Anonymous wrote:
Fellow member Roger Tritton, sent me a link to this lovely article about Blondie. As far as I can tell, it is written with respect, but with a lovely light touch. The author links Hasler's interest in junk rig with the fact that the Royal Navy designed something similar for their kayaks. Could well be.
Bonjour
I confirm the quality of the article. I would like to precise that the "something similar for their kayaks" is about the deck layout and not the junk rig.
In Blondie's bibliography (https://books.google.fr/books/about/Blondie.html?id=hkodOQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y) it is written that he tried several rigings for Jester before choosing the modified Junk rig for it's capacity of being handled from a hatch.
Eric