Photos of CHEERS, THREE CHEERS and other Newick designs
I’ll try over time to post some photos of CHEERS, THREE CHEERS and some other Dick Newick designs. This first one is of CHEERS with the big green jeny.
Holly cow! Nice photo!
I was just watching the youth america’s cup today and was marveling at the thinness of the smaller code zeros the “kids” were using. But they look like they are trying for an upwind shape on the genaker here, no?
The grace and rightness of Newick’s designs will always be a marvel to anyone with an eye for elegance.
Thanks, Halsted for sharing your valuable archive with us. Its amazing.
best,
chris
Yes, thanks indeed. I look forward to seeing what you’ve got in your archives!
Here is a shot of CHEERS, that was taken early on. The anti-diving plates hadn’t been put on yet.
These are very good. Keep them coming!
Cheers,
Paul
This photo was taken the day that Tom and CHEERS left St Croix USVI for England. CHEERS had not been excepted yet for the OSTAR, by the race committe. By sailing to England Follett, Morris & Newick figured it would be a lot harder to turn down CHEERS. This photo also shows the windward sponson well.
I should also add that most of these photos were taken by either Fritz Henle or Dick Newick.
very cool! thanks for sharing them!
Very very nice pictures!!!
I love them. Please keep them coming!!!
Cheers,
Johannes
I was eleven years old in 1968. Here I am with CHEERS in Newport RI, after the finish of the 68’ OSTAR race.
Did you sail much on Cheers, Halsted?
What was it like?
Yes, I got to sail on CHEERS several times in St. Croix. I remember she was a very “wet boat.” And she felt like you where riding so close to the wave tops. When it came time to “Maneuver” (i.e., change directions) there was a lot of scrambling around. Tom had it all wired for solo sailing; the more crew that was aboard the more they got into each others way. I remember once my father, Dick and I sat on the Ama (leeward hull), and watched Tom do a full “Maneuver” by himself. I don’t remember exactly how long it took him, but it didn’t seem to take that long. Only a few minutes at most.
My father sailed with Tom from Gosport down to Plymouth. It was a lot colder then in St. Croix. So, dad and Tom had to both climb out of the cockpit/cabin if they wanted to trade places. My father was actually claustrophobic, so they did change places a couple of times. Once you had the compaion way boards in place and the hoodie cover up CHEERS was a fairly dry boat if you were inside.
Overall, I remember CHEERS had a fairly comfortable motion. I loved how fast she was too. Sometimes CHEERS would be going soo fast that she would sort of jump off a wave that she overtook. That’s why Dick put on the sprayrails and anti-diving plates. I do remember that Dick and Tom were worried about going too fast for some conditions (tall choppy waves), that would cause CHEERS to submarine a bow and cause a pitchpoling.
My father had a scale model (1/2” = 1’) built after the 68’ OSTAR race. This is exactly how CHEERS looked (cleaned up of course) when she arrived in Newport RI. My mother left the model to me, and I have it here at my home. If anyone has questions on the deck layout I can always take more close-ups.
I was eleven years old in 1968. Here I am with CHEERS in Newport RI, after the finish of the 68’ OSTAR race.
Halsted, I envy your childhood. I was about an hour and a half WNW of you completely unaware of the history you got to be part of first hand.
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Bill in Ottawa
(born and raised in Western Mass.)
Bill,
Yes, I have had a lot of great sailing adventures with my family and the Newicks.
I was born and raised in Colorado. My dad taught me to sail on a small lake here; aboard a sailfish. We where members of the “Arid Yacht Club.” Later in St. Croix I learned more aboard bigger boats like Dick’s 40’ catamaran AY-AY. In June 67’ the Morris & Newick familes sailed AY-AY from St. Croix to Gernada and back. Back then the Caribean was’t the big bareboart charter region it is now. It was a really cool trip for a 10 year old kid. I had my own 8’ yellow raft to row around on that trip.
I learned a lot on that trip and several others from Dick and Tom. A lot of folks don’t know just how much sailing I have done.
I don’t get to do much sailing now (except for my little RC sailboats). I work in the snow-safety business, teaching avalanche safety courses and selling small field books for Snow/Avalanche workers. I often think I have had the best of two great worlds; the oceans and the mountains. Each has a lot of special people associated with them.
I do have some design drawings that Dick and I discussed as a one-man mini-trimaran, that I may build sometime.
Halsted
Here is a photo of my father and Tom Follett. They are looking at a trophy the AYRS gave for the most innovative yacht design. Obviously, CHEERS is the subject of the award. I can’t remember why Dick wasn’t there.