Tom: if your idea is to do the change for the 'fun of it' i say GO FOR IT. i've been a fan/follower of Roger Taylor for some time - http://www.thesimplesailor.com/index.html Roger's proven the junk rig is a good _ocean_ crossing rig. but it is _not_ a rig for one wanting to go to weather. i'm not saying a junk will not go to weather ... IT WILL ... a junk will not go to weather as well as a sloop. Roger is 'puttering around' the northern atlantic. his is not spending a lot of time tacking up narrow passages when windward ability is needed. having a junk rig will not be quicker to set up. in addition you will have a mast you need to lift an place into a 'tall' tabernacle or through the deck onto the keep. next you have a LOT of running rigging to install once the 'stick is up'. if you are looking for a way to avoid foredeck work why not put a furler on the forestay? the M15's mast is so easy to put up ... and small ... that a furler will not a a lot of weight. a new headsail and furling unit will be a lot less $$$ than a conversion to a new standing rig. just my 2-cents. -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
On Jul 10, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Thomas Nixon <thoslloyd@gmail.com> wrote:
Has anyone tried a junk rig on a Montgomery 15? I have boat #191, and I am coming to sailing in my late sixties. Consequently I'd rather stay off the foredeck in difficult weather if I can. (My intended sailing grounds are San Francisco Bay and Tomales Bay.) After reading several books, notably Annie Hill's Voyaging on a Small Income and Hasler and McLeod's Practical Junk Rig, I'm convinced that a junk rig might extend my sailing life. And I think it would go nicely on an M15; but I'm wondering if anyone has experimented with it before and figured out mast placement and mounting etc. Thanks, Tom Nixon M15 #191