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from Lateens to junk Rigs, a Shunting journey...

  • 27 Apr 2025 01:57
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    Anonymous member

    This is genius!  I've always enjoyed your Youtube videos on shunting proas.  I think there could be huge potential in a shunting junk.  I'm just wondering now if it could be possible to shunt with an unstayed two-mast junk rig, and shift the Centre of Effort when shunting simply by reefing one sail while unreefing the other.

    What I mean is this: is it possible to somehow achieve the required shift in Centre of Effort by swinging only the sails on a pair of fixed masts?

    Last modified: 27 Apr 2025 02:04 | Anonymous member
  • 20 Apr 2025 09:05
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    Anonymous member

    What are Shunters, and how do they work?

    Oceanic Lateens are the original rig for Shunters, but land locked waters with ever changing conditions, don't fit a rig developed for trade winds ocean sailing...

    Junk Rigs solved the problem, but getting them to shunt took months of trial and error...

    Keep Junking

    and Shunting....

    Balkan Shipyards

    https://youtu.be/4xDAdiOoeHo?si=3GDYCgD1827nBT6A
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