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3 dedicated Cherubs, E-numbers, Riot Van and Ronin turned up at Sunderland YC as an excuse for a stop on way to their Nationals at Largo Bay. On Saturday the wind was blowing around 25 knots gusting 30 knots. The 3 Cherub crews made a tactical decision to hold fire on going out for the first race. The decision was justified as the Musto Skiffs, RS300s, an RS800 and Topper went out, stuck their noses out of the harbour capsized repeatedly then nearly all returned to shore apart from 3 boats, who did a 2 lap race. Racing was then canned for the day allowing for an early start in the bar and copious amounts of food. The wind was a little more reasonable on Sunday, although still gusting up to 20 knots with some real lulls and sharp wind shifts. The asymmetric class were sailing a straight forward windward-leeward course. All 3 Cherubs were late for the first start E-numbers crossed first followed by Riot Van, who made good ground upwind, and Ronin. E-numbers lost their lead to Riot Van after a capsize on a gybe. They chased Riot Van for a lap before getting their comeuppance when Riot Van capsized on the next run. E-Numbers held her lead, Ronin caught up with Riot Van but missed an opportunity to pass them on the final beat to the line due to some simultaneous capsizing. Unfortunately this was the end to Ronin’s day as their mainsheet was becoming unsheathed and they headed for shore. In race 2 E-Numbers followed Riot Van over the line and made an early tack into clear air. Riot Van got a good lift after tacking later and got round the windward mark well ahead of E-Numbers. E-Numbers made ground on Riot Van throughout the race and were right on their tail at the last mark. Riot Van tacked early for the line and crossed E-Numbers, however they had got headed off and had to put in a second tack for the line. E-Numbers tacked later, onto a lift and crossed the line comfortably ahead of Riot Van. The start line for race 3 was very port biased and many boats struggled to cross the line, E-Numbers tried to tack onto port and cross behind the fleet but they went into the tack with little speed and went for a swim! Consequently, Riot Van stormed ahead. E-Numbers made lots of ground downwind managing to sail very low in a gust then stole the lead from Riot Van who over-stood the start/finish gate. These positions held till the end of the race. Only E-Numbers stayed out for the final race, got a good start and stayed with the Musto Skiffs up the first beat. Yet tiredness was starting to get the better of them and they capsized on the first downwind leg on a gybe then again not far up the second beat on a tack to avoid a lobster pot! They did manage to keep the boat upright from then on till the finish. E-Numbers was rewarded for her endurance and won her first bit of glassware winning the asymmetric fleet of about 6 (discounting the Musto Skiffs who’s results were separated out). Many thanks go to Sunderland YC for their friendliness and a super sail.
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Here is Steve Irish + Paula sailing Suicide Blonde. The mainsheet starts at the end of the boom, then goes down to a block on a bridle from the transom, then back to the end of the boom, then forward to a ratchet about half way along the boom. Then it goe to the helmsmans hand (if it wasn't busy with more urgent matters)
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I started sailing a few years ago in a number of different boats and have
now ended up sailing a cherub after I saw one blasting about somwhere at
high speed
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I have sailed in a number of boats bulleted list of the boats
- Wayfarer
- Mirror
- Int 14's http:\\www.i14.org if you write out the URL in full it will turn into a link and the small globe shows it is an external link
- LaserII's
- Cherubs listed bellow in a numbered list
- 9999 9999 This page does not exist so it is a red link
- 2681 AquaMarina The link is for boats:2681 the text you see is Aqua Marina
- 2686 Primal Scream The link is forced to display 2686
My older Cherub
My first cherub was AquaMarina and here are a number of pictures taken
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2004
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My newer Cherub
My current cherub is Primal Scream and below is the summary of the boat
taken from Primal's own page.
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- Name: Primal Scream
- Designs: Easy Wan
- Builder: Dave Low and Phil Alderson
- Construction: Foam Carbon to the 2005 rules with C-Tech/RMW Marine rig and T-Foil rudder
- Location: France
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Stu's Bit
Whilst visiting his grandparents in Cornwall this weekend, Stu Hopson was surprised to find out about a poem, his grandad wrote about a race in the mid to late 1960’s on the river Crouch, featuring a cherub (The Wizard of Oz). After much digging through the many poems which he has written over the years, the poem ‘The Jinx and the Wizard of Oz’ was found, and Jack Hopson (Stu’s grandad) has very kindly given permission for the class to read and enjoy this poem.
