Bernd:

??? I know the first rig well.... It's Arne's boat Johanna with his cambered junk rig, The second (Dobra Kusa) I believe is a Ljungstr?m rig, though the photo doesn't really show it to best effect with it's double loose footed sails furled about a rotating mast..... A very interesting rig. ? Your photo of Pete's final, or at least third iteration on Oryx, shows great detail of how he built his version of Paul McKay's Aerojunk rig.? I've felt since I first saw photos of Oryx that the aspect ratio was a bit too low, nor could I understand why one would truncate the upper panel, except perhaps to serve as storm canvas, though there are other ways this could be done.?? The beauty of this system is that a nicely cambered sail can be achieved using absolutely flat sailcloth, and the batten system is simple and very strong.? A rugged, and very "field serviceable" rig.? When people comment about windage or drag, one has only to point the veritable birds nest of standing rigging on most Bermuda rigs, and the liabilities it often poses when setting sails and tacking, and that without mentioning the veritable house of cards with dozens of possible points of failure, any of which can bring the whole thing toppling down.?



Ljungstr?m rig

??? I'd love to see a video of your wishbone gaff rig in operation...... I have difficulty really understanding the details of it from the few photos I can find.?? I've read most of your work that is to be found on the Duckworks website, all of which is quite worthwhile reading, and contains some valuable insights.?? I have a passion for innovative, original, and outside the box thinking.?? It's what drives progress forward.?? Sometimes things that didn't work out well are of as much value as things that did, as far as what can be learned from them.?? Your own work only came to my attention through Oryx, and shows the kind of innovative outside the box thinking, good choices, and great flexibility of thought that I've always admired.???


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On 11/26/2017 06:49 AM, Bernd@... [k-designs] wrote: