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  Junk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Because junk cars are a source for scrap metal spare parts, they're often sold to a junk yard, where they are typically stacked (or strewn) about a large enclosure, sometimes guarded by a "junkyard dog".
Junk characters in electronic text can be caused by transmission errors (line noise) and often appear as groups of "strange" letters like punctuation or accented letters.
Junk is a song written by Paul McCartney which was featured in his first solo album McCartney.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Junk   (464 words)

  
 Chinese Junks/About Junk Boats/Investigations about Hong Kongs Junk Boats/Asian Junk Boats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
By choosing the simplicity, stability and capacity of a single hull whose length was roughly three-times its beam, draft half the beam, the Chinese set a standard for shipbuilding unmatched in the West until the late 16th century.
Our trimaran tacks through 90 degrees; the junks we pursued managed to get around within 100 degrees, This is a weatherly as many cruising ketches, and far superior to the 130-degree tacking angle of square-riggers at the height of their development.
There are skewed junks whose oddly twisted bows mimic dangerous river bends, barge-like junks meant to be dismantled after a single river passage, offshore fishing versions with outboard catwalks, modified to handle nets or lines.
www.willthomas.net /Investigations/Articles/Junk_Boats.htm   (2344 words)

  
 What About The Junk Rig?
Reefing: The ease of reefing a junk rig is legendary.
For example, the junk rig would be a perfect companion to a vessel like the 50' trawler Renegade as we see here...
Proportion: The junk sail drawing shown at the top of this page is very generic, and is intended primarily as a schematic of a four batten junk (upper yard and boom not included in the batten count).
www.kastenmarine.com /junk_rig.htm   (1617 words)

  
 Chinese Shanties
Although the standard of cleanliness is, perforce, not high, the women on board seem to spend most of their time washing clothes, since they can obtain an unlimited supply of water from over the side, which is not often the case on shore.
These boats are not necessarily inhabited by junk folk, but very often by ordinary working-class families who cannot afford to pay the high rents obtaining ashore.
When a junk has been caught by the Yangtze Water Police in illegal practices, such as slipping past tax stations, smuggling, or other offences, it sometimes suffers the extreme penalty, which is to be sawn in half and exposed, erected on end, on the riverbank, where it serves as a mournful object lesson to others.
euler.sfasu.edu /Shantyboats/China/China.html   (2097 words)

  
 JUNK RIGS boat building plans kits sailboats steel aluminum
Junk rigged Roberts 25 fitted with a junk style mainsail.
I hope you find all the enclosed information useful, as we feel it is essential to share research and development of the junk rig between all interested parties, to improve the efficiency and consequent enjoyment of the junk rig for all and so give the rig the best possible image to other rig users.
This association was formed in Britain in 1980 with the aim of furthering the development of the rig in its various forms, and of creating an community of people with an interest in the rig to share their experience and ideas for mutual benefit and enjoyment.A BI-annual newsletter.
www.bruceroberts.com /public/HTML/JUNK-1.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Cranks with Planks
Actually, if one were to liken it to a bird, a duck would be a better choice, for it is squat in appearance, with a turned-up tail, and rides the river like a duck.
This type of boat is sometimes called the Ningpo sampan, and has many features in common with the Ningpo junk, such as the shape of the bow and stern, the free-flooding foremost compartment, the standard pattern of gaudy design, and, sometimes, the oculus.
With the exception of the eye, which may or may not be present, these sampans are most markedly uniform in every particular, for all are of identical construction and size.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~fassitt/cranks/cranky_sampans.html   (1524 words)

  
 Junk
The Chinese developed one of the strongest and most seaworthy vessels in existence: the junk, which is still used by the peoples of Southeast Asia.
In the 18th and 19 century the largest junk were as large as the Square-rigged ship around 3000 to 4000 tons deadweight.
The junk was also used for many year as the general warshipof the Chinese.
www.schoonerman.com /junk.htm   (501 words)

  
 Batwings and Bamboo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A thousand years before European ships dominated the seas, the junk was already using maritime innovations such as the balanced rudder, watertight compartment and spoon-shaped stern.
Although fewer junks are being built there today, fishing junks are still being shaped with heat and charcoal.
Traditional junk sails are Chinese red, an orange-like mix of white, fl and red, or deep green.
www.langara.bc.ca /prm/2000/Junks/junks.html   (929 words)

  
 NOVA Online | Sultan's Lost Treasure | Ancient Chinese Explorers
The largest of the junks were said to be over 400 feet long and 150 feet wide.
Had the Chinese emperors continued their huge investments in the treasure fleets, there is little reason why they, rather than the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and British, should not have colonized the world.
When the Han Chinese overthrew the Mongols and founded the Ming dynasty in the later 14th century, they took over the fleet and an already extensive trade network.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/sultan/explorers.html   (1038 words)

