By pure coincidence, when I made our junk sail I used 2" wide black webbing as used by kiters, in which I ran my bolt ropes, which are the braided type Arne...
Hello, Tord! If you are the Tord Erikson who has some Pictures on the AYRS Yahoo Group, I sent you some corrections concerning Bertrand Fercot's "PHA". (Tell...
Hi all we are building a 15' Laurent Giles Jolly Boat. Does anyone know of one or something similar that has been made Junk Rig. Were there any problems? Can...
HI Again. Have had to rejoin with a full stop in the name instead of old one, which was biffburton. We were writing to a chap on her ref Jolly Boat he and we...
... junk rig when I reach ... rigs, either for new boats or ... will be bounced. ... Hi, Carl - If you buy a copy of Practical Junk Rig by Hasler and McLeod...
... looking at used utility poles but have not found a reasonable source.� Have been checking all the local scrap yards here in Oregon.� All input...
... Hi, Victor - Catamarans don't need lead. Monohulls use lead because when the heel, the center of the sail moves to leeward, creating a lever arm off of...
Stavanger, Tuesday Hi folks! I have just written an "Autumn letter " to you with many photos in. Please check the PDF-file: ...20081007 Autumn letter to the...
Hi all, i haven't posted for a long time but i've been working hard... i just thought i'd post a couple of pictures, in junkrig2 photos in the mariposa folder,...
Stavanger 20081007 Rich! Congratulations with your successful junk rig! Your Contessa 26 must be one of the very first JR boats in the UK with a cambered junk...
Hi, We've just been fortunate enough to buy Ivory Gull the Maurice Griffiths designed Lone Gull 2 built by David Tyler and finished in 1995. I understand that...
... On the subject of weather helm, Arne, you mention that Peregrine picks up a strong weather helm, and also that it is tender. There is a relationship here,...
After years in yacht design, I finally "discover" the junk rig. Good sailing Ronaldo Fazanelli Migueis,M.Sc. Naval Architect [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi Arne, just off the top of my head the mast is scandanavian scotts pine imported through Boston, it's 90mm at the mast head and 200 (i think) at the...
Welcome Fazanelli! Fazanelli is Naval Architect and project for me a Catamaran Ainoko, one polinesian catamaran. Photos in Photos files! The Fazanelli's site...
hi, chris built my sail, it was his first cambered sail built in close contact with slieve. as it was a prototype it cost me the same as the flat version would...
Hello again, i have uploaded some more pictures now so you can see the mast foot as it went in. also the size of the rivers, we short tacked dead to weather up...
Well I now have samples of two materials, Sunbrella which weighs in at 9.25oz and Docril which weighs in at 11oz. prices are fairly similar at around $30-36...
Hello to all Just found your group. I own a 17.5 foot Silhouette and giving a lot of thought to putting a junk rig on her but didn't know there were so...
Hi, I own a Cape Dory 28. I have never re-rigged a boat before and I wonder if anyone here (Arne? Victor? Others?) could give me some help as I work to design...
Stavanger Friday 20081010 Rob, It looks to be a fine boat you have got there! About mast weight; is there any other weight in the bow that can be removed,...
Thanks for your generous, quick reply Arne! To answer your questions. The boat's mission and sailing environment: I live in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle to...
Answer to one more question that Arne asked About weight forward: A holding tank is under the V-berth. I guess that could become a weight issue, but hasn't so...
With your reading are you familiar with CLR -- Centre of Lateral Resistance of the hull shape --- and CoE -- Centre of Effort of the sail area? For working...
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