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Hi there. I've just put a link above to the test data from 2018.

@@andrewholder4539 I've taken a look but I'm afraid polar charts are all pretty anonymous to me, is there a written summary of findings? Apologies for being a caveman....

@@RHP-pw8xt Hello there. I don't have anything, but there may be something more on the JRA site.

Thanks for the comment and the question. I'm afraid I was only involved in making the video and I know very little about the theory of Junk Rigs. However, if you go on to the Junk Rig Association www.junkrigassociation.org/ there is a wealth of information and a fantastic forum where you can get help. Good luck.

Hi there. I've just put a link above to the test data from 2018.

Hi there. I've just put a link above to the test data from 2018.

I watched at 1.5 speed, and went to speed it up, but realized it already is, and then watched to the end but no data? That's junky.

Hi there. I will get in touch with Alan and see if he has some updated results.

@@andrewholder4539 waiting to see too please

@@terrya6806 Please see comment above.

Please see comment above.

@@terrya6806 Hi there. I've just put a link above to the test data from 2018.

Please see comment above.

Hi there. I've just put a link above to the test data from 2018.

Thank you. Glad you found it interesting.

Hi there. I've just put a link above to the test data from 2018.

I will let you know when I hear from Alan.

Please see comment above.

Hi there. I've just put a link above to the test data from 2018.

Thank you very much. Seems like a long time ago now!

@@andrewholder4539 its 11:33pm in nz. Tell me, how would you rate a bilge keel on rough seas? I read they roll less.

The hull was dry in the wind in no time. The antifouling paint can usually be applied straight over the old, as long as the weed is scraped off. Definitely no need to sand. I certainly wouldn't want to deposit too much in the water anyway. The new paint dries in about an hour. Good luck if you try it.

Thanks. There's a rope just above the boom, with a wooden post. Providing she's leaning slightly towards the wall, there's no reason she would fall over. I think careening refers more to leaning a boat on its side to work on the hull.

Thanks. Glad you like. Please share. Where are you? (mins,seconds?)

5 min 12 seconds with the blue denim jacket and sun shades :) would it be okay to use some of your video to share on Instagram?

Hi there. You're welcome. Please share it.

Thank you. We changed 3 seacocks and did a coat of antifouling on the one tide!

Hi Ross, What a fantastic comment, thank you for getting in touch. She is such a lovely boat, and so reassuring up here where the conditions can change in 10 minutes! I have just recently done some mods, bringing the lines back to the cockpit so its easier to reef, and I have acquired an electric windlass which makes life a bit easier. Also, she has just had a new paint job, after sustaining some damage from the mooring buoy tackle. We don't get out nearly enough, but when we do there's nothing better. Do you sail still? Where are you based? What boat? so many questions! Thanks again.

Andrew Holder I thought I'd spend a couple of minutes sharing some memories etc - Calisto is a beautiful boat and you must be very proud to own her - there's not too many Varnes around and from what I've seen Calisto has to be by far the best one. I live near Southport and I'm out on Lake Windermere most weeks on my little RIB, planning to buy something that I can sleep on and sail next year - again for Windermere). Dad bought Calisto in c.1980 from the guy who purchased her new as pretty much a hull and deck. His was a failed project so Dad and the eldest of my brothers picked her up and sailed her from Essex to Hayling Island where her rebuild began (I was about four when she came to our family). During the off season every hour of every weekend (every year) was spent making her good and maintaining her while she was in the boat house and every year we'd cross the channel at least twice (often 3 or 4 times) bringing back lots of duty free while trying to avoid customs!! Apart from winter time she was always moored at the Hayling Yacht Company in Mill Rythe Ln on a swinging mooring.. In around 1984 we had her fully resprayed. Dad has always been a stickler for his boats being pristine (I mean to the point where it's an obsession!). The year before we'd been bumped into by a steel hulled french yacht captain who wanted the same space as us on a pontoon in Cherbourg! There was no damage to the hull other than scratches and the respray made her look just stunning. We always anti-fouled her red below the waterline but the way she is now with dark blue to match the hull is just great in my opinion. I showed some pics of Calisto to my Dad a few months ago (from Forbes Facebook page) and it was amazing because he had so many memories and especially memories of fitting certain parts to the boat. I think it made him extremely proud that after all this time and having been refitted since, she still retains so much of my Dad's work. I know she's had several owners since we sold her and I've found photos of her looking a bit sorry for herself in between so It made me very happy to find out that Forbes had gutted her and done a near complete refit. She was very well known in Cherbourg, St. Malo and St. Vaast as well as Guernsey, Jersey and the smaller channel islands. We went sailing most weekends and would often pop over to Cowes or Bembridge. She once almost capsized just outside of Cherbourg when we were hit by a freak wave of some magnitude - such a seaworthy girl though - she righted herself and my mum was left hanging over the port side holding a stantion having gone straight through the spray dodge! I was asleep down below (about 9yrs old sleeping on the port bunk in the main cabin where you're closest to the table) and I woke up being flung about and getting smacked in the head by a fog horn!! I remember when we got a lobster pot caught round the prop & rudder so we had to beach her on her side (scary experience with a fin keel). I remember when we almost hit a floating cow that must of fallen from a cliff of one of the channel islands! A couple of years ago Dad bought a Westerly Fulmar which we picked up in St Peterport (Guernsey) and I helped him sail her back to Cornwall - loved every second of the journey - more recently he bought a Moody 336 called Calsara which we sailed from The Hamble back to Cornwall together. He spends most of his time on her in St Mawes. One of my brothers is a professional skipper (has been for about 25yrs now) and 10 days ago he set sail on a solo non-stop round the world trip on a boat he sort of built (with a not dissimilar beginning story to Calisto) with a bit of help from my Dad and others. I saw Calisto had been back into to Forbes for a bit of a work - glad it wasn't anything too serious. I hope one day you're able to post another video so that I can continue my trip down memory lane Andrew? Thanks for sharing this clip, she looks fantrastic :)