Still in the planing stage of converting my tiki 30 to a biplane junk rig. Looking at two sails of 25m2 each. should the batten be short enough to miss the other mast? about 4m clearance between the centre line of each hull so if i keep the batten length at 3.5 it will determine the mast height?…
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…
Hello together,I play with the Idea to put a Junk Rig on a Hitia 17. Do anybody has ever tride this? I didn't found anything in the net. Only in Yahoo was a thread but I don't get any access to the Pictures.Really interessting can be a swing like Bertrand did it on his PHA but what to do with the…
We are speaking here of un-stayed masts buried in the hulls, carrying junk sails of moderate size. 4 sails of 15 m2 make 60 m2, while it needs 30 m2 sails on two masts, or the same on one mast. High aspect ratio, that means a square sail of 6 x 2.75m with 8 battens and 4 sheets, built very light.…
Good day all, would anyone b able to tell me wot formula they used to position the mast for the junk rig. Any formula or software used, any info would be well appreciated. Thanx
I have seen & heard comments about a mast in each hull, has any one thought about orexperimented with a single junk rig mast in the middle of the boat. Large TEHENI.
Has anyone yet attempted to install a Junk rig on one of the larger Tikis in place of the Wingsails? I am not talking about installing them in the hulls, but on the decks in a schooner or ketch sailplan.I would be interested to hear any performance reports on such a modification and see some…
Shane can you tell me any thing about the pic. of the junk riged cat, or any other ones? Vern.