Cherry 16 on ebay. $300, one day to run

[SimonP]

TRAILER SAILER YACHT - eBay Sail, Boats, Boats, Watercraft, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 27-Apr-10 12:33:54 AEST) (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190390503741&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT)

[Boatmik]

The Cherry is quite cute and sails fine.

It does have one defect though - and it is not the fault of the boat. Because of the cabin everyone tends to think it is stable and secure and very unlikely to capsize - like a mini Yacht.

But its stability is really in the large dinghy class - quite good, but not as good as people expect it will be.

If you know about this it is not a problem - a good little boat. But if you head off thinking you are in a little yacht you could get into trouble.

Nice page on them
Cherry 16 (http://pelincherry16.blogspot.com/)

Remember the lead post in this subforum - about getting someone with experience look at the boat before you buy or you could buy something of little value or too expensive to fix.

MIK

[SimonP]

Sold for $530

[Cherry_334]

Hi Guys, I brought this boat. The ebay pictures are on this site in the album Cherry 334.
I have a 420 mast that fits well and have started cleaning up the interior and stripping the
topsides.

[SimonP]

Congrats. Sounds like you paid for the trailer and got her free, at that price.

I thought of buying her, but decided to stick with my Hartley. The Cherry vs Hartley 16 was discussed in this forum. Link is below

http://www.woodworkforums.com/f33/cherry-16-hartley-ts16-116698/

Please keep us posted with photo's of her progress. I'd love to see photo's of her sailing. Cheers