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| Here the sail is at rest and reaches to the bow. |
A great site on junk rig terminology can be found here:
'How does it work', but there is no substitute for looking at photo's and drawings of the real rigs. Each customized over generations for specific purposes. With my rig, here in Puget sound, I need a substantial amount of sail area for light airs, but the ability to drop all sails or reef quickly at the first sign of shifting to squal. This design was done partly with an old junk rig cad program 'SailCut8', running under 'wine' on a mac. But it's a bit too limited, so I printed and modified it to what looks right to my eyes. It may require a bit of a boomkin, but that's easy. It's about 218 square feet, which is not too different than the sq feet from the Alacrity's standard main combined with the genoa. If it's too much, I'll cut the bottom panel off, or if I need more, I'll add another panel at the bottom.
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| Goblin, actually prefers these curves, today. |
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| Here the tack line is pulled about as far as you'd ever want. |
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| Inspiration came from this one and |
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| And especially, this one too. |
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| And this one for the amount of sail ahead of the mast. |
