By chance has anyone made the south Florida (Ft. Pierce) to Maine offshore passage about this time of the year? If so what might one encounter and expect? Any...
... Bob: Do yourself a favour and skip Cape Hatteras (the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic') by coming inside at the Cape Fear River or Beaufort NC and head out...
... I should add that there is a _lot_ of traffic from fishing boats to barges and their tows to commercial vessels to lots of military vessels. We always felt...
I have come North in the Atlantic once from Fort Lauderdale and twice from the Bahamas. Both times we timed our weather so that winds we out of the south East...
Appreciate the transiting info. Others have warned us off Hatteras as well.... to go inside a bit then back out above it. Gives a chance to see the nature of...
Here is another catamaran with a biplane junk rig. Apparently it had flat Hasler type sails, with performance to match. Update the idea with camber or...
I have been considering the problem of hobby horsing in a junk rigged boat with its masts more forward than usual than with a western type hull. Is it a...
Armchair stuff: Hobby horsing, as I understand it, occurs when the natural pitching frequency of the forward end of the boat is much the same as that of the...
... rigged ... type ... Hi Ted maybe you could put this question to the Wylo-II group ? There's one junk rigged Wylo with 'reversed-ketch' sail- plan - i.e....
Hi you may be referring to me, Passepatu is ketch rigged i.e. larger mainsail is well forward, both masts are solid spruce, (trees with the branches cut off)...
I have been thinking lately about how to make the junk rig as light as possible, and one option that occurs to me is to make battens of foam core with...
Made a bit more progress on the main mast bulkheads, and uploaded 2 pics of them in pics/folder titled "22-foot St Pierre". The first pic shows the cabin...
... so perhaps you should not worry too much about the heavy mast and its placement, but ensure that the basic hull design is sound. ... Thanks, May and Lex, ...
What I meant was that it would be perhaps be unwise to consider a junk rig with it's heavy mast for a hull that was either unproven or was designed for a light...
... Neil, You still here? I had an unfortunate turn of events last year but am back at it. Let me know if you are still at Horn Harbor.I'd like to see your...
Hi Bertrand, As far as I remember, Pete Hill told me that he didn't use the mizzen on China Moon, as it's wasn't necessary in practice. regards, Luis ...
Greetings, In a search, I realize that this question has been asked. But since its been almost a year, I was wondering if anyone knew of the current location...
The Keying was towed from London to the river Mersey by the steam tug Shannon, arriving May 14, 1853, anchored off Rock Ferry on the Cheshire shore. On...
That's the problem and point of confusion. That was 150 years ago, which is why I'm scratching my head as to why someone has it located in the United States. ...
There has been a date change. The Second Norske Djunkesamling (Norwegian Junk Rally) will now take place on 19th and 20th of August, again in Stavanger at the...
We get it.... is it good with lugsail main and balance jib? 50 degrees is more reliable though. We had to use the same position of the old sloop mast for our...
... Sounds good to me. 50 ... overage? over average? I am not sure what you are saying here - too much weather helm I think, especially when beating. If so...
Thanks Don!!! Good info. I've kept Colvins mantra in mind and marvel once I've let it out. My initial impulse was to sheet it in tight. Amazing. I love sailing...
WORCESTER wrote: The end of Junk Keying was that of other famous and adventurous ships. She sailed, apparently under her own canvas, to Liverpool and was...
Hi, Yes, absolutely anybody interested in Junk and/or other advanced cruising rig boats will be most welcome. Whether they have a boat or not.The idea about...
Hi all, I've been considering making a Reddish-pattern small sail, but wonder how well this will stow when fully down in the lazy-jacks, since the yard is...
It seems most folks who have shorter yards add extra loops to their lifts: lazyjacks. Our yard is 4 feet shorter than our battens and we have just one lift....
