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Wharram cats rigged with one free junk rig on each hull
At the end of May we sailed to Southampton to join the Summer Junk Rig Association rally.
When sailing back we anchored in Aldernay harbour and we had the very good surprise the next morning to see a Wharram cat AORAI rigged as PHA with a junk rig on each hull motoring into the harbour.
There are Susi and Tom, a young German couple sailing from Berlin toward the Quebec via Spain, Madera, Canarias, Antillas....
Here is their website : http://www.aorai.eu
The tomorrow we sailed together toward Brest with a light east wind. They were slightly quicker but we kept them in sight all the day.
Here is a picture when leaving Alderney :
And here is our 2 cats together on PHA's mooring on the river Aulne :
Bertrand
When sailing back we anchored in Aldernay harbour and we had the very good surprise the next morning to see a Wharram cat AORAI rigged as PHA with a junk rig on each hull motoring into the harbour.
There are Susi and Tom, a young German couple sailing from Berlin toward the Quebec via Spain, Madera, Canarias, Antillas....
Here is their website : http://www.aorai.eu
The tomorrow we sailed together toward Brest with a light east wind. They were slightly quicker but we kept them in sight all the day.
Here is a picture when leaving Alderney :
And here is our 2 cats together on PHA's mooring on the river Aulne :
Bertrand
Bertrand FERCOT
For the little boats it's easier to hold the masts in tabernacles and in looking at the datas of the Junk rig associations " http://www.junkrigassociation.org " and on the Yahoo group " http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junkrig/ " sure you'll find good examples with little boats with tabernacles.
I studied a short time to put tabernacles on my new Tiki46 but it seems to me very difficult to build them enough strong without to be too much heavy and large. So they will be hold by the keel and the deck with no tabernacles.
As the Tahiti Seafarer is built with open hulls it's possible to have a twist of the hulls (not when the hull is completely closed with a deck). So I think It should be better to fix your tabernacles near a beam.
Bertrand
Dec 6, 2010
Scott Burger
Bonjour Bertrand:
I have the Practical Junk Rig book. I see that Blondie has the formulae for setting up a monohull. If I understand correctly, I just do the same thing for both hulls? Also, on your junk rigged catamaran, did you route the lines to the steering pod?
Merci beaucoup pour votre aide et Bonne Annee Nouvelle!!!
Scott
Dec 31, 2015
Bertrand FERCOT
Hello Scott
Yes for a parallel rig you have to calculate where to put the mast as for a mono hull.
On my previous Tiki30 and now on my Tiki46 only the sheets are handle directly from the pod. The halyards and down hauls are handle on each side of the pod on the roof of the hulls. Have a look at the photos on my blogs.
Have a good 2016 New Year and all the best for your cat.
Bertrand
Jan 1, 2016