This is a picture of the modified Scamp design that is being prepared for a journey through the area of the Magellan Straits and around Cape Horn. In my previous blog [Scamp (1)] I voiced some misgivings about the lugsail rig. I still have those reservations about the lugsail but its not really a big deal. The lugsail is very simple and handy and I would be happy to give this rig a try. But here is the option for those who share my inclinations for a more 'conventional' rig. It's 'Southern Cross's Ketch rig - which to my eyes looks aesthetically (though not technically) rather like a Yawl.
4 comments:
Alden - have been through that what's a yawl debate
http://bursledonblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/whats-in-name.html
http://bursledonblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/more-on-yawls-and-yawl-rig.html
I think it's correct to call a yawl
Max
How could a man survive, being constantly in the open air, crossing Magellan Strait. The rig is pleasing to the eye.
Quite right Max - If a boat looks like a Yawl, sails like a Yawl, answers to the name Yawl and a person thinks it's a Yawl - then it probably is a Yawl! (And as you point out we have had this discussion before LOL).
Ben I guess a man survives in the same way that Artic explorers of old have survived - very warm clothes, good food, a strong tent and a toboggan with a team of Huskies (Or a small 12 foot yawl rigged boat with a small cosy cabin!).
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