledge, but an interesting technical analysis of a number of aspects of sailboat rigs.

Sailing Sites - Magazines and Information

• TheDailySail- Also featuring frequent news updates, and gives plenty of opportunities for on-line feedback.
• Yachts and Yachting - Website for the main UK Dinghy sailing Magazine.
• UK Dinghy Racing Pages - UK Links
• Sailpower - UK Online Sailing Magazine - Sue Pelling is the editor. Strong on detailed articles and features.
• Derive - Centerboards - A Dinghy Class Database, hosted in Italy.
• Marinet Company Directory - Seems to be a very complete list of boat-related U.K. businesses.

Index Pages, Link Swaps and Friends.

• Will Lee and Lucy went yachting around the Atlantic in a Wharram Catamaran. Here's a diary.
• Firebug 2.4 Sailing Dinghy - 8ft John Spencer designed training boat, good for homebuilding and with tons more "Beach Cred" than an Oppie!
• Farr 3.7 (New Zealand) - The Farr 3.7 is a twelve foot trapeze singlehander. It bears a distinct relationship to Farr Cherubs - of that era which I think should make it a very pleasant boat to sail.
• www.beatlounge.co.uk - The soundsystem that plays at the Nationals run by Cherub Sailors Jon Garfit and Billy Wood.
• 29er UK - At last - a Cherub trainer! Julian Bethwaites youth boat makes an excellent primer for the Cherub.
• Sailshots Marine Photography, U.K. who have provided us with photos for this site.
• Davas Design Cambridgeshire, UK, another supplier pf photos for the site.
• FluidFotos Marine Photography, U.K. who have provided us with photos for this site.
• Castle Photography, Wales based Marine Photographer who have provided us with photos.
• FOTOACTION Sports and Action Photography (Australia) have also provided us with pics for the site.
• Noble Marine - Insurance brokers with an On-Line quotation service.
• Reed Books (NZ) - Book publishers (and sales). Thanks for permission to reproduce some of your material.
• Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust - And now for something completely different. The Trust owns and hires out a fleet of truly magnificent 1930s wooden yachts on the Norfolk Broads in the U.K. A week round the rivers in one of their boats makes for a a very pleasant and relaxing break. Mods from the original specification are minimal - oil lamps and no engine!
• Surfers against Sewage - Its depressing how much of our coastal water resembles a microbiological culture. SAS are an organised, responsible and effective pressure group doing something about it. Join.
• Andante - Mike Hardcastle is slowly restoring a very neglected John Spencer designed keelboat - a lot of rot and a big project. There's also some good biographical material about John Spencer there.
• Total Coverage - Design Consultancy. These nice people are running the Cherub mailing list, so I think they deserve a link :-).
• The Starting Point - Steve Jones' definitive sailing link list
• U.K. Sailing Index - More UK Links
• Info Hub Index - Useful Index Page
• AboarD Boats and Yachts Market - International Boat Marketplace & directory of Marine Web sites
• Starboard Tack - Links/Selling/Finding Yachts...