So far, a good read, maybe this will be the book I am looking for?
The main thing I keep reading about is the old chestnut of not pointing to wind as much. So really I wanted a different answer.
I much like the idea of safety in a storm. I was sailing a 44' bermudan in 35knots and it was healing right over with just a jib up, and it was scary!
The idea of dropping the main on a junk; does it compare to an in-mast furling?
or apples and pineapples?
Some new yachts can get to 35° (AMEL) but they attribute that to the new hull design of a wide stern fairly flat bottom and twin rudders plus rigging and the whole shebang. which I think is a 15° improvement from 20 years ago.
anyway, I digress.
I have been trying to figure out an ideal hull for a junk. (still tempted by the aluminum ketch in langkawi bay malasia.
but is there an ideal hull. I have heard some say a shallow draft is best?
how does that affect the upwind performance.
I like the comment about tacking up a canal or narrow waterway that a pointy would not attempt but a junk will do automatically.
so it seems a small trade off. The only other down side that I see, is the obvious fact that there is not many junks on the market. but there are un-masted hulls. a fiberglass triangle boat has like 100/1 ratio. v steel etc, and 10,000/1 junk.
I'ts hard to have everything you want in a boat, such as romantic look or character , or lines, safety, strength , cold climate and hot, ie cabin with steering v open boat with the stars as the roof. I would hate to sail the arctic and be stuck at night in the rain and cold with no protection. but many yachts are built for the Bahamas.
Ideally I would have a large center cockpit to enjoy the view in all weather. a shack on the water!
Anyway, if I buy the aluminum ketch I can always ad a pilot house down the track. its not my favorite design, I dont like the big ship bow, as it may be hard to see over. but it has swing keel, headroom, sabb engine, 6'7" headroom, aluminium, and carbon masts. so all boats are a compromise. and with this one, I would not care about chopping it up and modifying as it has no sentimental value. It is just a lump of metal, which I think is better than buying a classic that would be a crime to cut up with a torch.
What do you (anyone) think this boat (in pics) will sail like under a junk rig?
sorry to hijack my own thread, but its more of a segue, as I was about to buy it, but got spooked and took a hiatus to gain perspective. still now, I see it as a good buy. considering the nearest aluminum is like $120k, albeit in ship shape.
I imagine that after the 20k price tag I may need another 20 before I set sail, or before I set junk.
ps does anyone use carbon fiber tube as batons or does bamboo do just as good?
thanks in advance.
please be brutally honest with opinions on this hull. its 37'. masts are carbon and rotate.. one needs attention. does a rotating mast have any use on a junk? maybe it rotates to change angle of resistance?
edit, I just watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPAprEj3iiY
Terapin easily the most holistic and down to earth videos on youtube.
she sails at 45° which I think is pretty good. she has some great design features.