Cherub (dinghy)

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Specifications Under Current Rules

Number of crew 2
LOA mm 12 ft 0 in
Beam mm in
Hull weight (with fittings) kg 110 lb
Sail Area total sq.m ft. sq.

The Cherub is a small, high performance[See "Electrifying Performance". Cherubs have been videod at 25 knots], two man planing dinghy first designed in 1951 in New Zealand by John Spencer[John Spencer - a brief biography] (d 1994). The class is a development class, allowing for great variations within the set of rules.

The Cherub is bermuda rigged with trapeze(s), and has a crew of two.

The early Cherubs had a relatively large spinnaker flown from a halyard which exited the mast just above the forestay and used a spinnaker pole and restricted the trapeze to a single.

Current Cherubs have both enlarged the sail area and use an asymmetric spinnaker system. Trapezes have been extended now to both helm and crew.

References

Other Classes of dinghies

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