http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/ A forum to discuss the design, building Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:25:19 GMT bertrand_fercot http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14755 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14755 Hello For information, my Wharram catamaran Tiki30 "PHA" rigged with a Swing Wing rig on each hull is now for sale. For more details, have a look at : Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:33:23 GMT Bruno Caroit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14754 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14754 For Tiguidou, I followed the advice of Practical Junk Rig : The oiled spruce wedges ( scraps from the hollow masts) have been pushed down after a couple of Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:17:05 GMT gary http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14753 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14753 Thanks Annie, that is pretty much my plan. Gary Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:56 GMT jcuknz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14752 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14752 My QCAD disc arrived last week but have yet to receive the book though I guess it is simply the 'Help' file in hard copy form. What I would like would be Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:43 GMT arne_kverneland_norway http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14751 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14751 Martin, you are talking to a die hard engineer so to me the looks has lower priority than function and ease of construction. What puts me off from using the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:18:59 GMT Martin Roberts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14750 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14750 Arne, Having seen both types of sail I think the Barrel form looks better as the shelf method seems to make the sails look rather strange as the camber section Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:02:41 GMT arne_kverneland_norway http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14749 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14749 Stavanger, Friday Hi Sven Before I go back to my QCAD exercises (I actually like it, but I have to take it in moderate doses...), I'll try to explain the boom Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:11 GMT Sven http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14748 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14748 Very interesting article about the various ways to achieve chamber to a sail, Arne. But I don't understand or can't image the described "boom shelf method" . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:23:41 GMT George Wade http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14747 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14747 Lex, frustration with text is worse than getting seasick. If something is really worth the effort I'll MindMap it: adding pictures and short notes as Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:18:26 GMT May and Lex Hodgkinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14746 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14746 Arne I fought with Q cad for ages and it drove me nuts, I had the freeware Ribbonsoft version, which was not kneecapped or crippled in any way, but I could not Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:46:45 GMT arne_kverneland_norway http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14745 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14745 Stavanger, Friday, just These days I'm studying the QCAD-program I just bought. Slow progress, and fairly boring too, so when I received another e-mail with Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:29:03 GMT Annie Hill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14744 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14744 On 'Badger" we made a glass and epoxy boot that went about a foot up the mast from the partners. A 2 inch(?) wide plywood ring, about 3/4 " thick was attached Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:11 GMT Steelsil http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14743 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14743 "We do have to tighten them up from time to time, especially after a good rolling in sloppy beam seas." My cure was a Spanish Windlass. My wedges stuck above Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:12:31 GMT Mike http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14742 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14742 My wedges protrude well below the partners and each one is secured to the mast with a small wood screw, below the partners. The original mast skirt was painted Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:51:59 GMT Peter Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14741 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/message/14741 I think that wedges should be about 50mm longer than the depth of the partner when knocked home so that they can't easily fall thorough. My masts are sealed