Cherub Sailing, Racing & Results

Where and When

• U.K. Calendar - 29 Jun 2007
• U.K. Event Reports 2004 - 29 Jun 2007
• U.K. National Championships & Worlds Reports - 29 Jun 2007
  - Contains scandalous omissions & errors - corrections & additions welcome, especially Worlds results and reports.
• 2004 Nationals Report - Andy & Alex Paterson win the Nationals. - 29 Jun 2007
• Sailing.Instructions - for the UK National Championships. - 29 Jun 2007
• Cherub Mailing List - for all and any with an interest in the Class. - 29 Jun 2007

How to do it

• Two Trapezes - techniques and Information. - 29 Jun 2007
• Sailing in Heavy Weather - For most of us why we do it. - 29 Jun 2007
• Julian Bethwaite's Skiff Tips - 29 Jun 2007
  from the 29er website, the 1976 Cherub World Champion talks particularly about crewing techniques in waves.
• Link to Bethwaite Boats
  - navigate to the articles section for a set of magazine articles by the man who has done more practical research into dinghy design than anyone else. Some interesting stuff, but big files to read on a modem link.
• Tension in the Air
  - Sports Psychology of Racing a Two Hander (link to Mad for Sailing)
• Racing Rules - a neat summary - 29 Jun 2007
  by US Sailing Judge Don Becker.
• The Complete Racing Rules on the ISAF Website(pdf).

And other articles...

• On Sailing with an FD Fleet - A reminiscence. - 29 Jun 2007
• Boatspeed or Crewspeed? - 29 Jun 2007
  - Race results from Fireball and Int 14 fleets in a major UK race, apparently demonstrating that the one-design has no closer racing than the development class.
• RYA Class Forum 2001 - Report of the RYA Classes Forum 2001 - 29 Jun 2007
• RYA Class Forum 2000 - Report of the RYA Classes Forum 2000 - 29 Jun 2007
• RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Seminar 2001 - Report of an RYA Seminar on how PY numbers are worked out. - 29 Jun 2007