I have been collecting information as is available on the forum. I have reviewed the dimensions and construction details of the mast from Johanna and the...
Stavanger, 20080101. Hi Shaun, HNY! That was quick – don't tell me you have already read the article I uploaded to FILES just a few minutes ago?? I suggest...
My questions came for seeing the diagram of the mast. At the time of the first posting I did not know about the article. I have now printed to keep in my...
Hi and happy new year. Passepatu's masts are solid grown spruce as per Mcleods specs and were originally coated in linseed oil and dressed with a mixture of...
Hi, Arne, I have to agree. johanna graces my desktop as walllpaper. For myself I should also mention Victor's help which has saved me many many hours of work. ...
I once went out sailing on somebody else's boat who used something like this for sails. If I remember correctly, he used a mix of lighter white/clear stuff...
Assuming I've understood about the camber in the panels of a junk rig... is a camber for an entire sail more effective than the cumulative effect of cambers in...
... I have been wondering about this too. Hinged battens produce 'constant' camber whereas Arne's method produces 'quilted' camber. I have a gedanken design...
Surely 3mm is pretty thick, let alone 6mm, for a small craft? The last tarp I bought, wrapped in a plastic 'sales bag', was 'thick paper' thinness ... blue...
Hi Nels I tried to tape together a sail made from 5.2 oz PolyMax (12 mils) but it wasnt successful,the tape seperated from the material.Ihave sewed it with my...
... No, that was how the Mars Climate Orbiter was lost in 1999. I don't really want to be a pedant, honest, but a 'mil' is the US name for a 'thou', or one...
Hi. To find out if a junk sail with hinges is better than a sail with stiff battens, and camber in the panels, the Junk Rig Assosiation should match race two...
Stavanger, 20080103 Hi there! ***CHEAP BUT NOT TOO CHEAP*** About canvas for junk rig, I use to say that I'm happy with everything that is... ..CHEAP,...
Hi Arne. I have been now trying no find a source for the ripstop nylon "canvas". I have a pair of hiking trousers made from it, but can't find a bulk source...
Hi Nels, Ripstop nylon is the stuff that Spinnakers are made of, any sail makers supplier will have it. I think 1.5oz is the heaviest that you get. However the...
... Nels: I sent Arne a sample of Odyssey III a couple of years ago. He said that it felt and looked quite similar to the rip-stop that he uses, but being ...
... are ... Looks like a great mom and pop type business! There are photos of a couple of boats at the web-site. One is perhaps the the same one Barry saw with...
... Wouldn't it be easier to arrange the joining pockets like the hinge sockets of a door hinge, that way one batten would lock the two panels together. just...
Could someone please describe what is happening with the main sail of andreasurfy's 'sampan2' at <http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/photos/browse/5d16>?...
Hi, Looks to me like there might be "jaws" ala gaff rig fitted to the boom, and that the yarde is operating like a gunter rig yarde. Looking also at the ...
I've blown up and sharpened the mainsail of sampan 2 and the result can now be viewed in the album "Gerry's Bits". Yes Charlie, it's clear that the boom has...
... Certainly that's one way which will work - but if you adopt that approach, then only 50% of the length of each panel will be attached to the batten. Of...
... I am not so sure that it has boom jaws, but you may be right. Tom Colvin (who spent time in S. China before designing his rigs) initially included a boom...
"Wooden Boat" 92 back in Jan-Feb 1990 had an article covering this subject by Colin Palmer covering ...Mzrconi,Lanteen,Sprit,Gunter,Dipping Lug, and Crab Claw....
... IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer), but: It would be legal in the sense that copyright violation is not a criminal offence. But, you/we/I/Yahoo! might be subject...
