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Rerigging a traditional Cape Cod Catboat

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  • 12 Jun 2013 10:23
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    Welcome Guy, and yes, any contributions to the glossary will also be welcome. Now, in my experience, is the time to get them down ---while you are building your vocabulary and the terms "hit" you as strange.
  • 11 Jun 2013 23:01
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    Hi Gary. Thanks for that - you seem to have sorted the overlapping now. Indeed lake sailing can be a bit tricky - typically they get nothing on an Alpine morning and then gusts from all directions in the afternoon, so the JR is ideal. Have fun on your canal trip.

    By all means build up your own glossary of junk terms; maybe later we can combine it with the one that Bruce Weller has been working on.

    Best wishes
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  • 11 Jun 2013 20:39
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    Brian ,
     thanks for this . Yes I will be building up my own glossary of specific junk terms just as I did when I started building my american catboat in France and needed the French terms.  I will look at your notes for pasting although I am actually typing directly into the forum windows and can see that some of my typing is outside the framework of the window.
    Anyhow I have to go to the UK tomorrow for three weeks as we are introducing some US friends to the joys of narrowboats on the Llangollen canal so I will only get up to speed with the new project at stage. I will be back in touch. 
    Your daughters lake sailing sounds fun although I remember sailing on Lake Michigan and that can be as hairy as anything around!
    Good to be here ,
    cheers

    Guy Marlow
  • 11 Jun 2013 20:04
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    Hi Guy. Another new member making prompt use of the site. Great to have another member in France,  and we look forward to your updates. If you're serious about helping with the Glossary, please get back to me (webmaster) in due course. You could even arrange a rendezvous in the Alps and have a mini rally with my daughter who sails a JR Kingfisher 20 on one of the lakes.

    www.catboats.org have a good photo album feature - couldn't see any junks on it.

    The lines in your post spill over on the right hand side, usually as a result of pasting in from eg Word. There are some notes in our Help section (menu on the left) on how best to paste into posts.
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  • 11 Jun 2013 17:05
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    Arne,
    thanks for the rapid and encouraging response! I am currently working through all the articles ( starting with yours of course !!) and filling my database . I should be able to contribute to the "junk newbies glossary" in short order!
    I will let you know of progress but as I said, I think an experimental sail first to sort out some of the issues you mentioned ( sheeting eg ) before a sail made with dacron or whatever.
    cheers

    Guy
  • 11 Jun 2013 16:42
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    Stavanger, Tuesday

    Guy, I bet your gaffrigged catboat would do very well with a junk sail. The most noticable difference will be that you will handle changing wind conditions much, much more easily. Maybe you will need a little, simple jigger to balance out the sail, or maybe not. The problem may be to get room for sheeting. One method is to use double port-sb. sheeting. The other is to sheet the sail to a retractable boomkin.

    If you go to "my" folder here:

    http://www.junkrigassociation.org/arne

    you may find stuff of interest.

    What about skimming through "Junk Rig for Beginners"...

    .. or " A white sail for Edmond Dantes..." part 1 and 2

    These sails are easy to make and with the shown camber, they will ensure good upwind performance.

    Anyway, good luck! Arne
  • 11 Jun 2013 14:33
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    Hi 
    I have just joined the association as I intend to re- rig my Cape Cod Catboat with a junk rig. I built the catboat myself and am very happy with the result but in the ten years that have elapsed during the building process, I find the gaff rig very heavy to handle , difficult to single hand and  stressful in potential jibing conditions. I am looking to be able to comfortably cruise single handed . 
    My idea would be to make an experimental junk rig sail which I can fit directly to the present mast configuration ( unstayed mast with heavy duty gaff throat tackle) . My thoughts are towards the Reddish design and tarp cloth for a trial , sketches suggest that I could obtain about a 34 square meter sail instead of the 37 currently provided by the gaff sail.
    I have looked for other people doing this conversion and am somewhat suprised to find nothing . I wonder if I am missing something which would make this an impossible task.Your shared experience on this basic question would be appreciated.
    photos of the boat are here
    cheers

    Guy Marlow
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