"Gordon" wrote in message
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silverdragon wrote:
Hey I have been doing some research on diffrent rig types for the
livaboard my wife and I plan to buy in the next 4 years and I was
wondering what some of you reccommend. Or if you had any first hand
experience.

Some of the rigs we have been looking in to a

Cats ketch
Yawl or ketch
Schooner Junk

I would love to get some feed back thanks!

Cat or junk rig hands down. Simple, less rigging, less winches
easy to sail, great for cruising.
G


I agree with the cat, but the yawl or ketch is also quite viable. The sails
are smaller and easier to handle, you get decent performance, and you have
more sail configuration options. I don't know enough about junk rigs to
comment, but from the pics I've seen, you have a gaff, so that means weight
aloft you don't need.

A nice configuration is a cutter-rig ketch... lots of combos.

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