Hello all,
New here, new to junk rigs.. That is, never sailed a JR boat before, just read extensively about them!
I am interested in building a Buccaneer 24, for coastal cruising in the Gulf of Mexico, USA, The Keys, and Bahamas.. I am wanting to have a junk rig on the tri for multiple reasons.. Pretty much summed up by the 50 advantages pdf that Annie compiled.
I am uploading a sail plan that I made with the help of Practical Junk Rig. (The cut out and balance method) I moved the mast location forward a few feet, 2.5' I believe.. Basically just moved it forward to clear the forward slope of the cabin. This puts in in a forward sail locker, and would provide the suggested 1/10 bury for the mast.
Any advice? I have been searching around for other JR tri's and saw the 16? footer here on the forum. I also saw mention of a 28' tri that (Skip Johnson?) used for research? Couldn't come up with much info on that one though.. Maybe Im just not looking in the right places! I did read somewhere that it would be easier to adapt a junk rig to the trimaran platform, than to the catamarans, which makes sense to me..
Just wanted to start a post on this, Ive been pretty excited reading and researching this. Was anxiously awaiting my pending Junk Rig Association membership so I could post something about this, ha!
_Morgan Welch