| Boat name | Cherub |
| Design | Ranger |
| Designer | Cliff Gale |
| Builder | CAM Fisher and sons |
| Year launched | 1948 |
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| Sail number | A4 |
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| ARHV Number | HV000290 |
History
From ARHV:
CHERUB is a wooden Ranger class yacht built in 1947/48 by the well-known Sydney shipwright Billy Fisher for the renowned yachting journalist and writer Lou D’Alpuget. CHERUB has been well known on Sydney Harbour and Pittwater for almost 60 years and the evolution of its configuration involves associations with a number of famous Sydney yachting identities.
Links
CHERUB on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels
The boats of Cliff Gale and how the Sydney Ranger class came to be
Article by D.W ‘Bill’ Gale, published on Medium
The Ranger class – the iconic 24′ gaff sloop
Article published on Smithy’s Boatshed
