Hi Tim and thanks, Hadn't run across this idea on junks before. Certainly something to consider if I can ever afford new sails. It would work with my GRP-type...
Hello everyone I have just joined this List because I am working for somebody seriously looking to purchase a Chinese junk and I have been collating as much...
Hi Simon. The first thing you shoul do, is to take contact with shipping authorities, and tell about your planes. There might be regulations you have to...
Hi, All Here is another possibility for separate panels--each panel has a pocket top and bottom, and you overlap battens where panels meet, and join the...
Hi, everybody, do we have some experts here who are able to convert a *.dfx file created by the Hull designer program to convert in to 3D. I need to do that...
Thanks Victor Unfortunately Chinese communications are not as good as the West's and we've so far drawn a blank except for very expensive built to spec. boats....
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Aug 5, 2002 2:02 pm
Re buying junks in China. Hi Simon, A couple of points.First, I think Victor may have been referring to the need to satisfy regulatory authorities where you're...
... a ... Hi Lothar, Need a bit more information. I assume you created a file in Hull designer and exported it as a dxf. Now, this is where it gets fuzzy: Are...
Hello David Thanks for your reply. I have got the drift (no pun intended) that acquiring a junk from China will prove an obstacle strewn course. We have a...
on the other end of the size scale, I read this weekend that the famous Flicka 20 has been rigged (among other things) as a junk! does anyone know the story...
You can see for yourself. Here's a link: http://www.coslink.net/personal/flickafriends/specs/page2.html I've seen real photos, and not line drawings, of a...
Jules, thanks for that. The DXF file I have created is fine and it will open in Turbocad ver. 7.1 the problem I have is to convert the file from a simple 2d...
Hi. If you consider to build a Flicka, you should know that she is a real heavy weight. She is also under rigged. Sail area compared to weight is only half of...
I was reading Annie Hill's great book again and looking at the cover I noticed something odd. it shows Badger fairly close on the wind. the sails look quite...
Hi Lothar, Go to this club http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cedarstripcanoes/ Beside being a great group, Don the moderator is a TurboCad guy besides being a very...
If there are any wealthy junk fans on the list... Colvin 48 Pinky Schooner f/s 62 ft LOA Junk Rig, tanbark sails, heavily insulated, 85 hp Perkins. Launched...
... it occurred to me that if you junk rigged a Flicka you could drop a taller mast in and carry more sail -- thanks to instant junk reefing :-) de --...
... would 56 ft be of interest? http://www.infobonaire.com/samur/forsale.html Samur is on the market. she's in the Antilles at present but is a Thai (genuine)...
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Aug 7, 2002 8:10 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the junkrig group. File : /West Weight...
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Aug 7, 2002 11:04 am
Hi Victor, and also Simon thanks yours. I'd still stay a mile away from China and China consultants personally; bulding a boat is enough trouble without the...
... For another 'odd photo', take a look at the bottom pic on page 17. The flag is limp and the water's surface doesn't suggest much wind, yet the boat is...
Another of those junk tricks like sailing sideways?? Perhaps just uneven weight distribution - I have five tanks under setees - 4 water,1 fuel, 45 gal. ea. ...
Replacing a 119sqft leg o mutten with a Hassler cambered junk rig. What squre footage would I be looking as a replacement? How long should the mast and battens...
Hi, Todd Why don't you tell us more about your rig and boat--is it a sloop rig, or a cat/una rig? What is the beam, draft, length, and displacement of your...
Its for a Phil Bolger micro. Cat yawl. Make a main and a mizzen junk style. I was thinking boom length of 12 feet and spacing between boom and the first five...
We really do need all the info I asked for to do a decent job. Tim ... From: ntsrfer To: junkrig@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:01 PM Subject:...
Hi Todd We would assume that the designer knew his stuff, and strive to make the center of the junk sail area the same height and the same distance aft of the...
Nice lead! I slipped . I'll tip my hat to you and find the knowledge else where! Just a simplton humbly shuffling away. Todd ... make the center of the junk...
