Photo Gallery

The pictures below are 'thumbnails' of photographs which have been uploaded by members to show their boat or details of her junk sail/s or rigging. The idea is to provide a quick way of seeing:

  • the huge range of boats (mono-hulls and multihulls) that can be built for or converted to junk, and
  • the variety of rigs, from single sail to schooner, flat-panelled to cambered

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511 photo(s) Updated on: 29 Oct 2023
  • Nereid, owned by Sanna Ruponen, in Bozburun bay, Marmaris
  • Nereid, owned by Sanna Ruponen, half way from Marmaris to Bozburun. Photo shot by Rolf.
  • M/S Olivebank, a MARCON Claymore 30, converted to junk rig by Peter Tripp prior to 1988. Currently berthed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, USA.
  • M/S Olivebank sailing off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. One, if not the only Claymore 30 in the United States.
  • M/S Olivebank, Chinese schooner rig, off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, summer 2017.
  • M/S Olivebank mentioned in Anthony Bailey's books, Thousand Dollar Yacht, and Sailing the Coast of Summer, illustrated by Peter Tripp.
  • M/S Olivebank sailing off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, summer, 2017. Battens are bamboo.
  • The sail is rigged and looking pretty darn good. I do think the batten parrels look a little on the thin side though.
  • North Atlantic 29 , with my buddy Bert helping me make sense of the mainsheet.
  • As you can see , the previous owner added an intermediate top batten.
  • Madam Wong at Hardy Reef, GBR. When the wind died inside the lagoon, the horizon and seas becomes one. LOA 16.7m, Thomas Colvin stretched K'ung Fu Tse with center pilothouse.
  • Ruffles Spray, a Bruce Roberts Spray 38 Classic, sailing into Tranquil Bay, Nidri, Lefkada, Greece June 2015
  • Santiana by St. Michael's Mount competing in the PASAB race alongside the big cats!
  • SATU on port tack
  • SATU circa 1975
  • First trial with the flat sail with hinges, most of the design by David Tyler.
  • Graham Cox's Arion at the "unofficial" Australian JRA junket near Gosford NSW.
  • Soso, bamboo junk rig build in Thailand.
  • Soso bamboo junk rig build in Thailand
  • sailing to Brancaster with my new split rig sail made from a £25 polytarp, sail past all expectations some flutter in the top panel put a little tuck in the leech problem solved
  • Redwing with 6 panels and a good following breeze.
  • Wing sail, as found on Martin Bleu's blog.
  • Martin Bleu's wing sail schooner
  • North Atlantic 29. Junk rig on Mahogany and oak cold moulded hull. Designed by "Blondie" Hasler (with Angus Primrose N.A.) as a cruising version of "Jester".
  • Junk photographed in Xiamen Harbour, China, by Jill Knight during her singlehanded circumnavigation aboard Cooee in the early 90s
  • COULD NOT SQUARE OFF THE SAILS BECAUSE OF THE STAYS BUT SHE STILL HIT 7+ KNOTS ON A BROAD REACH TONY&SALLY
  • Ashiki in light winds off Fremantle WA.
  • August 2013. Peregrine of Greifswald.
  • August 2013. Peregrine racing: "STARBOARD!"
  • August 2013. Peregrine, a happy ship. She has an electric halyard winch, and her sheet is divided in an upper and a lower part.
  • August 2013. Peregrine of Greifswald racing. Her 80sqm cambered panel sail surely is powerful...
  • August 2013 Peregrine racing with one reef. Notice her well-balanced rudder, even when heeling over 30deg
  • Beating up wind off Fremantle yesterday, we came across "Blue Destiny", the only other junk in W Australia. They tacked over to us to say g'day.
  • Wing n Wing, would love to stay but really must be going
  • Sea Elf on the Chesapeake Bay.
  • RON GLAS SAILS INTO NIDRI, IONIAN
  • RON GLAS BROAD REACHING PAST TRANQUIL BAY
  • 20130807 Frøken Sørensen showing off all her 7 panels. The sail needs to be stretched a bit along batten 1 and maybe batten 2. Sail catchers not yet fitted. Owner: Arne K
  • 20130807. Frøken Sørensen. Note the yard extension (a piece of batten tube) as a guard against the yard falling forward of the topping lift when only 3-up...
  • 'Gecko' for sale again - see Swap, Sell or Buy.
  • .. Edward Hooper's Amiina during the RTI Race at 1.6.2013. Here at the Needles...
  • Lexia practising crossing the line...
  • The race leader at the time of this upload is on the left, Branec IV.
  • Lexia well reefed for the gusty SW conditions. Jonathan showing off his close quarters waving and sailing skills.
  • Lexia hanging around the 2013 OSTAR start line with HMS Somerset waiting to start the race.
  • Malliemac returning from her maiden voyage running down the river Ribble
  • Mallie showing twist in the sail, but is this right? Bilge boards are raised when sailing downwind.
  • Mallie's first sail in Preston dock
  • Mallie's first sail in Preston dock
  • Little and Large: Roger Scott's 'Shoestring' and Marcus Raimon's 'Pugwash' at the Waiheke (New Zealand) junket.
  • Little and large - Bertrand and Marie-Helene Fercot's 'Grand Pha' and Edward Hooper's 'Amiina' at the 2013 AGM Lymington Junkette
  • Slieve's 'Poppy' on a run.
  • Slieve's 'Poppy' reaching in rougher water
  • Pete Hill's 'Oryx' - wing and wong
  • Pete Hill's 'Oryx' - sailing #1
  • Pete Hill's 'Oryx' - sailing #5
  • Vanharouva
  • Vanharouva
  • Vanharouva
       " ...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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