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.
... I plan to use 5/8" x 18 g al. alloy tube for riblets - stiff and light and easily bent to shape around a former. Arne and Slieve have suggested thin ply
My ISP has been sold (again) and without warning The Cheap Pages, including all the junk-rig info, have become inaccessible. All you get is a login page for
Stavanger, Sat Hi Colin. I haven't tried recycling a Bermudian sail into junk sail myself, but from the safe position of my armchair, I think you will get a
... Not half as primitive as the method I'm considering ... Question: In principle - do you think is it would be feasible to cut the rectangular panels of a