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50 Advantages of Junk Rig - Over Other Rigs by Annie Hill 50 Advantages Of Junk Rig - over other rigs by Annie Hill Anyone who is a proponent of junk rig is handling from the cockpit, instead of sailing due to the effort of handling time to ensure the children are used to being asked, ‘Well, what’s so having to work on the exposed deck; the sails, changing to junk rig could enjoying themselves. good about it, anyway?’ For some the ease of reefing reduces stress on have extended their sailing years. 11. People are more complicated in people, there is one overriding aspect of both crew and gear; the light weight 6. An unimpeded view: Junk sails set their head than the rig: They have the rig that appeals: generally the ease of of the boom and the fact that it’s well up the mast, unlike the deck- complicated, demanding and reefing, but for many there is a whole generally above head height, reduce hugging sails on other rigs, which expensive boats, instead of opting host of reasons why we consider the rig the risk of injury; lack of stress keeps impede the helmsman’s view. for ease and simplicity. to be preferable to any alternative. Back the crew rested and thus more alert. in July, our Webmaster challenged 7. Low cost: Junk rig is cheaper to 12. You can carry all that’s required to 3. Sail rips have minimal impact: build and maintain than any maintain the rig far from yachting website users to name the top 50 Generally, a long horizontal rip is not advantages of junk rig over other rigs other mainstream rig. Low tech centres: In addition to your normal catastrophic on a junk rig, since it materials and construction methods tool kit, to repair a junk rig, you need and they rose to the challenge. It didn’t will be restricted to only one panel take us long not only to reach, but to keep costs to a minimum, and many cordage, some sail material and and the boat can still be sailed as junkies build their own sails. The needle and thread. For full exceed 50 perceived advantages! It’s before, whereas on other rigs the sail hard to rank the advantages in order of lack of rigging on a free-standing maintenance and/or replacement, has to be lowered immediately. If mast avoids a major expense with add a couple of spare battens, a merit, so, generally, they are listed in the the tear is particularly big, the order they were posted. All the wires, bottle screws, toggles, etc. sewing machine and perhaps some damaged panel can usually be taken wood, glue and fastenings. perceived advantages were of interest, so out of service by tying two battens 8. Ease of repair: Most junk rigs are I’m bringing them together in the together essentially ‘sticks and string’ and 13. You can work on your sails in a following article. It would be great if these simple and easily understood marina: Unless the wind is abaft the non-website users would join in and add 4. Ease of reefing and making sail materials and structures, make for beam, sails can be raised and to the list with a Letter to the Editor. means that you always sail under straightforward repairs. lowered alongside with no drama, the correct amount of canvas: This 1. Junk rig is much easier to handle 9. Better performance in squally and with no risk of being whipped makes for faster passages and by a slatting sail. downwind: With its reluctance to ensures the boat is properly conditions: The ease of reefing and gybe until you are sailing well by the underway in the aftermath of a gale, setting sail makes it a lot easier to 14. You can use the battens as a ladder: lee, with the fact that the sail is fully which is arguably when you are sail efficiently when contending with On most junks it is possible to climb squared out so that it is working most likely to be knocked down. squalls and gusty conditions. up the sail by way of the battens, in efficiently and with the ease with order to con your way through a reef which you can change from running 5. Much easier for the older, not-so- 10. Junk rig is more suited to family sailing: The loads on the lines are or ice. Or to make an adjustment to to reaching to beating, without strong or ‘mobility-restricted’ the rig while under way. having to handle guys, poles or people to use: An electric winch can less; there are no deck cars to trap vangs, the junk rig is much easier to take the effort out of hauling up the small fingers and toes; there are no 15. It’s easy to make your own sails: sail. sails; reefing and tacking are flailing jib sheets to hit children; While few owners of gaff-rigged simplicity itself and even sheeting there are no flogging sails to frighten boats and even fewer owners of 2. Increased crew safety: With junk rig the sail generally requires little them; the relaxed parents can take bermudan-rigged make their own the crew (usually) does all sail effort. While many sailors give up sails, many junkies routinely do so. There isn’t even any need for a 21. Junk rig is more manoeuvrable the sail is caught by the lazyjacks is no shriek of wind through the specialised sewing machine. than most rigs: You only need to instead of falling all over the crew rigging, this reduces stress on the 16. No sail bags down below: With the concentrate on where you are going, and getting in the way of the crew. light- and heavy-weather canvas because of not having to do any sail helmsman. 34. Less gear = less maintenance. handling. permanently bent on, there is no 28. Safer for dinghies: it is so easy to 35. The rig is very docile: This means reason to have extra sails down 22. Junk sails can be made in a small reef, that you are much less likely to that sailing is much more fun for below. This frees up space and space: While most people might capsize in gusty conditions. timid and/or lazy sailors. allows the accommodation to be prefer to find a large space to lay out 29. No sail changing: As well as used more efficiently. the sail, more than a few excellent 36. If you are setting sail in windy eradicating dangerous foredeck conditions, you simply pull up all 17. The junk sail is self-tacking: While sails have been made in a normal work, this means that the boat is room such as a living room that is required: With most other most rigs have self-tacking sailed under the correct canvas. We rigs, you have to pull up the whole mainsails and some have self- 23. Junk sails can increase comfort humans tend towards sloth, so sail and then put the reefs in. This tacking jibs, the latter require special aboard: Because the sails don’t flog, bending and unbending sails on takes longer and can be quite gear or work less efficiently than a they can be kept up for motoring other rigs tends to be postponed. stressful. standard jib. The junk sail is and thus reduce rolling. On multi- 30. In moments of stress, letting go of 37. With junk rig you can sail with intrinsically self-tacking, which masted rigs, one of the sails can be the sheet calms everything down: makes beating to windward, sheeted hard in to dampen the however much or little sail you without the nerve-wracking, fancy: Most other rigs have a set especially in close quarters, rolling downwind. stressful noise of flogging polyester infinitely less work. amount of sail that has to be tied 24. Junk rig is ideal for motor-sailing: 31. The rig couldn't be simpler to into place. 18. Because the sails stay on deck, the Not only because a junk sail doesn’t heave to: let go the sheet in calm boat can stay drier below: Wet sail flog, but also because it still gives 38. Stop-start manoeuvres under sail seas; otherwise sheet in as hard as are very feasible: This is not the bags spread salt water about, which some lift and drive. The fact that it’s you can and put the helm down a makes it difficult to keep the boat’s set and ready will also reduce the same as heaving to, but is more like little. She tries to tack but has stopping for a red light, as distinct interior dry. If you can keep salt amount of motor-sailing you do, insufficient way on. (If the boat is water out of the soft furnishings, the because when the breeze returns from parking. When sailing in very sporty she may tack anyway; in waters with much commercial boat will be a much more pleasant you can simply switch off the that case ease the sheet a little until place in damp conditions engine and let out the sheet. traffic which is restricted in its the sail is nearly feathering.) With ability to manoeuvre, with junk rig 19. Junk rig epitomises the KISS 25. Ease of tacking means you sail self-steering, just set the vane to you can simply stop and give way, principle: Keep It Simple, Sailor (or more: For example you might work pinch the boat excessively to by letting go of the sheet, even if just Stupid, depending on your you way up a narrow river taking achieve the same end.
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