Member # 4
Roland Bohman


The Cherie
Roland has now made so many interesting solutions on his "Cheri", that this site had to make a table of contents to make it possible to find them all in a useful manner.
    Documented updates/repairs
  1. Moving the mainsheet horserail
  2. The "Cheri" mainsail
  3. Removal of the backstay
  4. Using "RodRig" stays
  5. A new battery campartment
The photo below is, I think, one of the most calming boat photos that I have ever seen. So there is a reason for wanting to see this image in a bigger version.

Now Roland has supplied a new site containing a large number of photos from his boat and the surroundings (in swedish, but there is not much text!).



Roland Bohman's Cherie Just feel the tranquility and the anticipation of a coming sailing tour.
Moving the mainsheet horserail Jumping arrow
This photo shows, above all, the sailor man himself.

There is also, however, another intreaguing modification to the Cherie that becomes obvious:
Roland did not think that the original placement of the mainsheet horserail was good enough, so he repositioned it down close to the cockpit floor. In this way it will be easier to move in the cockpit. The downside is of course that you can't make full use of the horse along the horserail, but if you do not use that trimming anyway, it is of minor importance.

Roland Bohman in his Cherie
This accompaying photo shows several things:
  1. The mainsheet horserail is not put directly on the cabin floor. There is still some distance to the floor.
  2. There are rubber sealings in the wall where the horserail goes through.
  3. The cockpit floor seems to be flat all the way to the transom. This is not true for the boats with sail numbers lower than 300.
 Cheri's cockpit
The "Cheri" mainsail Jumping arrow
Mainsail view The Cherie has got a challenging mainsail. A student of reference may discover that the sail number (S-35) does not correspond to the "# de coque" (305) that is displayed on the members list.

Additionally, the mark on the sail is not the Sheriff 600 mark. Roland reveals (with a giggle) that it is a catamaran sail (!) from a boat type named "Hobie". It can be seen that the boom leech is too short, and Roland says that the mast leech is too long, but it gives the boat a speed gain of 1.5 knots.

I find it comforting to see that there is still another opportunity to use mainsails from other sailboats on the Sheriff 600.
Removal of the backstay Jumping arrow
Another thing that is worth noting on the image above is the curvature of the back of the sail. The thing that makes this possible is that there is no backstay! A backstay would be in the way for a sail with this rounding. Instead, there is an extra pair of lower stays that replaces the backstay. We all wish Roland to elaborate further on this construction!

Image to the right:
Ready for mooring, and you can see the extra stays!

 Another calm study
Fastening of the three stays on Cherie This photo shows that there is an extra stay fastening more aft of the original ones, where the stay that obsoletes the backstay is connected.
Using "RodRig" stays Jumping arrow
Roland says: "After many years of use, the standing rig of my Sheriff 600 has lost its shape through streching. It was not possible to tighten the stays with the rigging screws. I had to shorten the stays with wire locks. It all looked awful.

After some years I got a tip from a friend that there was something called "RodRig". I brought the old shrouds to the RodRig shop in Stockholm. For those of you who do not know what this is, it is most easily explained by saying that the shroud wires are exchanged for stainless steel rods. Massive stainless steel!

After some testing I can give you this judgement:

  • It looks nicer
  • The mast is much more stable than before. It does not move regardless of the wind.
  • The shrouds have a smooth surface that does not harm the sails."

 Cheri's use of RodRig
New battery campartment Jumping arrow
Ceri's battery compartment Roland explains: "From the start, the battery was placed under the thwarts together with ropes and anchors. It gave the boat an impression of having a list. It annoyed me much since the space could not be used to its full extent because of the battery, and with the heavy battery so far aft in the boat it seemed as though the boat was in a constant uphill slope. This was not good from a sailing point of view.

But there were solutions to this. Since I did not like the toilet, I threw it out.
The hole that remained, I used for the speedometer sensor. This is the perfect placement for it. Just before the keel in undisturbed water and in the centerline of the boat.

The space inside the cabin that was freed from the toilet was converted into a two-battery compartment and a small fresh water tank. The photo shows just one battery installed. The intention is to have one batteri for lanterns and another one for other use.
The water tank is being manufactured."


First upload: 2001-08-08 10:20 GMT+1