"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message
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Junks are slow, mostly due to the large wetted area of most of them
and they don't go to windward much better then a square rigger because
of the sails. The Europeans, in the late 17 and 1800's rigged some
junk hulls with Western sail plans ( called Lorchas I believe) to get
better windward ability.
Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)


Actually, I believe that "lorchas" are western hulls that have eastern lug
(junk) rigs.