Toe in the water!

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  • 04 Aug 2015 12:39
    Reply # 3463999 on 3458816

    Michael, I bit the bullet and removed the original rig from my Rustler 31 and am about to step her new junk rig mast.

    The Rustler is Kim Holman's slightly larger version of your Twister, and in my opinion this style of boat lends itself very well to junk rig conversion. The only downside I've encountered was accepting a mast positioned at the aft end of the fore cabin, ruling out an unobstructed double berth. However if preserving the fore cabin arrangement had been a priority I could have stepped the mast at the fore end of the heads compartment and used a heavily forward raked mast angle to achieve a suitable sail C of E. I'd imagine the Twister shares a similar internal arrangement.

    Other than that, I'd definitely say go for it with the Twister!

    If the Corribee has a flat H&M style sail and you find the performance disappointing you could always use hinged, aluminium tube battens for an improvement at low cost.

    Last modified: 04 Aug 2015 12:41 | Anonymous member
  • 03 Aug 2015 08:34
    Reply # 3462288 on 3461911
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    Annie Hill wrote:

    Good luck, Michael, I hope you have heaps of fun.  It will be the best possible way to try out the rig, but don't forget that a Corribee is a very different boat from a Twister.  She  probably has flat sails, too, so don't expect spectacular performance to windward!

    Thank you Annie, no expectations! I'm looking forward to learning what the Corribee can teach me. Having sailed since '73 and owned a series of ever larger Trimarans I think it time to lay back and do some relaxed sailing. (keeping the Twister for a while though!)
  • 03 Aug 2015 01:08
    Reply # 3461911 on 3458816

    Good luck, Michael, I hope you have heaps of fun.  It will be the best possible way to try out the rig, but don't forget that a Corribee is a very different boat from a Twister.  She  probably has flat sails, too, so don't expect spectacular performance to windward!

    Last modified: 03 Aug 2015 01:09 | Anonymous member
  • 31 Jul 2015 12:52
    Message # 3458816
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    Well after considering converting my lovely old Twister (thank you Arne for the sail plan) and failing to contact the owner of a Freedom 21, I have just aquired a junk rigged Corribee from a fellow member! With a bit of luck we will be on the water together in a week or so. (have to trail her some 80 miles to the Holy Loch

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