Hi I just spotted this post, Passepatu's sails have been in service for more than 12 years and are made of a cotton/polyester fabric made for tent sides (12...
has anyone heard information regarding performance of this rig on the vessel "PHA" a 30' Wharram tiki, biult in Martinque. it is not a classic junk rig; but...
sun fung will be for sale aug 2006 30ft solid teak two junk sails diesel built in stanley hong kong 1956 for upto date pictures email _robbymax@..._ ...
I'm the builder and owner of PHA. On the junk rig 2 you can find some photos and so at http://www.themultihull.com/ On the June link you have a link for the...
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sun fung will be for sale aug 2006 30ft solid teak two junk sails diesel built in stanley hong kong 1956 for upto date pictures email _robbymax@..._ ...
Please bare with me - i am very ignorant in this, but willing to learn and i certainly do not mean any disrespect. The sails look odd to me in these pictures -...
The sails have sailed 4000NM but they are in good conditions, they don't get damaged since the first days of sailing. They appear odd due to a lot of creases....
Bertrand FERCOT
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Nov 8, 2005 8:55 pm
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hi hope this isnt heresy to the junk riggers but Im looking to build a 60 ft arabic style lateen rigged dhow on the rift valley lakes of East Africa by...
Explain please: have you shape or model and do you want the design of sections and therefore design data such as centre of buoyancy, lateral resistance, sail...
Hi, Like "Junk" which means many things "Dhow" also means many things. In fact both terms are western, and locals have terms for all sorts of varieties. Among...
A couple of days ago I found myself in an old-style carpenter's workshop in Cambridge (England). Among the racks of seasoned timber and old boat bits salvaged...
Hello Colin, Googling in "Bamboo Masts" yields some technical stuff and also some suppliers our side of the pond. Wally Paine ... A couple of days ago I found...
Hi Wally Couldn't see anything above dinghy size - if you spotted anything bigger - do say. One American site talks about a giant hybrid that grows 7" diameter...
Hello Colin, I didn't have time to look at it properly. There was something about using bamboo poles to support a circus big top. That would seem to require...
Colin, If you continue your Google inquiries on Bamboo you'll discover sites where you can buy bamboo seedlings for varieties that grow to 40 feet AND will...
We have a JR Cape George 36 schooner with Colvin style rig (curse those shrouds - but that's a different issue) We need some help, any help available about...
I found this site while googling for 'junk rig': http://www.junkrigs.com Note the plural! Not a lot here, but the membership info is posted. You still cannot ...
... the "Badger ... pass ... Hi I am a 28 year old from Melbourne Australia who has done a lot of dinghy sailing and always wanted to live on a boat. I now own...
It is that time of the year again and for those of us on the west side of the pond I have a suggestion for reducing the cost of renewing your membership. Send...
Hi, there: Annie Hill has recently departed Nova Scotia bound for Trinidad, en route to Australia. I don't know when she expects to arrive, exactly, but it ...
Colin, maybe you haven't found this site. http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/Christoph.Toenges/pagesEN/intro.html they promote the use of the Guadua species ... ...
wish i could, but can't afford the fee right now. have enjoyed the group very much. best regards... larry hazlewood ... From: junkrig@yahoogroups.com...
Hazlewood, Larry - (M...
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... Larry: Just to be clear - I was talking about the Junk Rig Association, not this eGroup. This group is free, the JRA is a quite separate entity except that...
I spoke with David at Bamboo Fencer at some length today and gleaned the following info: they can provide straight grown bamboo spars to about 4 inches ...
