Over Labor Day weekend, now just past, we had a gathering of junk rig sailboats and sailors here in Joy Bay, and in Gouldsboro Bay. What a good time we all had! There will be articles in the Junk Rig Association magazine, but in the meantime here are some pictures.
[photo credit Craig Pursell]
We had five junk rig boats sailing, one on the dock, and four more boats that were not junk rig, for a total of nine boats out there with sails up. MARIGOLD, my Portland Pudgy, had it’s just completed junk rig, which has been working out quite well. So AUKLET stayed at the float, while I had some fun tearing around in MARIGOLD.
[photo credit: Craig Pursell]
There was another small boat, trailered all the way from Missouri, a Mirror dinghy with a bright red sail.
[photo credit Jeannie McDermott]
And this one, an O’Day Widgeon, which is the boat design on which I learned to sail.
[photo credit: Shemaya Laurel]
Along with yours truly, happy camper.
[photo credit: Craig Pursell]
[photo credit: Craig Pursell]
Dave and Jeannie sailed over from the other side of Joy Bay, to join in the fun:
[photo credit: Mike Lyons]
The biggest boat, TERRAPIN, at 38 feet was the grandest thing not only here at the junket, but that I have ever seen here in Joy Bay. Breathtaking.
[photo credit: Suzanne Jean]
[photo credit: Craig Pursell]
The intermediate size boats were gorgeous too. This one came under sail from Penobscot Bay:
And this one on a trailer all the way from North Carolina, specifically with the junket in mind:
[photo credit: Mike Lyons]
[photo credit: Mike Lyons]
My friend Chubba brought his Cape Dory 25, as well as extending wonderful hospitality to the whole group.
[photo credit: Mike Lyons]
[photo credit: Chubba Kane]
AUKLET dressed ship for the occasion, and TERRAPIN came in to our float at high tide. That was extra special!
[photo credit: Suzanne Jean]
[photo credit: Shemaya Laurel]
We all had the best time, from Thursday until Sunday, with gorgeous weather to match.
[photo credit: Luke Tanner]
Thanks to everybody, for making it such a treat!
[photo credit: Luke Tanner]
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For more information about junk rig:
Junk Rig Association
worldwide membership organization; much information available to nonmembers in information pages as well as in publicly available forum discussions
http://www.junkrigassociation.org
Junk Rig Sailing
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https://www.facebook.com/Junkrigsailing/
International Junk Rig: Sailing Old and New
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1822600471338074/
What a feast for the eyes, that photo with five junks of various sizes, sailing in company and having so much fun! It seems to have been an enviable and memorable junket, Shemaya. Congratulations to you and to all those who made the effort to join in. It sounds like it was more than worth it! Everyone looks to be having a truly wonderful time.
Hi Annie,
It was indeed! And now we have one of those panoramic junk photos from right here! Being there in person was absolutely breathtaking – when we were all out there sailing it was just extraordinary. It definitely made all the work worthwhile, and was so much fun. You realize, of course, that we all think that “oh, maybe there will be a miracle, and Annie will come to one of these!” I’ll keep hoping ;-)
The Parade of Sail on Joy Bay was thrilling to witness. So many colorful boats sailing all around the bay and all at once, it was so much fun, and I’m not even a sailor!
Hi Suzanne,
And you did so much to make it work! I’m so glad it was so much fun for you too – we’ll be smiling all winter :-)
Congrats, Shemaya!!! Looks like you brought great joy to Joy Bay for this happy gathering of intrepid sailors and their special rigs! Great photos! From your admiring aunty with love!
Hi Patsy,
That’s so sweet :-) So glad you’ve enjoyed the photos. Suzanne said, yeah, for once it’s a blog post with none of the ho-hum technical stuff! It was indeed a happy group – and come to think of it, it even brought joy to neighbors on Joy Bay!
Much love to you – it means the world, to have such a wonderful aunty!
What a joy to see these photos, and to know that you are having such fun.
Hi Sandy,
So glad you’ve been enjoying them! Maine is much too far away, but gosh it’s special, to get to do stuff like this. I’ll bet you’d have a blast, sailing that Portland Pudgy!
Great images Shemaya, thanks for sharing. I was looking at those first few photos thinking the only sail colours better than tan are red and black. Beautiful! I have a red sails Mirror as my”daily driver”, that Mirror rig looks like the original gunter sail with battens seen over and hosted further aft. Now there’s a project. Woohoo!
Hi Terry,
Does this mean you’ll make a junk rig for your Mirror?? Send lots of pictures, if you do! This post didn’t go into it, but Chris Shelton, whose boat that is, has it all fitted out for boat camping. Say the word, if you want to be in touch with him about how he’s done it, or to share what you’ve been up to!
Nice stuff here. Very nice.