Hans-Erik wrote:

I have added the second album of the sail making saga to my member profile albums..

You can find it here.

Hans-Erik,

This link is only openable by you. You need to go to 'my directory profile' after you've added the photos, find the album in there, and then you will see 'https://junkrigassociation.org/Sys/PublicProfile/' as the first part of the URL. That's the link you need to use in your posting, so that we can all open it.

In this case, it's

https://junkrigassociation.org/Sys/PublicProfile/
47722306/PhotoAlbums/143338262

Not sure Graeme.

The link/s work on my computer.

Yup. That is the one Scott.

This has the makings of a great thread, good on you.

(sailmaker's thread?)

Could you please check the link for "this little photo essay" - tantalising, but it doesn't seem to work on my computer.

Edit: none of your other links are working now, either. Is it my computer - or have you shifted your folders, or something?

Progress update:

Cutting out some cancer.

When I originally inspected Jasmine08 I noticed signs of water ingress at the two centre portholes on her port coach roof side above the saloon area.

The seller explained that these portlights had inadvertently been left open for several months during a rainy season about three years ago.
I used this, Jasmine08's only obvious blemish, as part of negotiations on her price.

Once I took possession of her we immediately explored that area which, it turned out, was built of two sheets of plywood sandwiched together with epoxy between them.
It seemed at the time that the rot extended only into the inner sheet of the two.
We removed this bad wood with the intention of infilling good wood later.

Juan Davy (the chap helping me with the conversion work) returned to Jasmine08 on Saturday June 19th after a previously scheduled three week absence to go work on another boat project back in Cape Town.
The next day, Sunday, Jasmine08 endured the first protracted rain (approximately eight hours overnight) since she became mine and despite the portholes being firmly shut Juan soon noticed that water was still pooling on the shelf below them. :-( 

On the next day, Monday, Juan went about the business of sorting out the issue once and for all.

More pictures with explanatory captions can be found in this album.

Taking care of this issue will ultimately have cost about six days of time that would otherwise have furthered the metamorphosis of Jasmine08 from Bermudan cutter to junk Rig sloop.

But, when completed, she will be better than new and cancer free.

Next I shall begin making the new sail for Jasmine08 back at the ranch while Juan continues with certain interior modifications and the fabrication of 'eyebrows' to go above all the portlights.

More on these and other fun things in upcoming updates.

David, I always draw my rigs 'naked' (..that's one reason why I now add a bit more drift between yard and mast top...).
For the user I either suggest the Johanna-sheeting or a double-, that is upper-lower sheeting (better on this big sail). 
Halyard would be 5-part and then there would be an YHP, a THP and the FUP. In addition, I would suggest a running topping-lift on this yacht, which I would top up before taking the first reef. This will increase the clearance between the reefed bundle and the sea, when running before. 
Even if the topping lifts are attached only 2/3 or 3/4 aft on the boom, there will be little or no clearance of the yard with only 3 or 4 panels set, so this yard should have a 1-metre light extension to avoid trouble. Fitting a burgee to that extension is very useful: When running before, and by the lee, the burgee, flying at good distance from the sail, shows the real wind direction up there.

The Chapter 7 of 'The cambered panel junk rig' is hopefully useful when fitting the lines, both standing and running.

Arne