ðə tʃˈɛɹʌb ɪz ɐ twˈɛlv fˈiːt lˈɔŋ, hˈaɪ pɚfˈoːɹməns, tˈuːpˈɜːsən, plˈeɪnɪŋ dˈɪŋɡi fˈɜːst dɪzˈaɪnd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn ɪn nˈuː zˈiːlənd baɪ dʒˈɑːn spˈɛnsɚ dˈiː nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks.
The Cherub is a 12 feet long, high performance, two-person, planing dinghy first designed in 1951 in New Zealand by John Spencer (d 1996).