Did anyone help this guy out? The bible on the subject is "Practical Junk Rig" by Hasler and McCleod. Available on Amazon. Just been reprinted, thank God. I...
The Derek Van Loan book is great too: simple, good drawings, and with good specifications. Thomas Colvins book on chinese sailmaking (available from his...
Hi, I'm just about to change my one piece (was two originally) mast to two pieces and use a tabernacle on my 21' Newbridge Coromandel. Information gleaned so...
Our hybrid VanLoan/Reddish sail has been tested and works well: the PVC battens have a pleasing bend to them thanks to the aft 60% being spruce cored and it...
Our tarp was purchased from a local WalMart in the 20 foot by 40 foot size. After shopping for tarps online I suspect that almost all of them come from the...
Thanks to Fred Barter and all others involved in Newsletter 46. David Tyler's two articles have interested me a lot - especially as I have been making battens...
Greetings I am helping my daughter build a 27 foot cruising boat (basically a 10 % expansion of the Vertue) which we hope to launch this spring. The rig will...
... Hi Dave & Crystal A couple of years ago, I met a gentleman who lived on his junk rigged boat, moored at the docks in front of the Vancouver Maritime Museum...
Hi, all: I think this is the man you're looking for: Sam McKinney, a former research associate at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, has been a journalist, teacher...
Hoping members can help us with a boat building project we are setting up near Padang in West Sumatra. You can read our story at http://www.island-aid.org Back...
... I don't know the size of these boats, but why not try building like a folding boat, say a Klepper, with sturdy plywood frames and the rest longerons ...
... Thanks Tord, We have a design for a neo-curragh boat that is very like a folding boat in concept. We will experiment with the skin material but have good...
Noah's Ark Video Link . Topic : Small and Larger Boats ,in ALL materials and builds. Mono-hull , Trimaran , Catamaran , Proa & other . Motor , Sail , Human...
Hi Tord , hi Rick , just a repost about : Sir Joseph Banks here-under . A Sailing Cargo could be usefull for the project mentioned . At least in my opinion . ...
Have you considered strip planking? The wood doesn't have to be top quality and the strips are relatively easy to transport. Fast to build with. A light and...
http://wyldluv.tripod.com/id22.html Actually 2 arches with plywood for a hard bimini. Also: we were astounded at how much better our rig points after adding...
I've reluctantly concluded that the various wise folk here who advised me that a junk rig was unsuitable for a cat were right, because of the compounding...
how hard a junk rig is to tack depends a lot on the sail plan. my three-master will sometimes self-tack if brought too close to the wind (the foresail starts...
... The Hill's China Moon is a bi-plane Junk rigged catamaran with a small junk mizzen for just this purpose. There are pictures on the net and maybe (from...
