Annie Hill wrote: Was a schooner-rigged K26 ever built?  I've never heard of one. 

No, I don't think so. Fisher was considering Rival 32, Golden Hind 31 and Kingfisher 26. Blondie drew up Junk Schooner rigs for each. Fisher then decided on the K30 which Blondie also rigged as a schooner.

Chris

Annie Hill wrote:

Webmaster JRA wrote:

Yes, in the archive we have Blondie's schooner rig for the K26 and for Admiral Fisher's K30, but sloop rig only for the K20. It would be nice to have a  copy of Blondie's plan for the K26 sloop rig.

Chris

Was a schooner-rigged K26 ever built?  I've never heard of one.  (Could you imagine a latter-day retired admiral buying a 30ft boat?)

Eric

Yes, in the archive we have Blondie's schooner rig for the K26 and for Admiral Fisher's K30, but sloop rig only for the K20. It would be nice to have a  copy of Blondie's plan for the K26 sloop rig.

Chris

Is that Clay Everington's Rabbit? I have very fond memories of her. Clay brought her to a JRA rally at Warsash, before I'd ever sailed a junk, and was very happy to show off her features. Clay and Rabbit were a a big reason I got more into junks.

I'm very glad to hear she's doing well!

While killing time waiting for my self steering to be repaired, I've come across some papers relating to Tara.  

The first of which are a series of surveys done over the years.  In them it mentions that Tara was coated under the waterline with an epoxy barrier by the first owner in the early 80's.  This seems like a very forward thinking idea for its time and I'm grateful to read it!

The second set are what appear to be original rigging drawings with Blondie's signature on them.  I think these are worth the JRA keeping, if so I'm happy to forward them to the appropriate person.  Copies were included with the originals.....

Peter