I have filled in the online form submitted by Guillaume and applaud him for asking the question.

Bonjour

I highly recommand to anyone to answer the questionnaire. 

The more answer, the more, potential impact on the industry.

It is not long or difficult and avazilable both in French or in English. 

Eric

Hello everyone,

I am a new member of this forum, and currently finishing a naval architecture programm at Nantes (DPEA), for which we have to write a (very short) thesis on whatever topic. Thus my question : Why do we not see more junks in leisure sailing ? Despite its numerous qualities, the junk rig has not for now the favours of most of the amateur sailors. This is may be less true in UK, but in France the junk rig is pretty rare, and within the new boats, totally inexistent. At the point than even in my class, fullfilled of sailing cultured people, the junk rig (and the junk boat) are more funny traditionnal objects than serious options. One may advance some quick answers (including the absence of junk designers and new junk boats or cultural aspects) which come naturally when thinking about it, but my goal is to verify if these affirmations are really true and enough to provide a complete answer. For that, I would like to ask everyone interested in this topic their opinion and experience about the junk rig, and their use of it. I made a quick google survey available here where you can answer to help me to answer this questions : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8vQ6E-MGGqwPhoRJZc2q_BkhD2UIoSBfvjMSZ9gVI9NSN3Q/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=118135095081593622474

I thank you warmly in advance for your time and help. Obviously, we can also talk in this topic, and do not hesitate to tell me all the things I missed (even though in the survey there is a part for that). When finished, I will share you of course my work, and I hope it will be a subject of interest for everyone here.

Kind regards,

Guillaume Rossillion