Welcome to the Junk Rig List. After searching for information on the internet pertaining to the Junk Rig, I've realized that there is not a lot of information out there. This list has been created to discuss the design building and sailing of the Chinese Junk Rig. List members will also be able to post relevant articles and pictures.
Note: The Files and Photos sections have been re-opened for new submissions. Yahoo! have increased the limits on Files and Photos so that we now have enough space to use them again. The overflow group, junkrig2, still exists. See Junkrig2.
The feature photo shows the front cover of the newly re-published "Practical Junk Rig" by Blondie Hasler
and Jock McLeod. This seminal work on rigging western boats with Chinese junk rigged sails has been out of print for several years. It is now being published in the UK by Adlard Coles Nautical and in the US by Tiller Books.
Photo contributions of new or old junks are always welcome.
... Mike, Thanks for this news. We all owe a huge debt to Mike Richey, for keeping Jester sailing annually across the pond for so many years, and thus keeping
Without wishing to get into much of a discussion since I know little. Really I don't want to know why but simply the answer :-) ... This to me is a strong
Welcome Phil, and happy holidays. After 15 years of sailing a junk-rigged canoe you have more experience with the rig than most of the rest of the members of
Hi Mauro Home made sail, and used as an exercise in sailmaking. The diagonal creases are due to diagonal tensions in the panels and degrades the performance.