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• Has this new rig by Gary Hoyt been posted?
  • Wow with an offset like that...
    • He talks during the video about the off set from port to starboard.
      • Here's the rig on what would be the "bad tack" of a conventional junk rig.
        • Looks a lot like a variation on the junk rig to me.
          • old as the hills -- except for the offset
            • OK -- it posted from my computer but . . .
              • Jeremy
                • Thanks. I'm a little bit more paranoid now that we're on broadband . . .
            • That's what I'm talking about! Thanks Jeremy
              • I saw her at Brest 2000, along with a host of other craft
            • Beautiful yes but completely inefficient
              • Clearly it is not a rig designed
                • Agree completely. We've set up our boat -
  • The load on that upper gaff must be substantial
    • The weight up "high" is not as much as
    • I go both ways on these breaking innovations to sailing.
  • Gimmick?
    • Could be. How about the Hoyt boom. Gimmick?
  • Makes sense. I see no down side, except one
    • Having owned a Freedom, ...
  • Based on my experience with the Freedom 25 wing mast......
  • Remember the Aerorig.
    • Beyond the Bermuda Rigs
    • I've always liked the idea for cruising.
  • What advantage does it have over a conventional cat rig?
    • You could add 12" to the boom length to overcome any inefficiency when beating.
      • "inefficiency when beating" - I don't get it...
  • Bending the stick