tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48501423487071038052011-04-21T19:01:31.366-07:00Re-fitting a Laurent Giles GK24 and converting to junk ringStuart Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17345024372056117283noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850142348707103805.post-2158655808122489682008-07-16T20:08:00.000-07:002008-07-16T20:38:27.394-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/SH69NVQVdwI/AAAAAAAAAMI/3GepELp8tSA/s1600-h/GK24-Junk2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/SH69NVQVdwI/AAAAAAAAAMI/3GepELp8tSA/s400/GK24-Junk2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223820654537963266" /></a><br />In restoring this boat, it is my intention to re-rig it with a cambered Junk-Rig. Victor Winterthun has kindly done the calculations and drawn up the sail plan for me. The idea of using modern cambered junk rigs seems to have been developed mostly in Norway, in particular by Arne Kverneland in Stavanger, where it has been discovered to markedly improve windward performance, over other western junk rigs.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4850142348707103805-215865580812248968?l=sywolfhound.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stuart Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17345024372056117283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850142348707103805.post-62971617435296357102007-10-16T16:52:00.001-07:002007-10-16T17:00:22.758-07:00This is the sight that greeted me when I first looked at Wolfhound.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVP8Go7rQI/AAAAAAAAAJI/33iiN4qtqmQ/s1600-h/101_0151R.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVP8Go7rQI/AAAAAAAAAJI/33iiN4qtqmQ/s320/101_0151R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122088045196848386" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPvmo7rPI/AAAAAAAAAJA/ii2wBN6c2ng/s1600-h/101_0141R.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPvmo7rPI/AAAAAAAAAJA/ii2wBN6c2ng/s320/101_0141R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122087830448483570" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPmmo7rOI/AAAAAAAAAI4/N5zWJtvJBDA/s1600-h/101_0147R.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPmmo7rOI/AAAAAAAAAI4/N5zWJtvJBDA/s320/101_0147R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122087675829660898" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPXGo7rNI/AAAAAAAAAIw/VPOJZZdccRc/s1600-h/101_0145R.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPXGo7rNI/AAAAAAAAAIw/VPOJZZdccRc/s320/101_0145R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122087409541688530" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPNmo7rMI/AAAAAAAAAIo/7ygldG-6GgU/s1600-h/101_0152R.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVPNmo7rMI/AAAAAAAAAIo/7ygldG-6GgU/s320/101_0152R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122087246332931266" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVQc2o7rRI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/IB74lxyxNzQ/s1600-h/101_0144R.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxVQc2o7rRI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/IB74lxyxNzQ/s320/101_0144R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122088607837564178" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4850142348707103805-6297161743529635710?l=sywolfhound.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stuart Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17345024372056117283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850142348707103805.post-51194363975400951102007-10-14T02:33:00.001-07:002007-10-22T04:59:54.582-07:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxyQlVQo2pI/AAAAAAAAAKg/EvuF4RPIqO4/s1600-h/101_0231R.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxyQlVQo2pI/AAAAAAAAAKg/EvuF4RPIqO4/s320/101_0231R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124129447077272210" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxHisWo7q7I/AAAAAAAAAFc/TstIjP2PFHM/s1600-h/Wolfhoundcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nerOwNr3lxU/RxHisWo7q7I/AAAAAAAAAFc/TstIjP2PFHM/s400/Wolfhoundcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121123502916348850" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4850142348707103805-5119436397540095110?l=sywolfhound.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stuart Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17345024372056117283noreply@blogger.com0