Richard Brooksby wrote:

Bungie Tacking

2. That's good to hear! I'd be interested to know if you have any problems in steep short seas.  I do.

3. They do that! You might be interested in this but of fun: bungie tacki

I'm catching up with your blog. Thanks for writing!

I did this bungie tacking on several previous boats and shall of course do it on TP!! Thank you, hope you like the blog

2 the steep short seas are a problem (we have light boats!) and sometimes in strong winds steep seas I have to turn away, jibe, then resume sailing on the new tack. Works when the sail is deep reefed in overstrong winds (high drag factor) but needs searoom!

A great little blog, Mike.  Wonderful to hear that you are having so much fun and are so pleased with your wee ship.

Annie Hill wrote:Hey, Michael - very pleased to hear that your first outing was so much fun.  Too many boats just sit and look silly when there's hardly any wind, so it's great to hear that Trivial Pursuits enjoyed the conditions.  Me, myself, personally, I rather like the name: stops you getting any delusions of grandeur about what you are doing!  And did anyone ever decide that Trivial meant Meaningless!

Thanks Annie, I guess the name should put a stop stop all types of delusion! (I'm 75 so need a few)

Well after many delays, I have my JR toe inn the water! Today I got TP (TrivialPursuit, still don't like the name!) out of the shed at Holy Loch and onto the wter. I a F1 maybe F2 I had my first serious JR sail in a very long while. 1. my little Corribee sails to windward. 2. She tacks without any trouble 3. She tracks to windward hands off! 4. She is a delight to be in. 

Jerry Stebbing wrote:

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.

Thanks Jerry, I know the Rustler 31 and you are right, same designer almost the same layout. Remember this is my toe-in-the-water to see how I get along with a JR! (done a lot of miles with other rigs) I shall not worry if my little Corribee (flat sail) is hopless to windward she will teach me a lot and yes hinged battens my be interesting, although I rather fancy making an Arne design I'm not making up my mind in a hurry. Also there is a mine of experience to understand and practice from this site meanwhile I'm keeping the Twister.