I have a steel built, Tahitiana class junk schooner lying ashore in S Portugal. She is stripped out to a bare shell, with holes cut in the hull awaiting...
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physhbourne
Feb 4, 2012 4:22 pm
beginner is looking for a junk rigged boat (loa 26-30), ideally fully equipped, ready to sail and in good shape… i live at the baltic sea and it seems not...
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physhbourne
Feb 4, 2012 4:22 pm
me, too!! :-))...
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robertbiegler
Feb 4, 2012 8:43 pm
... If you're willing to go a little smaller, have a look at Walter Simmon's Grey Seal: http://www.sunbirdmarine.com/Greyseal_22.htm. I travelled to Cornwall...
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Victor
vicwin2009...
Feb 4, 2012 10:04 pm
Hi. I believe Sunbird Marine have several for sale. Victor...
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captainasmat
Feb 5, 2012 11:32 am
Hi physhbourne, The posting you are responding to was put up last May. Antares was sold within a few weeks and is now based in the Bristol Channel. Good luck!...
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physhbourne
Feb 7, 2012 5:08 pm
ah, okay! cheers, mate!! :-))...
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physhbourne
Feb 7, 2012 5:08 pm
thank you… i think, the greyseal is a somewhat too small for me – and sunbird marine i've already spotted… ;-)) but maybe here are more boats known? :-))...
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physhbourne
Feb 7, 2012 5:09 pm
thank you very much, indeed – yet this is a li'l very too small for me… :-)) so just go for it… :-))...
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physhbourne
Feb 7, 2012 5:09 pm
cheers – i've already noticed that. and indeed he's very friendly! he gave me informations about one or two boats… problem is how to get a boat to the...
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MarineXO
drwaynemoran
Feb 8, 2012 3:18 am
I am building authentic wooden Chinese sailing junks in China. Any junk up to 10.5m can be shipped by container cheaply to almost anywhere in the world. If...
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robertbiegler
Feb 9, 2012 7:50 pm
... Sail it there during your holiday. Get a delivery skipper. Make it a condition that the present owner delivers the boat. Then you can be fairly confident...
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gary
hartley_spin...
Feb 9, 2012 10:12 pm
Arne, I remember you saying you use Harkin blocks for your Halyard but I was wondering which ones? The 40mm Carbo Airblocks look suitable though they do have...
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physhbourne
Feb 10, 2012 9:08 am
cheers! that sounds like a very reasonable advise!!...
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Arne Kverneland, Norway
arne_kvernel...
Feb 10, 2012 9:45 am
Stavanger, Fri Hi Gary I can't remember that I've recommended a special brand name for halyard blocks. I just mean that one should pick the best one can...
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gary
hartley_spin...
Feb 10, 2012 11:01 am
Thank you Arne, I hadn't thought about the termination point and that is worth thinking about. I had planned to use a 4 part purchase but I will rethink that....
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Simon Gruffydd
glasiad
Feb 10, 2012 12:44 pm
I can confirm that Harken roller bearing blocks do wear out from constant use. I installed two Harken cheak blocks as part of my wind vane steering a few years...
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gary
hartley_spin...
Feb 10, 2012 9:00 pm
I just had someone remind me that I had decided to use Barton blocks...I had completely forgotten. Too many other things on my mind I guess. Gary...
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Michael Gian
guidoinsouth...
Feb 11, 2012 3:30 am
Simon Gruffydd <wrote>... I can confirm that Harken roller bearing blocks do wear out from constant use. ... I am not concerned about them wearing out through...
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nereidstockholm
Feb 11, 2012 6:07 pm
We are new owners and beginners of a not ready built junkrig, re-built from a 35 foot Maestro (her name is Nereid). We plan to take it to Turkey, Bozburun...
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Victor
vicwin2009...
Feb 12, 2012 8:45 am
Hi. I don't think you need additional ballast. It is a beamy boat, and you have over 40% ballast. The next to think of is the rig. Are you sure it is working...
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Arne Kverneland, Norway
arne_kvernel...
Feb 12, 2012 9:07 am
I can second what Victor is saying about Sebastian. He has gained so much sailing experience with his self-made cambered panel JR on his sloop Peregrine, that...
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Chris
lonegull2
Feb 12, 2012 5:19 pm
Look also at the amount of curvature/swallow in the wheel part of the block. I had a double barton halyard masthead block and the downhaul part of the halyard...
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graeme
graeme19121984
Feb 16, 2012 2:13 am
... This sounds like the unroadworthy "notch" that develops in the straight ahead position of motorcycle steering head bearings. Graeme...
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Gordon
gazuum
Feb 16, 2012 11:42 pm
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/2854800969.html Nuff said g...
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nereidstockholm
Feb 19, 2012 11:15 am
Hi, thank you for your advice. Would it be a negative impact if we will add weight on the keel? For the moment we are discussing an extra weight of 300kg. ...
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nereidstockholm
Feb 19, 2012 11:34 am
HI Arne, nice pictures! We will try out our sails, that are made in Thailand in dacron and wood, after Nereid is put into the water in end of April and 2 weeks...
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Victor
vicwin2009...
Feb 19, 2012 12:32 pm
Hi Sanna. It will give extra forces on your keel bolts, the boat will be stiffer, andmore uncomfortable, espesially when motoring without sail up. And it is...
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Simon Gruffydd
glasiad
Feb 20, 2012 12:22 pm
There seems to be a growing consensus that Junk sails that incorporate some camber into their design (as opposed to purely flat sails), provide improved...
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Gerald
gbrianob
Feb 20, 2012 1:15 pm
My sails are in a poor state with holes, wear where the sun shines brightly through and quite a lot of failing stitching. Yet they perform very well and seem...
