Arne, thanks for the hint! I now did as you suggested, and released the quite tight batten tension by 40 mm. Now it looks a bit untidy and cramped just at the gap of the batten pockets. This straightens above F3 quite nicely, and only affects the aesthetic eyes below that. It still draws the Maxi forward as hell, even in low winds. Even better now with batten tension released, as it increased the camber.

Anonymous wrote:

Still smiling about yesterday, tacking up quite a narrow against a 1 kn current. We are pointing higher while being faster upwind, compared to the old bermuda rig... (not to talk about all other courses, at which the junk is greater anyway)

I mean, look at this. Incredible!

The track is amazing !

I recorded it as a proof of headwind performance.

Eric

Dare I ask how much you paid for your mast?

Hi,

the last two months had been incredibly busy with boat renovation, junk rigging and travel preparations. Yesterday we left Kiel for our 5 month trip up the swedish east coast. I hope and am pretty sure that in the next weeks I will find more than enough time to write more about my junk build and its sailing performances.

Already a huge thanks to all the hints and shared experiences in this forum and the JRA, very especially to you, Arne!

As a little teaser, see the foto attached. As soon as I pull on the halyard, a huge smile inhabits my face. It stays until the sail is down again!

Cheers,

Paul

Paul,

don’t make a big problem out of a small one.
The bending moment in a mast is highest at the partners and next to nil at the ends.
You may well drill a hole in the mast just above the mast step. I drilled two 8mm holes and ran a rod right through the mast . The rod was then lashed down to the mast step on both sides of the mast. No big deal.

Keep up the good work!

Arne