Rigs revealed.

<< First  < Prev   1   2   3   4   Next >  Last >> 
  • 23 Sep 2010 17:43
    Reply # 423539 on 376780
    Deleted user

    Hi Gavin,

    I made a start on re-typing the fact sheets (last year actually!) - in Word and .pdf format if they'd be any use? Who should i send them to?

    How's Bretagne these days?  We left France in January and are now based in  Hong Kong having bought Crib last December. working hard to get her ready for cruising and hoping to leave next spring if all goes to plan!

    Kind regards

    Lesley and Rene

  • 06 Jul 2010 11:49
    Reply # 376964 on 376780
    Hi Arne
    Please bear in mind this is just a trial website that hasn't gone public yet, we're just putting content on to see how it all works and haven't been able to spend time generating the up-to-date material - that's another of the jobs we need lots of help with to make this a truly authoritative site! Can I just say I will be delighted if you can help, thank you
    Gavin
  • 06 Jul 2010 01:05
    Reply # 376816 on 376780
    PS Arne, can you please use the Website Development forum for topics like this?
    Thanks, David.
  • 06 Jul 2010 00:03
    Reply # 376796 on 376780
    Anonymous
    Arne Kverneland wrote:

    Stavanger, Monday

    Watching the “Rigs revealed” page, I remember when these rigs were first shown in the JRA newsletter in the late nineties(?). I had written several reader’s letters to the NL earlier on how camber was needed to get a decent performance. I had shown in detail how my boat Malena had been improved. Still the summary of JR development didn’t use the word CAMBER as much as once. All they focused on was the sails’ profiles.

    So please, remove that “Rigs Revealed” page or change it. As it is now it is just a demonstration of the conservatism in the JRA.

    Arne Kverneland

     

    PS: And while I'm at it; remove the Fact Sheets under Junk Knowlegde too. What would new readers think if they came over such out-dated material?

    Arne, I just put in those pages to have some existing content to work with, whilst I was learning how to set up this site. We all have to work together to decide what content will be on the site, and by all I include knowledgeable members such as you, not just the committee. It's not 'Us and Them', it's just 'Us'. I agree, the rigs revealed page needs adding to with all the later models, and i intended to do that, adding another page. Please draft some text, send some pictures for me to work with, if you will.  Please tell us what is wrong with which fact sheets?
    David.
  • 05 Jul 2010 23:27
    Message # 376780
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Stavanger, Monday

    Watching the “Rigs revealed” page, I remember when these rigs were first shown in the JRA newsletter in the late nineties(?). I had written several reader’s letters to the NL earlier on how camber was needed to get a decent performance. I had shown in detail how my boat Malena had been improved. Still the summary of JR development didn’t use the word CAMBER as much as once. All they focused on was the sails’ profiles.

    So please, remove that “Rigs Revealed” page or change it. As it is now it is just a demonstration of the conservatism in the JRA.

    Arne Kverneland

     

    PS: And while I'm at it; remove the Fact Sheets under Junk Knowlegde too. What would new readers think if they came over such out-dated material?

    Last modified: 05 Jul 2010 23:27 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
<< First  < Prev   1   2   3   4   Next >  Last >> 
       " ...there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in junk-rigged boats" 
                                                               - the Chinese Water Rat

                                                              Site contents © the Junk Rig Association and/or individual authors

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software