THE JINX AND THE WIZARD OF OZ
Regatta day, and lots of boats
Trevor Austin was doing well . . .
But then the wind got up a bit
(In fact it blew like Merry Hell)
Whilst leading on the final leg
His Cherub on a flat out plane
Quite unprovoked his well-known Jinx
Did raise its shaggy head again
The nearest rival, not in sight—
(But many boats were moored about)
While planing for the final mark
A puff did lift the Cherub’s snout—
With extra speed she shot ahead
But there was no real space in view
There did not seem to be a hole
Quite wide enough for boat and crew
“Our Hero” looked with urgent haste
To try and find some sort of space
(Apart from lots of moored up craft,
He’d caught up with another race)
The reaching spinny flew well out
Mounted on extending boom
A Cherub in a wind like this
Really needs a lot of room!
Just then appeared a slender chance
Not much, but then was ‘twas all he’d got
Two moored up boats lay “end-to-end”
Between the two our helmsman shot
He had to luff up quick and hard
A tricky move, as all could see
His crew made comments rather like:
“There are places I would rather be.”
A loop-the-loop, or similar
Quite a feat at such a speed
Assisted p’raps by desperate strength
That sometimes comes in times of need.
Then a rush to get the spinny down
The turning mark is quite close by
But in their haste, a minor slip—
And whoops, the halyard was let fly.
The sail went flying out in front
The boat still holding on a plane
The famous Jinx did raise its head
And problems reared up strong again.
A cruising craft on engine slow
Had not been noticed up ‘til now
Until it loomed up strong in view—
A stainless pulpit on its bow.
Too late poor Trevor spotted this
And all could see, he was aghast
A violent swerve just got him by
But the flapping sail could not get past.
It caught the pulpit fair and square
And then it wrapped so well around
It brought the Cherub to a halt
As if he’d run the thing aground.
With instant action Trevor leaped
Upon the deck where sail was caught
With fevered haste the lad did work
As with the straining cloth he fought
The owner of the boarded craft
Did watch the while and quietly curse
And all could see he was incensed
For now his craft moved in reverse.
With wind behind the Cherub’s main
The forces pushing her were strong
Despite the cruiser’s powered strain
She by her stern was forced along . . .
At last the clinging sail was freed
But still it seemed the Jinx would win . . .
The boat pulled off—left helm behind
His only option . . . jump and swim
He caught and held the Cherub’s bow
Crew still aboard—the boat pressed on
Ahead, a tender tied to buoy,
The Jinx’s work was not yet done . . .
A spinnaker halyard dragging out
Did catch around the mooring chain
Helm in water—crew in boat
The Cherub snagged up fast again.
They tugged and heaved to no avail
’Til in the row-boat climbed the crew
From vantage point, he now enjoyed
He soon could see just what to do—
The Cherub freed, and moved away
And quite unmanned, before our eyes
She slewed around with force of wind
Her boom went down, the boat capsized
The helmsman still held on the bow
To right the boat he set his mind
Then clambered in prepared to sail
And found he’d left his crew behind
Still standing he, in dinghy tied
(And hadn’t even wet his feet)
So back he sailed to get his lad
Single-handed on a beat
Meanwhile a cruiser had arrived
To collect their tender left afloat
The crew on board was much surprised
At this intruder in their boat
Their mooring picked up nice and neat
They helped this fella in their craft
And standing there with still dry feet
He must have felt a little daft.
The Cherub (not a stable beast)
In such a wind could not close in
But sailing near as he could get—
This time the crew must jump and swim . . .
Now re-united—crew of two
Continued on and finished race
And such a lead they had before
That still they finished in first place!
WRITTEN BY JACK HOPSON (MID TO LATE 1960s)
The poem just goes to show that Cherubs have always been entertaining to watch and race against!
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