Cp 19 junk rigged

[philb Junkie19]

The 19 is a wonderful boat just as designed. As I get older and and climbing around the boat becomes less attractive, I went back to a rig I had on an O'day 23 in the 90's, the junk, and converted the 19.  One of the main advantages of the junk is the ability to quickly and easily reef or raise sail from the cockpit and on this version sail with anywhere from 7 to 2 equally sized panels using only the halyard and one or two adjusting lines. Older western adaptions of the junk sail were flat but most today are built with camber.  I've been sailing with the new rig much of the summer and am very pleased. It is a little over 200 sq ft and points well. I just got the first pictures from outside the boat two of which I wanted to share here. I hope they upload.
Phil

[Bob23]

Is the mast now freestanding? How did you reinforce the deck and hull?

[philb Junkie19]

Yes, Bob the mast is free standing. The mast step is multi layered plywood shaped and epoxied to the hull with a little additional  glass reinforcement.  The partners are built to 1 inch ply and through bolted and sandwiched between  1x 3 s  above the deck and 3x3 inch plywood "washers" below. 

I would like to post pics of both but I'm not sure how to reduce fie size to the required 250k on my computer. I had to go to a web site to reduce the above photos.
Phil
modified: It' s just that after trying for quite a while to reduce the size I used the web site 'JPEG optimizer'. I don't get a resize option under edit in  photo gallery on my computer. After copying the pictures from that site and uploading from my computer the above pics appeared in a way that I hadn't seen on the site before so I'm not sure if I should continue that way with any future pictures.

[hoddinr]

I saw this done to an old Aquarius 21 a few years ago.  The owner used no engine, but a long pole for keeping him out of trouble in tight spaces.  He'd removed all the deck gear usually required for a standard marconi sloop rig.  Very clean look.

How complicated is the sheet arrangement, and is there a multi part sheet or a single sheet.

This could be done to a SunCat very easily.

Thanks!

Ron

[philb Junkie19]

Ron,
The most commonly used single sheet arrangement is not nearly as complicated as it may look and is simple to use.  From the ends of the non flexing battens, sheetlets interconnect. The sheet connects to the sheetlets through a series of bolcks and and together control the panels.  Once set up it is much like using a Bermuda main sheet. A difference comes when reefing.  As panels come down the resulting slack in the sheet has to be taken up before continuing.  This arrangement then holds the reefed panel or panels in place along the boom.

I found a program on my computer to reduce images called Irfan View. I guess if one plods around enough....  My grandson may have downloaded it. Should work.

[hoddinr]

Nice work!

Are you using the standard CP 19 mast?

Thanks,
Ron

[philb Junkie19]

The Compac19 mast is plenty strong held by shrouds and stays.  Round or square is best for a free standing mast and it has to be able to stand up to the boat's righting moment-plus by itself.  My mast is a hybrid. the lower part is 4 1/2 inch x 1/8 inch 6061 t6 aluminum. The upper 3 1/2 feet is wood.
phil

[deisher6]

Phil:
Thank you very much for your post and especially the pictures.  It was very interesting and informative especially the sheeting on the junk rig.  I have never seen and or considered how the sail is controlled.  I though that it was a just a single sheet attached conventionally to the boom. 

Cool stuff!

regards charlie