The Cherry 16 is a light weight
trailer sailer
A trailer sailer is a type of sailboat that has been designed to be easily transported using a boat trailer towed by an automobile. They are generally larger than a sailing dinghy.Royce, Patrick M.: ''Royces Sailing Illustrated'', pages 52-57. Del ...
designed by Frank Pelin in the 1970s.
The hull is assembled from
plywood
Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured ...
using the
stitch and glue
Stitch and glue is a simple boat building method which uses plywood panels temporarily stitched together, typically with wire or zip-ties, and glued together permanently with epoxy resin. This type of construction can eliminate much of the need f ...
method and can be assembled by an amateur boat builder.
Plans for the construction of the Cherry 16 are still commercially available from Pelin Plans (New Zealand).
References
External links
Pelin Plans
Trailer sailers
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