Arne Kverneland's files


The Cambered Panel Junk Rig ("The book"), a DIY guide to rigging a boat with cambered panel sails.

Chapter 1, Preface (ver. 20200916)
http://goo.gl/9uDyCu

Chapter 2, THE BOAT.pdf, version20100923... Finding a suitable boat to buy, build or have built...

Chapter 3, CHOOSING A SAILPLAN.pdf ver. 20140224 Sketching up a sailplan and sorting out the CE versus CLR. File size 2.31MB...

Chapter 4, DRAWING A DETAILED SAIL.pdf version 20140317, including 20 pages with master sail diagrams. File size 3.3MB

Chapter 5, MAKING THE SAIL.pdf, version 20240203a. Lofting, cutting and sewing..

Chapter 6, THE (wooden) MAST.pdf,
version 20180919

Chapter 6b, The Hybrid Mast (ver. 20180917A)http://goo.gl/WE36w3

Chapter 7, Rigging the sail.
https://bit.ly/3kjEcgc


Other technical articles:

1 The Cambered junk sail , ver 20071228-1.pdf
(..the short version..)

Arne's Chain Calculator, ver 20120519.pdf

Junk Rig for Beginners pdf [987 Kb] English French

Batten stagger in a junk rig with cambered panels.pdf

20091119 Camber, the Johanna way.pdf


.
(..replacing the gaff sail with a junk, but keeping the rest...)
(..printed in NL48...)

The Myth of the Bad Tack.pdf
(.. why the cambered junk sail is just as good or
better with the mast on the lee side of it... )

20140830 Making a fan-up preventer.pdf
( ver. 20140830. Includes a test-sail of a
fan-up preventer on Frøken Sørensen...)

 

20200508 A new rudder for an Athena 34
https://bit.ly/3f15PYY

20231130 Friction in halyard and sheet.
About my boats, mostly.
https://tinyurl.com/yxk2zrdm

 
Letters (..some copied from the Yahoo JR group...):

     (making use of some photos from Edward Hooper)


     (.. about the JRA rally plus visit from Peregrine...)
.
     (.. about heating the cabin...)
.

 

20100912 a photo review of the Stavanger JRA Rally 2010 (link below)

http://goo.gl/KIOwkH 

 

20110630 Getting Broremann back in business.pdf

     (.."Small is beautiful, partII" , new mast...)

 

20110722 The poor man's Ljungsröm Rig.pdf

    (.. a totally different  way of doing it...)

 

20110907 A rig for comparing wind drag.pdf

 

20120326 A cordless winch handle for Johanna.pdf

 

20120704, A white sail for Edmond Dantes, part 1,   ver 20120723.pdf

(.. 2.5MB, The Construction of the Sail...)

 

20121006, A white sail for Edmond Dantes, part 2,   ver 20121006.pdf

(..1.8MB, Rigging and Testing the Sail...)

 

20130302 A solid fuel heater for Edmond Dantes.pdf

(.. The Dickinson Newport...)

 

20130808 Frøken Sørensen, short photo article by Arne Kverneland, Part I.pdf

(.. Part I, rigging and first sails...)

 

 20131017 Frøken Sørensen, short photo article by Arne Kverneland, Part II .pdf

(.. Part II, sailing and technical details...)

 

20140503 Junkrig for a Jeanneau 6.6m.pdf (an exercize in using The cambered Panel Junk Rig, Chapter 3 - 4)

 

 20140521 Goodbye to Johanna.pdf (..the shortest delivery trip ever...)

 

20140611 Taming the THP.pdf (..a quick fix which hopefully will work, conclusion 20140815...) 

 

20141103, Who said that a spruce tree cannot speak.pdf
( a simplified version of "Arne on mast scantlings"..)

 

Junkrig for Ingeborg, Part 1 (20161015)

from JRA Magazine 72: Making the sail (link below)

http://goo.gl/TZSM62


Junk Rig for Ingeborg, Part 2 (20170521)

making the mast step and partners (1.62MB, link below)

http://bit.ly/2sf2tsW


Junk Rig for Ingeborg, Part 3 (20190221)

mast, yard, battens and boom, and rigging it.

https://bit.ly/2IpCWtR


20170429 Adding a jib to a JR
http://goo.gl/EFQdLP

20170727 Testing Ingeborg against La Barca

http://goo.gl/bHMt9Z

20180811: Some thoughts after the Tallship 2018

http://goo.gl/nD5vHW


20190104 'Otto', a wind-vane steering gear

(type OGT MkII designed by Bill Belcher)

http://goo.gl/V2xGYy


20190405 First outing in Ingeborg, 2019

https://bit.ly/2IhY1oz


A test yuloh for Johanna.pdf
(2.25MB,  some photos I took, back in 2008)





 

 


 

Letters, (Continued)

20200905 Fixes, adjustments and improvements on Ingeborg
https://bit.ly/2Zc6eCe

20211009 Outing no. 15 in Ingeborg
https://bit.ly/2Ywdr3e

Sailplans:
20080219 Broremann's sail plan.pdf

Samson, a 49' schooner.pdf

Johanna's sail plan, sheet 1-9.pdf  (..now including sheet, halyard and mast...)

20120826 Westsail 32 text plus JR.pdf (sailplan with a little explanation added)

20130811 Frøken Sørensen, Sailplan with description.pdf (a Greif 650 Jollenkreuzer)

20141208 IF, Ingeborg, 5-sheet sailplan
(..a 35.2sqm, AR=1.90 sail for a 26' Marieholm IF...)
https://bit.ly/2FGM0ap

20140701 X99 w. 54.8sqm JR, 5 sheets.pdf
(The sail for Ketil Greve's "Marie G", based on master sail with AR=2.00)

20160317 Sketching up a JR for a Nonsuch 30
http://goo.gl/1dzrQL

20211217 Sailplan and photos of Kelt 8.50
https://bit.ly/3GSvilq

20220118 Badger's sailplan re-drawn
https://bit.ly/3fwpylH

20220309 Sailplan for Newbridge Corribee
https://bit.ly/3Cq0ZBm

Ten master sails, Johanna style.pdf (Version 20170513, from AR=1.80 to AR=2.25,  )

How-To notes:

A DIY-friendly wind-indicator (20190519)
http://goo.gl/QYEgbt

How to calculate Sail Area to disp. ratio,

ver. 20100923.pdf
.
Two plotters you can make yourself, ver 20120405.pdf Course and Range Plotter and Bearing Plotter, 163kB
 
20140111 Avoiding capsizing an offshore cruiser.pdf                       
(..using the Capsize Ratio, made by
The Cruising Club of America...)
 
How to make a cone-shaped mast coat(link below)
 

20160701 An easy to make tiller brake (link below):

 http://goo.gl/bIUgWt

  

A hastily made write-up 

20180611 Making a parachute drogue(link below)
(Last update 20180729)

http://goo.gl/5vSKKE


20191103 How to thin alcohol from 96 to 80% https://bit.ly/2Na4p3k

20200323 An easy to make facemask
https://bit.ly/2WBAq9y

20200815 Facemask version 3 (in Norwegian)
https://bit.ly/36Txd8T

Videos


Links to JR video clips on YouTube
and Dropboks by Arne Kverneland (PDF)

       " ...there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in junk-rigged boats" 
                                                               - the Chinese Water Rat

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