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VII—A Rig for Coastal Trades

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

H. G. Hasler
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Since 1960 there has been a revival of interest in the Chinese, or junk, rig for small sailing yachts, and an increasing number of seagoing cruising boats are now appearing with it. It may therefore be appropriate to consider what, if any, application the rig could have to commercial sailing vessels in the western world.

The rig carries only one fully-battened sail on each mast, and may have any number of masts from one upwards. In its larger sizes the sail, complete with its yard, battens, and boom, is very heavy, and the whole weight has to be carried by one or more halyards from the masthead. Traditionally, and preferably, the mast is completely unstayed, being supported only at the step and the partners and standing up like a tree, or cantilever.

Type
The Practicability of Commercial Sail
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , May 1977 , pp. 200 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1977

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