hi my name is terry and i have been restoring a 30ft chinese junk called sunfung this is a real chinese junk built in stanley HONG KONG in 1956 but sunfung has...
I have a Vivacity 24 bilge keeler that i would like to change to Junk Rig . Is there any info available to do such a conversion on a Vivacity 24 ? - thanks and...
Mr X from SA I just looked up the Vivacity 24 design on the web. My attitude is that any sailboat can take a junk rig. Still, I see two challenges here: •...
A Junk Rig guy forwarded these pictures to a small list of Junk Rig enthusiasts... I happen to be an Alacrity/Vivacity owner and member of the Vivacity group...
There is a Hurely 22 pictures on the album section that has been converted to junk. Anyone know who owns that vessel or an email contact address? /ch ... -- ...
Hi, I am new to these yahoo groups but have found pictures of a boat that I really love the look of and would like to contact owner for more information. It is...
Rod Skippy was hotly debated here when it was to participate in a Round the World Race for 10' boats ("AIT"). If you use the advanced search facilities of this...
I did it but no virus warning. The guy didn’t partecipate. The “floating coffin” stayed empty. Actually I do not know whether the 10 footers round the...
Hello, Skippy was built here in Belgium to participate in the "around in 10" race that never took off because no one of the participants could make it to the...
To find similar type boats that probably will sail, Google 'Phil Bolger' boat designs. He has several books of his designs out, my favourite is 'Boats With...
John Welsford has a 13 footer. Â Here's the link: http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/jw/fafnir/index.htm John Boy You can trust me, I have a degree in...
There is always the Scamp, not real pretty but tough as. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?139540-SCAMP-envy-lust&highlight=scamp Good discussion here...
One pioneer in small boats who is still going strong is "Sven Yrvind" http://yrvind.com/ who at age 72 has just returned from his latest atlantic crossing in...
Hellow all! I am a lurker who cant't keep it shut any more so I have a question. Is there a way to use sheet to tiller steering or anything like that with the...
There's a good description of how Donald Riddler did this in his transatlantic voyage in "Erik The Red" (name of boat and of book). Roger Taylor uses a...
Thank you! That would be an interesting read but the books seem to be collectibles and cost as much as a small outboard. Could you, or anyone else, possibly...
Does anyone know where to get a copy of Ridler's "Erik The Red"??? I've been looking for it for years. Jonny ... From: mborehag <mathias.borehag@...> To:...
A superb text on the whole subject of sheet to tiller steering is the book Self Steering Without a Windvane by Lee Woas, publisher Adlard Coles 1983. While...
Read “Self-Steering for Sailing Craft” by John S. Letcher. Bob Sutton From: mborehag Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:57 AM To: junkrig@yahoogroups.com ...
If someone suggested doing this to my books I'd be miffed. If anyone did it I'd probably get very tetchy indeed. "Erik The Red" is a copyright work and so any...
Hello guys what would my 40ft rhodes design look like with junk rig?,,,if its even possible to convert? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi folks, I've been trying to FIND Don Ridler for ages - even went down to West Bayon my hols (and to look at Hugh F-W's cafe!) , and discovered that their...
