CHERUB

Originally posted by TheSeaFalcon  Looks great, I could never do something like that!

These things really aren't as difficult as you might think. Without wanting to take anything away from Tim's efforts, the basics of epoxy/carbon boatbuilding are really pretty straightforward. With experience what you mainly gain is neatness, lower weight and less time to do it.

You can spot a Bloodaxe built boat Cherub, for instance, by the way the fabric is all neatly aligned and smooth, the fillets are all eaxctly consistent in size, smooth and even and all the rest of it. A home built boat won't be like that, fillets may be rough, the fabric a bit wavey, all the rest of it, but provided that everything is basically in the right place it will still work. OK it will be heavier, and it will end up using loads more filler in fairing it and getting it smooth, but there's not really the same huge difference that there was between a Bloodaxe built wood Cherub and some of the ropier homebuilds which have headed for that great bonfire in the sky...

Good work Tim!

hmmmm, nice one. Me and my mate spent 10 hours yesterday extending my boat the required 70mm to bring it up to 12foot. Was emotional at times as i wasn't sure that hacking the bow off with an angle grinder was such a hot idea! full report and pics to come on the cherub website. a brief glimpse of before and afters below though!




 

Edited by timnoyce

You not got it yet wave rider?

We definately need one sooner rather than later, cos me and Noycey need to try some new spinnaker combinations.