Recent content by operator6

Avoid Wexford for your first trip - Kilmore is good. I went from Dale to Waterford last year, and once you are past the mouth of the Suir, it's a great sail (with tide, NOT against it) to Waterford (be wary of tiredness - I went into micro-sleeps, and although quite amusing, it was interesting...

still el-bumpa - where are these brackets???

JR Couple it with Van Loan's The Chinese Sailing Rig: Design and Build Your Own Junk Rig, the up-to-date information from the JRA (especially Arne), and you'll have a great text resource for all things 'fully-battened, Chinese lug sail'

bump - still looking! aaaarrrrggghhhh!

Hi, I'm from the South-East of Ireland, and just finished my first sailing trip to there, and the South-West, singlehanded from Cardiff. Past Fastnet is great water, and great landscape. Roaring Water Bay has great little islands; Dunmanus bay has a couple of places (Kitchen Cove being one of...

bump - still looking!

I'm looking for an outboard bracket, grp, for my Avon Redstart - they're like chicken teeth! Or point me in the right direction. cheers

I need about 6 metres of 5/8-16mm wire reinforced suction hose, clear is possible. Most online places only sell in 30 metres, which is far too much (in length and money!). Based around Cardiff cheers

yes, a trick of the light, rolling a rolly, boiling a cup-o-tay, badly set sails, eh, oh no scrap that one:D

only as fast as the boat in front! (aka 'the rest of the story':-)

Not as much weight as is generally thought, very easy to reef/raise, beating is even easier, and so on. However, as it's a question of aesthetics, I'll leave it at that. For me, beautiful! Look forward to your new videos!

Hi, just a quick update - after a few weeks sailing, I am getting used to my rig. I am not actually looking to make comparisons between the junk rig and others with whom I sail, but it's fair to say I'm taking notice of certain sailing features. On my last outing, there were three yachts going...

Not quite the only one, but it's rare enough! The main idea and research comes from Norway (through the work of Arne Kverneland), but this type of rig attracts people who like to tinker :-) and the JRA is quite active. I'll be keeping an eye on her performance during the season, but I'm more...

Yup, still here Yup, still here; as 'operator6' but not very active :-) FYI for anyone interested in the rig - it's a converted Kingfisher 26 (Newbridge also made a 'factory' version, with the unstayed mast a few feet behind my one), with a carbon fibre unstayed mast (a racing spinnaker pole)...

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