Thanks for the warm welcome and the tip about abe books. I suppose I was rather vague about my "junk project". I am preparing (slowly) to build one of Dave Zeiger's "Triloboats." (That is not an invitation for someone to try talk me out of it, by the way. I have weighed the pros and cons)

Actual rig construction is a ways off. 

Still, as you say, the 22 footer would make a fine junk! I may indeed convert it some day. 

Regards,

David

I'm sure you'll find your little boat converts very well to junk rig.  Have you read about Arne Kverneland's Frøken Sørensen?  She is a very similar size to your boat and he has found his junk rig as good as he hoped for.

I suggest that you sign on for the paper magazine.  While it's easy enough to read a new magazine on line, having the paper ones on your bookshelf makes it a lot easier to flick back through them to refer to previous article,s and to show your friends, when they want to know why your are 'going junk'.

Put a search on Abe books to find a copy of Practical Junk Rig.  An affordable copy may come up!

Keep us informed of your progress.  We'll all be watching with interest

Hello all, 

 New member here, glad to join up. I sail a little Bermudan trailer sailor in the Eastern US, but I am seriously contemplating a build that will carry a junk rig. I joined so I could gain access to all the knowledge herein. 

I will just be trying to pick through all the materials available on the site so that I can understand the rig, especially the developments of the split rig and cambered panels.

I haven't sprung for the $60 "junk bible" (practical junk rig)  that is probably essential reading, but I won't be actually constructing the rig for at least a year, so I will have some time.  

Thanks for the well made site and good information!

 David