The design of Tystie was a joint effort between David Thomas, a well known designer in the UK, with many production and custom boats to his...
That's the way it goes. There are always plenty of folks ready to say "I've never tried it; therefore, I'm sure I won't like it".
Stumble, I don't quite understand what you're saying. There have been plenty of conversions from bermudan to junk, on production hulls, and...
bpw, I suggest you take this into account: If you put a "normal" bermudan mainsail, with a headsail, onto an unstayed mast, the mast must be much...
These battens were made in alloy, with the shape based on Wortmann fx155w173 airfoil section.
630 sq ft, with carbon fibre yard, battens and boom. Cambered lower panels, and fanned planform to provide camber in the upper part of the sail.
She had this rig for 40,000 miles, from 2005 to 2010; and sailed around Iceland, down to Cape Town, up to Alaska, down to Tasmania, and finally to...
Certainly there is no "one rig suits all" solution. But I think it's perfectly valid to say, for example "your greyhound is much better at...
bpw, Not many people are going for a wooden unstayed mast these days. A better option (I'll try to avoid saying best, as it upsets some folks!) is...
Richard, There's really only one major "con" - windward performance in light breezes, say below 10 knots. You must have sailed one of the "bad"...
Eric, Yes, that used to be true, in the old days when everyone made their junk sails flat. Now we put shape into the panels, or hinges into the...
OK, let's try "taken all round, and all things considered, the most suitable rig for short-handed ocean cruising" I haven't got 200-300 lbs of...
Recently on the Junk Rig Association forum, at www.junkrigassociation.org members were invited to list the advantages that junk rig has over other...
I worked with Blondie Hasler very briefly in the early 1970s. He had the clearest-thinking, most receptive mind of anyone I've ever met. He would...
