Cheers (proa)

Cheers
Designer(s) Dick Newick[1]
Launched 1967[1]
Specifications
Type Proa[1]
Length 36 ft (11 m) (LOA)[1]

Cheers was a proa sailboat designed by Dick Newick in 1967. It was one the earliest designs in his career, which contributed substantially to the revival of multihull vessels from the 1960s to the late 20th century.[1] Like a traditional proa, Cheers had no bow or stern and could sail in either direction.[1]

Race win

In 1968 Newick entered Cheers in the quadrennial Observer Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race (Ostar), an open class solo trans-Atlantic race from Plymouth, England, to Newport, Rhode Island, sponsored by The Observer. Cheers finished third, beating much larger conventional boats under skipper Tom Follett who became the first American to have finished the race.[1]

Legacy

Cheers is now owned by a French couple, who restored it. France declared the boat a historical monument.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Douglas Martin (September 15, 2013). "Dick Newick, Sailboat Design Visionary, Dies at 87". New York Times.


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