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Converting Pearson-Triton to junk rig?

  • 17 Jan 2015 05:45
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    Oscar Fröberg wrote:

    I'm (finally, after a lot of delays*) currently converting my Fingal (very similar to a Pearson Triton) to junk rig. There might be some useful information for you in my thread regarding masts and other things.


    Many thanks, Oscar!  I look forward to reading more about your conversion. 

    Chris 
  • 17 Jan 2015 05:43
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    Graham Cox wrote:

    Hi Chris,

    Unstayed rigs are usually keel-stepped, though some folk, including Pete Hill and Shirley Carter, have stepped their masts in tabernacles. Essentially the tabernacle is keel stepped and the mast securely braced within it.  There is some info in the JRA archived magazines about building such a tabernacle.  Otherwise, it should be a straight-forward conversion - and no old rig to dispose of!





    Thanks, Graham!  Yes, I plan to do something like Pete Hill did with Oryx:

    http://www.pinterest.com/pin/57772807695599482/


    My motivation for deck-stepping the mast is to keep as much below decks space open as possible.  I plan to reinforce the deck from below with substantive knees, similar in principal to the knees on the Speedwell of Hong Kong boat: 

    http://www.speedwelladventures.com/speedwell.html

    (I realize it is also keel-stepped, I plan to make the knees in my boat more substantial, perhaps making a stainless steel cage to transfer the loads from the tabernacle to the keel. 
  • 14 Jan 2015 11:51
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    I'm (finally, after a lot of delays*) currently converting my Fingal (very similar to a Pearson Triton) to junk rig. There might be some useful information for you in my thread regarding masts and other things.

    *) I found a good job in Estonia last April and my boat is still in Finland so I thus didn't have time to complete the intended conversion last summer. Now I am in a better position, both financially and timewise so the project is proceeding, albeit with some changed plans. More on that later.

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  • 14 Jan 2015 08:15
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    Hi Chris,

    Unstayed rigs are usually keel-stepped, though some folk, including Pete Hill and Shirley Carter, have stepped their masts in tabernacles. Essentially the tabernacle is keel stepped and the mast securely braced within it.  There is some info in the JRA archived magazines about building such a tabernacle.  Otherwise, it should be a straight-forward conversion - and no old rig to dispose of!
  • 14 Jan 2015 04:09
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    Has anyone converted a Pearson-Triton 28.5' boat to a junk rig?  I've recently acquired such a boat.  It's currently mastless, and I would like to convert it to be a unstayed, deck-stepped junk rig.  Would love to talk with anyone who has done such a conversion or similar.   

    Thanks in advance! 


    Chris 
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