Anonymous wrote:
EEEEK! Lazy jack line snapped!
Hello all, I’m brand new to sailing and to junk rigs, I’ve been quietly learning all I can for the past year or so and Managed to acquire a boat up on the Sunshine Coast, unfortunately I arrived at the boat yesterday after a few big storms in QLD to find one of my lazy jack lines had frayed off and snapped.
Would anyone be able to recommend Someone on or near the Sunshine Coast who can come to the boat and Re-rig them for me?
any and all advice is very much welcomed!
Cheers for your time.
Nic V
Nic,
The junk rig is not a typical turn-key ready rig, but a rig for the handyman. Luckily, you will not depend on spareparts with 9-digit part-numbers on them, so maintenance is definitely doable.
In addition to Practical Junk Rig, which David Thatcher suggests, I suggest you reed this very compressed write-up of mine, Junk Rig for Beginners...
Hopefully, this will get you started.
Good luck!
Arne
PS: There are several ways of making lazyjacks. For my own part, I have gone from the 'original' bridle type LJ (shown in JR for Beginners) to something that basically consists of two stout topping lifts with sail catcher added , like here.