Thom Stewart wrote:
Doug; Those Junk Sails on "Migrant" were What made me go to fully
battened main in Lazy Jacks. When you watched Dick sail her, you never
even thought of weight aloft. I still don't. A Junk rig has a shorter
mast, without spreaders or a lot of standing rigging. When both go "Bare
Headed the Junk rig will have less weight aloft

than what?

... and with a Schooner Rig
Junk set-up, you do have so much more choices to balance out for
conditions.

True of the schooner rig in general IMHO.

... By the way, "Migrant" isn't what you would call slow for a
Blue Water Yacht.


Well, I guess that would be like me saying that as a sprinter, I'm among
the fastest 45 year old guys with bad knees

I would like to sail properly rigged junk schooner. I suspect that most
of the ones I've seen were being handled by people who both cut some
corners, and who usually motored anyway. And all the variations of
sailboat rigs that I have tried handle differently, and respond best to
different techniques.


It was just about the worst boat I've ever seen for backing under power.
That is how I met Dick. I took a line and pulled him into his slip
stern first. He thanked me and said he'd probably never made it without
me.


heh heh that's why there's bow thrusters. BTW the tugboat simply does
not steer in reverse. If you have a wide open river and can let her back
up for 200 yards or so, and get up to 3+ knots in reverse, then she
starts to answer her rudder. When backing in confined quarters, you have
to aim her first with a burst of forward against the rudder, set hard
over to whichever way you want to swing the stern. It takes a bit of
practice, and a lot of faith in your transmission.


Pete, would you know who the present owner is. Dick sold her to a local
Dentist. He was the one who started updating her to a modern Yacht. Was
just wondering. I think he was considering cruising her and bringing
Dental Health to that part of the world


Sounds like a great idea.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King