Peter, ... seems you still have no access to Practical Junk Rig ... in chapter 6 - Designing the sailplan Hasler/McLeod recommend for ordinary cruising yachts ...
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Peter Hardie, New Jer...
peterhardie@...
Nov 1, 2000 2:24 pm
... your ... Thanks Leo, It has dawned on me that I should Hasler first, then ask questions, so I appreciate your indulging my curiosity. Hasler is on order, ...
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Mike Westfield
n6pfk@...
Nov 2, 2000 4:25 am
Hi: I run sailcut 8 and the lower panels have camber but the two upper panels do not. What am I doing wrong if anything? The upper edge of the highest lower...
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Mike Westfield
n6pfk@...
Nov 2, 2000 4:53 am
... OK, only the upper edge of the highest lower panel is straight. Mike ... of ... panel ... the...
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Todd
boomjib@...
Nov 2, 2000 7:20 am
Will the book Practical Junk Rig have enough information for me to be able to becide if it's practical? To put a junk rig on a Cal 20.Is it possible with out...
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Steve Poskitt
steveposkitt@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:35 am
Hi Mike, I think this is deliberate, if you look at the panels the camber gradually decreases towards the top of the sail. Check out the Nova Scotia Junk Rig...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Nov 2, 2000 5:39 pm
... This is on purpose. Make sure you have the latest version, which has more tweaks to the sail. Also if you're reefed down to just the two uppper panels you...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Nov 2, 2000 5:39 pm
... Todd, try interlibrary loan if you are unsure. A junk sail can go on just about any boat and work OK because it is so low-tech (the English, for example, ...
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Tim Anderson
tim@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:04 pm
Todd, I see you list S. Cal. as your home, Practical Junk Rig is in my personal library in Westminster, CA; call me at 714-894-4875 Tim Anderson ... From:...
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Rod Hollingsworth
rhollingsworth@...
Nov 2, 2000 11:03 pm
Hi Folks, I just received a quote from my local electrical supplier. A fiberglass light pole 35 feet long delivered to Stockton California is $900.00. Since I...
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godfreysart
godfreysart@...
Nov 3, 2000 12:35 am
Dear Rod Hollingsworth .... Re alternative for fiberglass masts costing 9oo$ each. I am sure you can find a pole yard , or in a book by Derek Van Loan called...
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Leo W. Foltz
leo@...
Nov 5, 2000 2:47 pm
Hi all, Godfrey, ... I'm converting the Bolger sharpie AS29 to a Chinese Lugger. Please have a look at my drawings of a ketch and a yawl version at ...
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Leo W. Foltz
leo@...
Nov 5, 2000 9:13 pm
Just managed to upload the files to http://www.egroups.com/files/junkrig/Twilight/ Have a nice day Leo...
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Russ Ashworth
russa@...
Nov 6, 2000 12:27 am
I copied this from the YL list because it had some Junk Pictures on it. Sorry if it has already been covered but he sure has some pretty pictures. Russ...
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Peter Hardie, New Jer...
peterhardie@...
Nov 6, 2000 12:55 pm
Anybody know whose design that junk dory is in the last pics from Russ? Nice looking boat. Peter...
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James Creighton
jcreighton@...
Nov 6, 2000 1:06 pm
It looks like it might be a Tancook Whaler. Cheers, Jim Creighton...
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Dragan
mashala@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:52 pm
Hi , I'm building Van De Stadt steel 34 and I am interesting is it possible to put junk rig on , and what kind of reinforcement I need to put on deck around...
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efemike@...
Nov 8, 2000 11:28 pm
How exactly do you lash the battens to the junk sail? Do you put pairs of little grommets along the sail panels at each batten, or sewing-machined button holes...
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paddlerjay@...
Nov 8, 2000 11:38 pm
Hi Mike, Well I guess you does what you wants! I personally use small brass eyelets and it saves the sailcloth and makes it look neat. I have just punched...
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pilger@...
Nov 8, 2000 11:54 pm
Tom Colvin claims that his batten lashing technique is the only advance that he has made to the Chinese rig - everything else that he has done he saw on junks...
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efemike@...
Nov 9, 2000 4:08 am
Hi, ... as ... concept ... new ... the hull, ... swings ... needs a ... I think the Reddish sail shape would produce a lower centre of effort due to its low...
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Mike Westfield
n6pfk@...
Nov 9, 2000 5:59 am
OK, My sail has over 40% of it's area in the upper two panels. Would adding camber to the lower panels significently improve it's windward performance. More...
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msmed@...
Nov 9, 2000 10:29 pm
Can anybody help me out with information on the aero rig made for the gallant by Jack Manners-Spencer ? All I have been able to find is a brief mention in the...
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paddlerjay@...
Nov 9, 2000 10:40 pm
I'll try- The rig is built like a Spitfire wing using alloy section battens which take sailsloth strips in luff grooves top and bottom, building up into a...
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msmed@...
Nov 11, 2000 12:53 pm
First, a lot of thanks to Jon Blackburn. Where to find the book "Easier rigs for sailing" by John Campbell. I coudn't locate it. Who's the publisher ? What...
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paddlerjay@...
Nov 11, 2000 3:27 pm
Hi There, Found the book now, Easier Rigs for Safer Cruising ISBN 0-370-30698-8 published 1986 by Hollis & Carter Double sided sail set on wishbone battens in...
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Robert Tememe
robert@...
Nov 11, 2000 7:28 pm
I am looking for a type of rig that would allow me to cruise solo, considering that I don't have the use of my left arm. It seems to me that a junk rigged boat...
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Steve Rankin
srankin@...
Nov 12, 2000 2:55 am
I had a rotator cuff problem which severely limited the use of my right arm. The thing that gave me the most trouble sailing my Gazelle was hoisting the ...
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Don Taylor & Sue Welsh
pilger@...
Nov 12, 2000 5:25 am
Yes, I think the halyards are going to be the main problem with one handing a junk rig. The JRA used to recommend a powered self-tailing winch on the cabin...
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msmed@...
Nov 12, 2000 11:17 am
... Hollis & ... an ... an ... and one ... front. ... aerofoil sail ... for motor ... ties four ... an ... shape as the ... Campbell's ... Gallant may ... ...
