VolksCruiser

There's a J-29 up in the frozen north that I've been thinking about quite a bit. For those unacquainted with the design it looks s...

I've always liked the gaff rig because it's a stout spar that does not require a lot of tension to stand. There's a lot to be sa...

When considering changing to a rig like the balanced lug or junk, the first issue is that it requires moving the location of the mast. Findi...

First of all If you have a boat with a working Bermuda rig keep in mind that it seldom makes sense to do a new rig (Lug, Junk,Crab Claw, or ...

Sailboat rigs are a problematic conundrum where VolksCruisers are concerned. For starters, most rigs on classic plastic boats have rigs that...

Yann Quenet showing off a balanced lug roller reefing set up.

A Freedom cat ketch adapted to junk rig  I wrote this back in 2008 on Boat Bits but it seems to have held up for the most part... I suppose...

The current JRA Newsletter (#85) has a very interesting article on building a junk sail by Paul McKay that has me thinking long and hard in ...

The other day a friend wrote me complaining that the boat project he was thinking of building was getting scary expensive and he used winche...

Logic is a funny thing... Especially when it's connected with boats. For instance, a friend recently wrote about changing a gaff cat r...

So, let's say the guy selling the skipjack were to lower the price by 33% which would make it a whole lot more attractive... Obviously...

An excellent article about what just might be the closest thing to a perfect VolksCruiser rig...

The successful VolksCruiser is not just about spending less for stuff. A lot of it has to do with thinking how sailboats work. That said, ...