Just wondering whether anyone knows of a suitable design for amateur building. Looking for fixed keel, under 20 foot, junk rigged suitable for short duration...
Have you looked at MacNaughton's site? His "coin" collection of junk rigged cruisers starts with a 15 footer and goes up -- pick the size you want. ...
Paul, I think that the Super Pelican Yangtze 18 foot might fit your needs. It is a very simple design, yet is very sea worthy. It is not fixed keel, but I ...
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Hi again, It just occured to me that the tough old Alan Buchanan plywood cruiser design "Wild Duck" should convert nicely to junk rig. I understand that at...
... Phil Bolger has several designs of this sort. There's even a fellow in Oz who's built (or is building) the "Micro Navigator" pocket cruiser. Fax Phil...
One of the plans that the Eventide Owners Assocaition sells is 'Mouette', the design that Donal Ridler chose when he built 'Erik the Red'. Bigger than we're...
Bert: I appreciate your apology as I was just contemplating a poll on banning you from the group. I am going to delete this thread of messages from the...
Hi All, In the interests of cost savings, simplicity and reliability, I have been mulling over the following idea for self steering my single masted boat....
Hi, Paul At this point, I think you just have to try it and tinker, which sounds like fun to me. There are other variables, too, such as, how well balanced...
Two quick points. Don't overlook some of Benford's smaller dory designs. They may be a little larger than you were looking for, but this group of boats was...
The "Sea Bird" yawl is another possibility. There have been variations on the basic plan over the years, by Bolger and others. The original was a CB boat and...
Silver Gull 19 should be easy to build, cheap and excellent value. http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/silver_gull_19.htm Bill http://www.smallsailboats.co.uk ... ...
Incidentally, Don Elliott will be doing a series on building Siler Gull - go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Smallboats/ Bill. ... amateur ... Bass...
Paul, maybe you like to have a look at http://www.bruceroberts.com/public/HTML/R19.htm http://www.bruceroberts.com/public/HTML/JUNK-1.htm and this is one of my...
Hi Someone tried to contact me yesterday and I inadvertently deleted the message. If I haven't replied to you, please try again. Annie junkrig@yahoogroups.com...
Re self-steering We built a trim-tab self-steering gear for about $30, which worked perfectly on our 34 ft double-ended schooner. The information was from...
Hi Annie, Seahorse Bookshop Boat Books of Auckland, New Zealand, supplied me with an unused copy of Bill Belcher's book "Wind-Vane Self Steering Theory,...
Hi, The Walter Murray self steering plans and form can be reached by: boatbuilding.com-then hit free stuff-then hit free plans.Scroll down to find site a lot...
Hi all, saw during my holidays in January 2003 in Vietnam a sailing junk (sorrily motoring) in the Halong Bay. Picture at the Files Section: DSCHUNKE.JPG ...
Thanks for the welcome,although I am not really new. I just got a new e-mail address, had forgotten my old yahoo id and pass word. This time I wrote it down....
There must be some reason why the idea of shaping telephone poles for use as free standing masts is not a more prevalent idea. According to my local ...
Hi. Here in Norway telephone poles are treated with creosote. A black messy stuff. It is poisonous, and smells bad. Try to find somebody who makes wooden flag...
There must be some reason why the idea of shaping telephone poles for use as free standing masts is not a more prevalent idea. According to my local ...
Hi, The great long distance voyager Bernard Moitessier used telephone poles for masts. I don't beleive he ever had a failure, with several around-the-world...
Manufacturing costs include more than just the raw materials costs... I don't know about the cost of utility poles, but here in Canada you can get the raw...
Hi, Well, it seems that "weight aloft" will not be a problem especially since the tele poles will have to be further tapered (and thus lightened) to specs ...
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