Hi, Fiqui almost completed the wooden work on deck and cabin and "ATITI" can be seen with the final form she will have for ever! Pic of today attached. Rds ...
Ahoy again; I wish I had only a little rake at most; not the extreem rake of the foremast of a sampan. I understand that is done to increase the "bury". I also...
I realize only now that no pics can be attached; so I've just open a new album SWAGGIE built in Uruguay in Junkrig2 forum. Hope to launch this month (although...
Jeff wrote ... up when the sail eases outboard, preventing the sail from clipping a wave. A junk sail, when it is not held down by a preventer, will rise...
Hello Luis, Been following your project since last year, you've done a great job ! Looking forward to your reports on how she handles. Best Wishes, Ron ... a...
Hi Folks, Long-time lurker Matt here. I'm not a huge fan of the cumbersome wind vane self steering gear on many transoms. Has anyone had any success with...
Hi Matt transom wind vanes need not be cumbersome, particularly if you have a transom hung rudder. Passepatu has one that I built from old push bike parts...
You'd need a eupheroe based system rather than a Hasler type for a sheet to tiller system, as there is very little sheet load at the end of a Hasler-type sheet...
On some points of sail, a two-masted boat such as a cat ketch can be made to self-steer without any additional rigging. You just set the boat on the intended...
Thanks for the advice! I dont exactly have a junk rig, but I certainly intend to in time. The dory is going out NEXT WEEK, come hell or high water, and as a...
... you have ... Hi Matt, Lex Likewise with an inboard rudder - do a Google for "Sayes Rig". Simple principle, very easy to DIY, only one line in the cockpit...
Lex writeL "wind vanes need not be cumbersome, particularly if you have a transom hung rudder. Passepatu has one that I built from old push bike parts roughly...
Hi all I shall try to send plans of the Skeates rig, my original plan is rather tatty now but will try to find an old article from" Practical Boat Owner" in...
We are designing masthead fittings for our Spray 38 to be junk rigged schooner, and understand the fitting for the halyard and the boomlifts, but don't...
... Lex sent me a copy of the article and it is now posted in the junkrig2 files section, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig2/files and look for the...
Hi Rob and Maren. The Mastlift is going from the mast fitting, outside the sail, under the boom and around the mast. It will work together with the topping ...
... Hi Steve - how do you find the Sayes Rig performs in practice, especially when running downwind ? No lines ??? So you don't have a means of setting course...
The mast lift together with the lazy jacks support the sail bundle when the sail is reefed or furled. In Hasler type rigs it is rigged as Victor describes. ...
Hi Wally. I also had the Mast Lift as you describe but that was a one masted wessel. I don't think it is practical to swing the sails forward when you have two...
What has everyone been using for sail cloth? I've taken a look at the top gun fabrics but they seem awful heavy, but then again I've never used them... anyway...
... plan is ... Practical Boat ... dont know ... shows ... best. ... Hi Lex / Don Many thanks for those scans - absolutely first-class !! If anyone needs...
Hi all, Recently you can see an article of junk rig for small boats on Duckworks Magazine: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/06/howto/junk/index.htm ...
Hello Victor, Quite so. I saw it (the double mast lift) on Robin Blain's boat perhaps three years ago and may have not appreciated all the details. Wally paine...
Does anyone remember if there was a discussion on "Twist Induced Camber" a few years ago and what were the conclusions? johnT Send instant messages to your...
Hi John. I belived that it may be possible to make Tvist Induced Camber. But in 2004 I had the opportunity to sail in the Yacht Tystie. She had a heavily...
Hi steer clear of anything with "sailcloth" or similar in the name. We made Passepatu's sails of a cotton/polyester cloth used commercially for tent walls, it...
I had the boat surveyed yesterday. The mast has to come out to check for corrosion at the foot and I am taking the oportunity to repace all the rigging, now...
