Hi all,
I've told Gardner and Micha that much as I would like to talk about wingsails, I'm not happy to do so on a Yahoo group forum.
I've set up a wingsail forum on the JRA website - www.junkrigassociation.org
I cannot give completely free access to a forum to a member of the public. I have had to set up a new membership level, and make it free, as an introductory offer, for a month. What you will need to do is to go to the "Join the JRA" page, and choose "wingsail forum member". Please ignore those questions obviously meant for we junkies, but fill in as much of the rest as you wish.
Once you have registered, you will find the page right at the bottom of the menu. All JRA members can also see it, but you will not be able to see the JRA members pages.
At the end of a month, I will transfer this forum inside the JRA members area, and it will no longer be visible to a "wingsail forum member" - you will have to follow it in there by paying your sub as a JRA member!
By the way, the term "Swing-wing" is usually reserved for the commercial version produced by Sunbird Marine a while back. I think the name "soft wingsail"is the correct generic term.
David.