Friday, November 30, 2012

A decision of note...

RIP irony, more bad news on the reef front, and the word for today is “irredentism”

A blog I read regularly had something of a thought provoking post the other day. The writer had made the decision to resew her cambered junk sail returning to its previous flat-paneled design...

For readers not up on junkish design points, it's mostly agreed that cambered junk sails deliver more performance in terms of speed and windward ability compared to the flat panel sort. So, the decision to step back in the design evolution is interesting... It also makes sense. Which is why, whether you sail a junk or not you might be interested in reading the post...

Listening to Lana Del Rey

So it goes...