Cherry 16

Trailaway Boat Kits earliest operations started about January 1977 when Barrie was holidaying at Lake Cootharaba, Noosa River.

There was this delightful Trailer Sailer bobbing about at anchor in 200 mm of water and the owner/builder was playing with the rig. 
    

 

The Cherry 16 is an easily trailed, light weight trailer yacht designed to be built with the minimum of experience and tools. The construction requires no building jig. The sheet plywood for the hull is simply cut to patterns supplied and the bottom and sides scarfed together to form full length panels. The plywood panels are then stitched together with copper wire and all the joins glued and taped.

The centreboard is constructed from 9mm steel and is of a pivoting type which can be fully retracted when sailing flat off the wind or adjusted to any angle when reaching or sailing to winward. The Cherry has a fairly fine entry and flattens out to a wide planning section aft and the large cockpit approximately 2.44m allows the weight of the crew to be kept amidships when sailing. Because of the light weight the rig has been kept relatively small but the sail area to weight is comparable with most other craft of its type.

 

The Cherry 16 is available in plan set with full sized patterns plus detailed drawings of the construction method plus written instructions for $235.00.  Visit the online shop to make your purchase.
 

It is also available in four kit forms.

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