Dennis, my choice is based on what I can get  -  my motto is

"Cheap, available and good enough"

The fine thing with the 6m aluminium tubes is partly that I get them in the strong 6082-T6 alloy (250MPa versus 180MPa of the 6063-T6 alloy), and partly that it lets me transport that tube on the roof rack of my car, right to the harbour. The wooden top section can be made separately and mated with the lower section in the harbour.  If I find another, thinner aluminium tube to add as a top section, I may well go for that.

Arne

Arne

The mast on Mariposa is 9.9m from memory, but I think a 9.7m mast would be fine.

Peter

Arne,

i am new to the group and plan to shadow your next project.  I too am in search of a IF to convert to JR.  They are not that plentiful here in the US and I may have to compromise with a Contessa 26.  

I am initially interested in your mast selection.  Same height above deck as existing bermuda rig?  Lamp pole, flag pole or wood? 

I look forward to your postings

Dennis Gibbons

(Reply on Annies posting in the "Another write-up..." topic)

Annie,

that would not be fair to the Contessa 26. Remember, the Marieholm IF is slightly up-tuned compared with the Nordic Folkboat. The Contessa, on the other hand, has been detuned to make her a roomier cruiser than the original folkboats.

Some dry numbers:

Nordic Folkboat:
Displacement=1930kg
Ballast=1025kg (53%)

Marieholm IF:
Displacement= 2150kg
Ballast= 1250kg (58%)

Contessa 26:

Displacement=2449kg

Ballast=1043kg (43%)

Their junkrigs will be quite similar, but the fact is (and often forgotten) that no rig can sail faster than the boat it has been attached to.

I don’t write this to put the Contessa in a bad light, but only to point out that the IF is closer to The Ultimate Sailboat. I measured the cabin’s headroom of Ingeborg the other day: The resulting 139cm give hints about a cosy interior...

Cheers, Arne

After selling my 3 ton Johanna, my hunt for a smaller all-weather keelboat resulted in buying a Marieholm IF 26, a couple of days ago. Although a bit heavier than the 1500kg I aimed for, I still think I will be able to handle her much more easily than Johanna. She will only need a 6hp engine, at26kg(Johanna’s 9.9hp, 50kg), and only 35sqm sail (Johanna’s 48).

Some basic dimensions:

LOA                       7.86m
LWL                       6.05m
Beam                    2.25m

Draught               1.21m
Displacement    2150kg
ballast (iron)      1250kg (58%)

Mainsail (Bm)    16sqm

Genoa 1              19sqm

Working jib        10sqm

This summer (2014) there will be little to tell about her. I will only do some sailing in her with her original Bermuda rig. The plan is to convert her to JR in the spring 2015. The rig may end up looking about like this. It is a downscaled version of one of my master sails (AR=1.90), shown in chapter 4 of “The Cambered Panel Junk Rig”, found on “my JRA page”.

Cheers,
Arne