The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend …

The JRA (Junk Rig Association), formed in 1980, aims to further the development of the junk rig and to create an international community of people interested in such rigs to share experience …

The Junk rig is without doubt the most efficient cruising rig. As Junk Rig is not the norm this puts most people off from even considering it. In many ways you need to experience a junk rig to …

The junk rig or "Chinese lug rig" is easy to handle, very easy to reef, easy and inexpensive to build, easy to rig, has no complex hardware, requires no winches, is easy to maintain, involves …

2013年3月7日 · In essence, a junk rig consists of a fully battened balanced lug-sail (the Chinese describe it as “an ear listening for the wind”) that is hoisted on a mast that is either …

A junk sail/rig is a balanced lug sail more or less rectangular in shape. The rectangular shape sometimes is modified so that the top sections are fan shaped. It has a yard or top batten and …

2024年10月24日 · Junk rigging has its aficionados. Its origins date back to ancient times on the seas of Asia. This type of rigging, with its battened sails, has survived the centuries and is still …

2015年6月26日 · The junk is predicated upon sails that are fully battened, a characteristic associated with more modern racing vessels and they typically lack any standing rigging (stays …

2014年11月25日 · Our first head-to-head comparison proved what previous experience led us to expect: the Bermudan rig is faster upwind and the junk performs better downwind (unless the …

What is a junk rig, technically speaking? The JR is basically a fully battened, balanced lug sail, in other words a self-tacking fore and aft sail. The main difference is in the battens which are not …