... Huh? Bolger's Oldshoe is 11.5 feet (<4m) and a cat-yawl. Jinni is a 15ft sharpie cat-yawl. Many sailing canoes in the 14-17 ft range are two masted. It's...
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Paul Sommers
psommers49@...
Jun 2, 2001 12:40 am
I have owned a Gazelle for 2 years - fire away with questions. We live near Seattle and have sailed her around Vancouver Island, as well as up in the San Juan...
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Harry James
welshman@...
Jun 2, 2001 4:19 am
I hope that you keep the questions and answers on the group rather than offline as members are interested (or at least I am)\ HJ...
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Willem Schultink
willem@...
Jun 2, 2001 12:06 pm
Hi, Everyone, Just wondering if anyone has any info on the Gallant rig developed by Jack Manners-Spencer in the 70s and 80s. It had similarities to a junk rig,...
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lynnnexus@...
Jun 2, 2001 4:46 pm
Thanks for the reply on your Gazelle. Iam curious about your battens. My battens are bamboo, and need replacement. I spoke to Tom Colvin , and he suggested...
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Steve Rankin
srankin@...
Jun 2, 2001 5:59 pm
What is FRP tubing? Incidently, when I go to open your post my dial up connector automatically tries to dial out. Very annoying. Do you have some kind of...
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Victor Winterthun
victor@...
Jun 2, 2001 8:06 pm
Hi Steve. What experiance do you have with the pole vaulting poles? Victor ... From: "Steve Rankin" <srankin@...> To: <junkrig@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Steve Rankin
srankin@...
Jun 2, 2001 10:23 pm
Victor They work well with the 250 sq ft fore, but are too flexible for the main IMO. when trying to stand up to a good breeze. Steve ... From: "Victor...
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Don Taylor & Sue Welsh
pilger@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:36 am
We have aluminium pipe battens. I think that they are (North American) schedule 40 pipe about 1.25 and 1.75" od. I am not absolutely sure of the measurements...
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Don Taylor & Sue Welsh
pilger@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:51 am
Al said: It seems to me that the foresail hinders close wind performance, and I just use the jib and main with great success. Hmmmm... I find this surprising....
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Victor Winterthun
victor@...
Jun 3, 2001 10:10 am
Hi Steve If the poles are hollow, it might be possible to stiffen them by putting a grp-pullthroughsion innside them. A pullthroughsion is a pipe or profile...
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Steve Rankin
srankin@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:20 pm
Hey Victor, Sounds like a lot of work, especially since the longer battens are spliced together using a wooden dowel inside, and wraps of glass and epoxy on...
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Victor Winterthun
victor@...
Jun 3, 2001 3:52 pm
Hi Steve. I had also planned to use bamboo first, on my boat, but I think it will rot very fast in the klimat here in Norway. So I have used Al. pipe. Victor. ...
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Perry Phillips
perrywphillips@...
Jun 9, 2001 8:13 pm
Hello folks, I'm in the process of building my junkrig Flicka and would appreciate your input regarding a reliable means of bending teak approximately 1 inch...
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Victor Winterthun
victor@...
Jun 10, 2001 10:19 am
Hi Perry. I am not a boatbuilder, but I have looked into some books, and found the following info.: 1. Teak contains a lot of oil, and will hardly take on...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Jun 11, 2001 1:04 am
The Chinese broil the planks over a small fire, for what that's worth. Weights hung on the plank ends assiast in bending....
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Perry Phillips
perrywphillips@...
Jun 13, 2001 12:25 am
Victor, Thanks for your comment. I'm preparing to apply the teak toerails to my Flicka, and while the radius is not great, it is more than teak will take under...
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De Clarke
de@...
Jun 13, 2001 4:15 am
Perry Phillips (perrywphillips@...) wrote: [questions about bending teak] you might possibly find something useful at ...
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De Clarke
de@...
Jun 13, 2001 5:38 am
Nice article on Junk Rig, written circa 1960 http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/junk/platt/platt_chinese_sail.html most of you have probably read this article...
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colin.powell@...
Jun 14, 2001 12:11 am
Yes - a fine article, and quite a few good photos and diagrams. One of the photos has me puzzled though - it's the one showing 'High Tea' at anchor: it's clear...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Jun 14, 2001 10:13 pm
Brian Platt in his book talks about backstays and the implication is they are running backstays if I understand him. He did go the wrong way on the masts...
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Paul Sommers
psommers49@...
Jun 15, 2001 1:19 am
I recently crossed the Strait of Juan de Fuca with substantial swells but no wind. My lightly stayed main mast on a Colvin Gazelle was whipping around so much...
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Perry Phillips
perrywphillips@...
Jun 16, 2001 2:32 pm
De, Thanks for the article on bending wood. I printed it out and will read it carefully before starting this phase of my project. Perry ... From: De Clarke ...
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Don Taylor & Sue Welsh
pilger@...
Jun 18, 2001 12:14 am
I have been thinking of adding an additional pair of stays on our Gazelle that can be used as running backstays primarily for motoring (i.e. no wind) in lumpy...
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Bob Mergy
rmergy@...
Jun 24, 2001 3:48 am
Battens: I am using Quarter Sawn Douglas Fir cut, shaped, and sanded then oiled with teak oil. This is a very good batten, light wieght, sturdy and weather...
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peterhardie@...
Jun 26, 2001 3:42 pm
This is the story of Brian Platt, who built a Chinese junk and sailed it singlehanded from Hong Kong to Eureka, California in the US. I just finished the book...
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jfouser@...
Jun 26, 2001 4:44 pm
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jfouser@...
Jun 26, 2001 5:27 pm
Peter,Thanks for the storey ,it was great.I was wondering if the is any information about the junk hull form,I have not seen lines for one Julian...
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peterhardie@...
Jun 26, 2001 5:45 pm
Julian: The best stuff I have seen on the hull form is at the site I referenced in the earlier post. Follow the links back to the home page, then to junk rig...
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Anthony Platt
aplatt@...
Jun 27, 2001 10:06 am
Julian, Have just seen your message to Peter about the hull form. Not entirely sure this is what you are after, but here is a scan of the general arrangement ...
