Another write up by Arne Kverneland

  • 09 Oct 2020 21:07
    Reply # 9294690 on 9241283
    Arne wrote:

    [...]Hopefully the diagrams and photos will explain details that my Stavanger-English fails to do.

    I hope to have someone do a proof-reading, eventually, so it becomes half-readable. [...]

    Hi Arne,

    Thank you for yet another helpful write up. If your written English skills were ever a problem, then this is no longer the case. I will let you know if I have any suggestions. So far everything seems clear and error-free. The photos are very helpful as well.

    I wonder if there is there a specific knot or method that you used to lash the halyard blocks to the yard. I would like to do the same thing with my rig. I have not been able to find any clear description of how to lash a block to a spar online. I expected something to pop right up on google, but that was not the case.

    How do I lash a block or shackle to the yard?

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  • 02 Oct 2020 04:37
    Reply # 9278135 on 869421

    Ok. Got it. 

  • 01 Oct 2020 16:55
    Reply # 9276908 on 869421
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    Frederik,
    I used a double block, up there  -  that is, I intended to, but the chandler was out of doubles. I therefore bought two singles and tied them together and to the tip of the batten.

    The idea of using blocks was to minimize friction. By tying them to the end of the battens, they would never hit my nose in a gybe...

    Arne


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  • 01 Oct 2020 14:31
    Reply # 9276621 on 869421

    Hi Arne. 

    The new sheeting metod a in your “fixes & adjustments” piece.

    position D. On the long batten. Do you use a double block there? Or a thimble. 

    cheers, F. 

  • 17 Sep 2020 17:25
    Reply # 9243465 on 869421
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    Karl,

    the simplest is to open this page (a JRA page but with public access).
    Up to the left you'll find those other chapters: https://junkrigassociation.org/arne/

    ..and then there is a bit more...

    Arne

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  • 17 Sep 2020 16:29
    Reply # 9243249 on 869421

    Thanks Arne for a very good rigging writeup. Even that a lot of it is not needed for my very small Junk rigged sailboat I got  a lot of good ideas what I can make better on it like the webbing hoop for the mastlift. Just one question where can I find all previous chapters which are for sure also a good read for me ?

  • 17 Sep 2020 02:32
    Reply # 9241831 on 869421
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    Excellent Arne one of your best write-ups to date.

    Don't have any doubts about your English, it too is excellent. I will read it through very carefully anyway.

    (We need something like this for SJR too!)

    Thank you for your write-ups and I am sure this is on behalf of a lot of people.

  • 16 Sep 2020 21:57
    Reply # 9241283 on 869421
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    Chapter 7  (..of The Cambered Panel JR)
    Rigging the sail

    There!!!

    Finally, during a rainy weekend, I struggled my way through writing up that big and difficult chapter about rigging the junksail. It grew into a monster, as I feared, but still ‘only’ 17 (..er,18...) pages. Hopefully the diagrams and photos will explain details that my Stavanger-English fails to do.

    I hope to have someone do a proof-reading, eventually, so it becomes half-readable. Please let me know what I have forgotten or what I haven’t made clear enough.

    Here it is:  https://bit.ly/3kjEcgc

    Arne


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  • 07 Sep 2020 13:23
    Reply # 9217350 on 9217132
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    Frederik wrote:

    Hi Arne

    I’m going to give the alternative sheeting system a try. Seems like a good way to clear the abundance of lines in the cockpit. 


    Good, Frederik.
    Just look for the line with lowest friction in it. The one I found at my boat equipment chandler, was called a ‘flag line’. In addition, go for rather large plastic thimbles, or even better, ‘Barton rings’, if they have it. This ensures that the sheetlets re-adjust themselves easily and thus distributes the forces evenly, as on my boat.

    Cheers, Arne


  • 07 Sep 2020 11:34
    Reply # 9217132 on 869421

    Hi Arne

    I’m going to give the alternative sheeting system a try. Seems like a good way to clear the abundance of lines in the cockpit. 

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