Not by Default, rather by necessity...
The Barrel-Foot panel was born. I designed 3 cambered panels, upscaled from a small 1/5 model. The big full size panels were tested 1 by 1 and it all looked good....
I cut the 3 full size panels and sewed them together, I connected on battens and put it on the "Balkan Panel Analyzer". The result was horrifying! 7% camber mysteriously grew to 8.7!! For a Mono, this is fine, but not for a fast Multy that is expected go well to windward, above that, fast boats are usually sailing into their apparent wind, meaning sails are usually sheeted in. It's these conditions that deep powerful sails aren't optimum, less camber works better.
Bermuda Rigs have outhauls these control sail camber, a great feature that Junk Rigs don't have. Junks are great, but they have fixed camber and there's nothing you can do about it...
Well, I had 2 options, Take it all apart, Unstitch a million stitches and start over... Or, go freestyle and the Barrel-Foot was born. A Hybrid panel, Barrel cut, yet also stitched luff to leech giving it a Shelf Foot Panel look...
From here Where to? Time will tell...
Camber is back down to 7%, Will it work? I hope so!
Keep Junking, Keep Shunting! More to come Balkan Shipyards
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