As a tribute to fine workmanship, I thought I would put up photos of how Shoestring was made and by whom. The Designer/ Boatbuilder is Gary Underwood and it...
Stavanger, Mon Hi all I just uploaded a little write up about a cordless winch handle I have beeen using for almost a year now. It is called "20120326 A...
I own sunfung .a real chinese junk built in stanley hongkong 30FT long 11ft wide Built from solid teak Two junk sails Original three cylinder diesel engine by...
After years of not being available, our book has recently been re-published on Amazon Kindle. Owing to download constraints, the photos which appeared in...
a silly question I do now, me I'm lost how to tack a three masted junk ? on a gazelle with a jib it is easy....even without ruder but three masted junk might...
I was the second owner - bought it from the couple who built it in Florida - bought in Ft Lauderdale - my Dad and 2 of his buddies sailed it up to Jacksonville...
Now that I am up to making the Yard and Boom I'm figuring I will use Arne's new lazyjack setup. Arne I have your PDF on setting them and was just wondering if...
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...
Arne, you have done some remarkably innovative thinking in coming up with the cambered junk sail. I am awed. Your design addresses the one real shortcoming...
Hi , I am planning a 12 square metre junk sail for a cute dinghy,called CLOWN 450 (plans are for free from a naval architect-googled it- but they are in...
While enjoying the exchange around Bolger's Chinese gaff rig, I've had, by coincidence, a letter from Phil Bolger on my table. Last week I started work on the...
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...
Stavanger, Sunday Hi all Before Christmas I put together a little write up called "Peaking up the Junk Rig" (616kB, pdf) which shows how I met and (hopefully)...
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...
Kingfisher 26 "Antares", moored in Chichester Harbour, on the S coast of England. A dear friend has fallen seriously ill and has passed his 32ft junk rigged...
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...
As a new junk rig sailor I have a lot to learn about trimming the new sails. I've just posted a photo showing Aphrodite under sail on the starboard tack in...
After the new Paul Thompson designed rig was installed last February, we only had a chance to sail Aphrodite twice before I had to return to work in the US....
Yesterday morning Felicity and I tootled in Ivory Gull down to the end of the river to see what it looked like outside and whether we might venture for a sail...
Hi folks, I've gotten to the point of deciding a sail plan and mast. I was just donated a mast that is Douglas fir, 45' tall, but I'm only needing 26'...
When I had an accident and demolished the rudder it was replaced by a very heavy solid wood instead of foam and fibreglass with wood strengthening piece...
Hi all, Needing something more appropriate for getting to and fro Ivory Gull on her mooring than our 8' Walker Bay RID I bid on eBay for an ancient 8'...
There is a copy of this book in the Dunedin Public Library, New Zealand. I imagine it would be available on interloan to people in NZ so come over, sorry you...
