If you are interested I know an industrial machine. It is the machine were the last owner of my ship te TRIP withsails15 meters high, were made on. The old...
Hi, I'm a new member, this is a great site. This is my first post, I've been reading all the old postings for the last few weeks, learning a lot. Thought some...
Hi everyone, I was lucky enough to stumble into this yahoogroups page, and I'm very excited to learn from you all about this facinating subject. Right now, I'm...
Tom MacNaughton has done several beautiful designs with junk rigs. Have a look: http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/ Robert Miller ... [Non-text portions of this...
Zach: I don't know if anyone is building stock junk-rigged boats these days, but there are a few designers who have married junk rigs to western hulls. You...
Hi Zach, for a traditional wooden junk (Malay type) check out: www.nage-pelangi.de the website has all necessary information. Christoph ... From: zachpettis ...
Dear Christoph, That's just what I'm looking for: a traditional wooden junk. Unfortunately, I am unable to get the site to work. Are you sure that the...
Hi, I got the url to work when I used http://www.naga-pelangi.de/ It seems that the following / is important. Actually if one does a google search for pelangi...
Hi Zach, sorry, the e should be an a, so it goes: www.naga-pelangi.de does it work? Christoph ... From: Zach Pettis To: junkrig@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Hi Gerard, thanks for the help. No it is by no means a Lorcha, but a traditional Malay Junk. Lorcha bodies are very much different - see the pictures in the...
At lot of you will be aware of the Kondo Syokai Gazelle Project in India. One of the things we are trying to do is develop the sport of keelboat racing in the...
Hydraulic or push pull cable are your best bet. Go to Morse controls in the Internet, and you will see all of the options open to you. Al Hackett ... Do you...
... Al can you explain something very basic for an ignoramus? the travel of the lever is fairly short where the skipper operates it. the travel of the lever...
You must see the set up to understand it. It is very simple when you see it, and I could write 5 paragraphs trying to explain. The key to this system is that...
... OK, I'll take your word for the general principle. I notice that on the Hynautics kits I keep seeing the words "recommended for boats with inboard engine...
I prefer hydraulic systems . They are more reliable and are easy to maintain. The initial cost can be more, but over time is really cheaper. A few years ago, I...
... easier than cables? wow. that surprises me, I always thought hydraulics were kind of tetchy and tricky to install or keep running. sort of like brake...
... I understand Wagner to be no more... (http://www.jastram.com/service/wagner-engineering.htm) ... to be running constantly to pressurise the hydraulic...
... darn. ... ah but it is not steering I want... thanks for the explanation of ratios in hydraulic systems. ... that sounds like a useful document! thanks...
Hi, I'm a new guy with no boat, but eager to learn more about junk rigs, as I expect to buy something in the range of 29 to 32 feet in the next two years, and...
I saw at junkrig2 the pictures of La Chica. Can someone tell me what the masts are made of and how they're lifted into place? How heavy are the masts? Thanks...
The feature photo shows the front cover of the newly re-published "Practical Junk Rig" by Blondie Hasler and Jock McLeod. This seminal work on rigging western...
... rigs, as I expect to ... and hope to ... a gaff rig). Brian: Buy a copy of Practical Junk Rig by Hasler and McLeod, and take a look at the "Coin" series of...
... Well, Fred may not like me advertising the fact, but I ordered my copy for only 35 pounds sterling, 42 pounds sterling if you include the shipping to the...
I just checked at Amazon.com (U.S.) and found only past editions (very expensive) of this book, but when I checked at Amazon.com UK, I found the book there. So...
There has been no news yet of a US publisher. Tiller Books used to publish it in the US. Don. ... (very expensive) of ... there. So as to ... in the U.S....
... I was told by them that they (Tiller) had no plans of doing a reprint, and they hold the rights to it in the US. Thanks to Amazon.UK I can finally order...
Hi Brian, La Chica is my boat. The mast are 16 sided steel poles made up for me by PCS a steel street light pole manufacture here in New Zealand (Just about...
Hi Brian There's nothing like posing the ultimate junk rig question on a first posting <g> ! Getting masts up and down easily and safely is (imo) the last...
