New junk rig on Otterbelly + knots for battens

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  • 18 Jul 2013 20:42
    Reply # 1343632 on 1343514
    Karlis, Good to see you on the water at last. She looks good. I wish you many happy hours of sailing.
    Last modified: 19 Jul 2013 06:58 | Anonymous member
  • 18 Jul 2013 18:51
    Message # 1343514
    I'd like to announce the completion of my Junk rigging project on my Buccaneer 240 "Otterbelly". The rig is a 6-panel version of Arne Kverneland's Johanna design from his CPJR papers. The barrel-cambered panels are made with used dacron from 2 old genoas. The mast is a 6-staved birdsmouth of douglas fir. The whole project took way longer than I had anticipated (almost 2 years with all interruptions), mostly due to complications in the mast build, but I learned a lot and am happy to be finally sailing it. I haven't done enough sailing with it yet to fully tune the rig or assess balance under different points of sail and number of panels, but by good luck some friends managed to get some photos with a smartphone through binoculars while I was on a first test sail. I wanted to share the new gallery here. Thanks so much for all the help from the JRA, particularly Arne Kverneland and also David Tyler.

    Last modified: 22 Aug 2013 22:25 | Deleted user
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