Bayliner Buccaneer 240

  • 14 Dec 2023 10:42
    Reply # 13290874 on 13290566
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Last night I had a go to see if I could make a JR fit to that Buccaneer 240.
    Regard the shown result as an early draft.
    I let the mast (or tabernacle) go through deck 1.27m aft of the bow. To get the CE half-right, I had to make the sail as a broad low-AR sail and even rake the mast 2° aft to get a decent halyard angle.

    The shown sail will make steering downwind less than ideal. I guess I would have installed twin rudders, shaped as Karlis Kalnins did to the single rudder on his Otterbelly.

    Ideally, I would like to fit the mast with no rake, somewhere between the shown position and point A, but that depends on what the interior will accept.

    The good thing with this suggested rig, is that one gets a big sail area on a short mast. I have made the distance from deck to boom tall enough to make room for a tabernacle.

    This sail has actually been picked from my stack of Johanna-style master sails, and is a 1:1 copy of the one with AR=1.85, only with the lowest panel removed.

    Have a look.


    Cheers,
    Arne

    (Full size diagram in Arne's sketches, section 7)

  • 14 Dec 2023 09:59
    Reply # 13290870 on 13290566
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Check JRA magazine #74 about Otterbelly.

  • 13 Dec 2023 23:31
    Reply # 13290759 on 13290566

    Maybe try searching for Otterbelly. I think there are some articles in one of the JRA magazine issues (Issue 74 maybe).... maybe a BOTM too. At one point I was looking at a 26ft Buccaneer that was also stripped out but did not have the resources at the time to move it. (they ended up taking a chain saw to it) I'm glad I didn't get it though. I really don't need to spend my time doing an interior rebuild as well as a rig change. The rig change will already be enough.... along with regular maintenance but at least we are already using our Cal29.

    Good luck with the rebuild, hope it goes well. The Otterbelly ended up with a new rudder too, if I remember correctly.

    Last modified: 13 Dec 2023 23:38 | Anonymous member
  • 13 Dec 2023 16:03
    Message # 13290566

    New member here, have been a big fan since reading Annie Hill's book many years ago. I just purchased a boat that is (IMHO) would be a good candidate to reconfigure into a junk rig. The boat is a 24' trailable Bayliner Buccaneer that was gutted by its previous owner. Attached is a drawing of the current sail plan. I haven't pursued this conversion for quite some time, and now that I'm retired I have time. I've misplaced my books on the subject, so I ordered two books from the UK (Chinese Sailing by Loan & Practical Junk Rig by Hasler) and will probably have to wait a few weeks (I'm in the US) to read and review the information. I was curious if any members have already had experience with the 1976 Bayliner Buccaneer 240 and have any pointers for the project. The goal of the project is to install new mast (That folds for travel and low bridges) and incorporate a single junk rig for power. Thanks in advance, looking forward to sharing with other members.

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