1970s Photographs

	Jennifer Julian - the first Cherub World Champion (1970) - and incidentally the first World Champion for Farr Yacht Design.
Photo: Farr Yacht Design
	When 1970 World Champion Russ Bowler came to London later that year to further his (then) career in Architecture he gave David Steele a hand building a foam sandwich boat, complete with alloy space frame. First in the UK surely! Hull is almost certainly a Jennifer Julian
Photo: David Steele's Archives
	Russ Bowler (L), Gordon Lucas (next L) and their crews (R) at Egham Lake about 1970. The Kiwi and Aussie had recently hotly contested the 1970 World Championships.
Photo: Ian Duke's Archives
	1659 Three sail reaching. This is probably very early 70s.
Photo: Ian Duke's Archives
	At the moment I don't have very much material earlier than the mid eighties. This photograph was extracted from an old photocopied handout, hence the poor quality reproduction. However it does show a typical early 70s boat. Judging by the sail number I'd guess that its a New Zealand boat, probably around 1972 or 1973
(Photographer Unknown)
	The following photographs are all of Forman 4s built at Portsouth Sailing Club. The Forman 4 was built in a very unusual way starting with the inside and working out. Here we see the hog, daggerboard case, front bulkhead and bow tank assembly which was the first stage.
(Photo - Gower Lloyd's Archives)
	Then came side tanks, decks, floors and then finally the topsides. The boat in front is largely complete, the one behind still has the topsides to go.
(Photo - Gower Lloyd's Archives)
	And here there's paint on the boats. They built a batch of four Forman 4s in the sail loft at Porstsmouth SC's clubhouse. To appreciate this you need to know that the sail loft is on the second floor!
(Photo - Gower Lloyd's Archives)
	In one of PSCs yards, this view shows the characteristic transom shape and side tank layout of the Forman 4.
(Photo - Gower Lloyd's Archives)
	.First Launch for Simon Robinson's Forman 4, one of the PSC sail loft boats. I'm told that Simon considered that the bowler was the best headgear for keeping spray out of the eyes. The crew is Gower Lloyd, and the date Easter day, with whisky and Easter eggs stashed in the buoyancy tanks!
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Forman 4 Again. OK, this shot doesn't give you too much idea of the shape of the boat, but it does at least illustrate one of the perceived reasons why Cherubs have never been as popular in the UK as in Australasia..
(photo - Jim Champ)
	The Robinson Mk1. In this shot the rudder shaft for the internal rudder (which passed through the stern tank) has bent - not fast!
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Yes, they have always gone like that. Pete Metcalfe getting some speed up in really quite a moderate wind strength. This is quite a typical early 70s boat setup. The boat is a Forman 4c, a later version of that most ubiquotous of early 70s designs.
(photo - Peter Metcalfe's Archives)
	A Championship race in the 70s. The heyday of the class numbers wise was the home building boom of the late 60s/early 70s with 62 boats at the 1969 Nationals.
(photo - Peter Metcalfe's Archives)
	Boat park scene at the 1974 Worlds in Torquay. 2180 in the middle is "Jet", Amanda Wilmot's boat which won the event. Note the rigging cradle. All this was very strange to the Brits at the time.
(Photo - Gower Lloyd's Archives)
	Gower Lloyd sailing in after a race at the 1974 Worlds.
(Photo - Gower Lloyd's Archives)
	Taken in 2002 at the Sailboat show, this is 1974 Worlds 3rd place boat Queenie Sara Jane Blucher, a Farr design (probably Farr mk.2).
(photo - Ges New/MadforSailing)
	Queenie SJB at the show again. The rig is one of Nicola Bethwaite's over-rotating wing masts from the 1974 Worlds.
(photo - Jim Champ)
	Gybe Marek action at the 1976 Worlds at Henley SA. Note the Bethwaite wingmast on the boat in the foreground.
(photo - Modern Boating, Australia)
	Andy and Pat Paterson in Haemogoblin (Paterson 1). The Paterson one was a somewhat radical design with a very long straight entry and the mast set well back in the boat, much more so than other contemporary designs.
(photo - Bloodaxe Archives)
	Rigging Haemogoblin. The rise of floor at the transom looks really odd to modern eyes, as does the width of the transom, never mind the wetsuits!
(photo - Bloodaxe Archives)
	Interior Shot of R&P, the first Robinson Mk2. This boat was in many ways ahead of its time and was hugely influential. The first to have the "Crew deck" bouyancy tank back to behind the daggerboard, giving a semi self draining cockpit. Construction (internal stringer layout etc) typical of the best wood boats of that era.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	A Forman 8 built by Simon Robinson in New Zealand, and took part in the worlds in about 1978. The crew is Jim Lamont. Forman 8s were the culmination of the UK deep vee development line, and very successful in their day.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Eggbert the Nasty" - Forman 8, in Auckland, NZ with simon Robinson & Jim Lamont (1978)
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	As above, by the way, boat built in NZ, but mast taken on plane from UK
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Launching of "Eggbert the Nasty" - late 1977, Auckland, NZ. Simon Robinson & Paul Mason. Note the rotating mast.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	"Eggbert the Nasty" coming ashore Kielder Water 1978 - Simon & Ric Robinson ~1983
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	"Eggbert the Nasty" being rescued when car got stuck in ford in middle of Kielder Water 1985.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Pre-start from the committee boat, Felpham Worlds 1980.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	"Slartybartfast", Robinson Mk 4, Hayling Island nationals, 1985 with Simon & Ric Robinson during one of those days HISC said it was too windy to sail!
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	"Launching "Slartybartfast" Kielder Water 1985 - Simon & Ric Robinson. The shell was built 1979, and only finished 1985, but which time rules had changed!
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Coming ashore, Slartybartfast, launching day - as above.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Varnishing "Slartybartfast" (2628 Robinson Mk4) in living room in Newcastle. Christmas dinner served on Cherub foredeck that year.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)
	Preparing Slartybartfast" (2628 Robinson Mk4) for decking. The shell was build some 6 years prior to decking, by which time rules had changed.
(photo - S. Robinson Archives)

Copyright

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