Split Junk Part 3

Being Part 3 of the Split Junk Trilogy. Part 1 discussed the Split Junk Rig and why I’m excited about it. Part 2 discussed my test build. This part will discuss some particulars about sail panel design and construction. This post is meant for the few diehards out there into these things, so I’m going to refer to the documention by the Split Junk’s creator Slieve McGalliard without elaboration throughout. »

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Split Junk Part 2

Being Part 2 of the Split Junk Trilogy. Part 1 discussed the Split Junk Rig and why I’m excited about it. This part will discuss my test build. Part 3 will discuss some particulars about sail panel design and construction. Split Junk Model The first thing I did was to follow Slieve’s advice and make an extremely crude model out of general shop scrap. It cost nothing but several hours of futzing around. »

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