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Converting a 40ft Offshore

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  • 26 Sep 2025 14:30
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    Anonymous member

    We aren't really given enough to go on, here, but with the boat tour video on https://svonelife.com/theboat/ to help, I'd be looking at a ketch rather than a schooner, with a mizzen mast at the forward end of the stern cabin, and a mainmast somewhere between the V berths. The mizzen sail would probably be quite small, about 20% of the total area, and would act as the first one or two reefs.
  • 25 Sep 2025 10:03
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    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    This is posted on behalf of Mark Shrosbree, a, old JRA member who has just rejoined:

    Hello. My name is Mark Shrosbree and I have just become the proud owner of a 40ft Offshore ,that I would like to covert to a junk rigged schooner.

    I crossed the Atlantic and have sailed 9000 miles in Cielo a 32ft junk,with a sail i built using Arne's plans off this site.

    The problem is that the placement of the masts is not really adjustable without compromising the interior . The forward mast can be placed 1.2m from the bow will have to remain where the mast is now, maybe 200mm aft of this position. Can this work?  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

    Also,  is there a member who is knowledgeable about using street lamp poles as masts?


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