page_title: Junk rig
section_title: Modern rigs
hierarchical_section_title: Junk rig / Modern rigs
caption_attribution_description: Junk-rigged schooner Pilger sailing in Lake George, Florida
context_page_description: The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.
  While relatively uncommon in use among modern production sailboats, the rig's potential advantages of easier use and lower cost for blue-water cruisers have been explored by individuals such as trans-Atlantic racer Herbert "Blondie" Hasler and author Annie Hill.
caption: Colvin Gazelle: schooner junk rig with conventional jib sail
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