  
 Junk Sails: A Tutorial
A junk, probably photographed in the 1870s or so, with bamboo-matting sails, and an array of assorted canvas kites.
The mat sails are the original form of Chinese junk rig.
Traditional Chinese rig geometries varied widely but two sources covering them are G.R.G. Worcester's Junks and Sampans of the Yangtse and the section on "Nautics" from Joseph Needham's immense Science and Civilization in China.
www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/junk/tutorial.html   (2025 words)

  
 Chinese Junk Sailing Rig Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
There are a number of web pages about the Junk Rig around the net, but few are connected to the others, so, this is my attempt to compile a comprehensive index.
Craig O'D's web pages about Chinese Junks and Battened Lugsails is probably the most complete coverage of the junk rig on the net.
Threads - Junk Rigs -- This seems to be a long dormant discussion about Junk Rigs.
www.cs.pdx.edu /~trent/junk.html   (310 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | Crime time for Chinese net users
Mr Yaneza said English is seen as the language of business and something that Chinese people are keen to be familiar with, hence their willingness to click on unsolicited messages.
Chinese people are also less likely to pick out the scrambled spelling, such as V1agra, that to many Westerners signifies spam.
Mr Yaneza said Chinese spam was about free loans for schooling or further education, learning a language or to help someone expand their business.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/technology/4521265.stm   (647 words)

  
 HongKong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
One of these shows junks in Hongkong harbor with the artist's yacht, the Elvira, on the left side.
The painting shows a busy port; several cascos meet the large junk to transport its goods to the land; in one, a man makes haste rowing his boat towards it.
The clear and limpid light brings out the sharp and precise details; the square panel design on the sides of the junk, the structure and contents of the cascos.
www.alfredocarmelo.org /hongkong.htm   (185 words)

  
 Chinese Junk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The first Chinese who left Asia to actually settle in America began arriving in South America around 1840.
In the late 1840's, in response to the lure of "Gum Sam" (land of gold mountains), many Chinese came to California to secure a better life for their families.
This picture is a Chinese junk, the name for this type of ship.
www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us /Classes/Social_Science/Gold_Rush/9.Ariel.html   (115 words)

  
 Chinese junk boat in canal beside house in Suzhou, China 108713 by John S Murray
Chinese junk boat in canal beside house in Suzhou, China 108713 by John S Murray
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Chinese Junk in canal outside house -  Suzhou, China  108713
www.johnsmurrayphotography.homestead.com /photo108713.html   (94 words)

  
 Chinese Junk, Hong Kong Harbor - - Colour Backgrounds Sports - polyphonics.au.com | Ringtones, Polyphonic, Logos, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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polyphonics.au.com /view-3080-colour_backgrounds-chinese_junk_hong_kong_harbor_sports-uk.html   (603 words)

  
 Halong Junk, Chinese Junk,  Halong Junk boat  - Discover the hidden treasure of Indochina
While on board we will be served a sumptuous fresh, local seafood lunch followed by a swim and exploring some of the limestone caves in this area.
The Halong junk was designed as nice as an old yacht.
It can be regarded as a floating hotel with international standard equipment including 7 rooms, dining room, kitchen, walking ground… Halong junk is the unique of this kind to welcome visitors who need afloat home-like accommodation while on boat enjoying stunning sheer backdrops, splendid caves fishing, swimming in breathtaking secluded Halong Bay.
www.discoveryindochina.com /tours/junk/j3.html   (412 words)

  
 SF Bay Shrimp Junk Project
On Saturday, April 10, the crew raised a handmade sail on the boat's polished mast, and sailed the 40-foot vessel on her maiden voyage along San Francisco’s waterfront.
The SF Bay Shrimp Junk Project boatbuilding team constructed the junk using, as much as possible, original materials and traditional Chinese boatbuilding techniques.
The long and narrow junks plied the waters of the shallower regions of the Bay Area from circa 1860 to 1910.
www.nps.gov /safr/junk.html   (322 words)

  
 Chinese Pirate Junk: Wooden Ship Kits, model ship, wooden ship, model kits, boats, hobby world, hobby world of ...
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Ocean going junks such as this dotted the rivers of China and Hong Kong.
Generations of families lived and worked their entire lives aboard these floating relics which can still be seen today.
www.hobbyworldinc.com /woodship29.html   (264 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | China is obsessed with all things western
Many of my Chinese friends have been disappointed with the gifts I have brought them from the UK - toy telephone boxes, little London taxis, all stamped underneath, "made in China".
Xi'an was the first Chinese city to open itself up to the ancient world, not under the "open door" policy of the 1980s, but during the Tang dynasty, when Xi'an was the first stop on the Silk Road.
Another friend, a journalist, pointed at the label on her Chinese Tang dress, which said, "made in China".
www.guardian.co.uk /women/story/0,3604,1267466,00.html   (722 words)

  
 Diving Phuket Liveaboard Thailand On The Junk - Diving Liveaboard Holiday, Similan Islands, Surin Phi Phi Island, Scuba ...
In retrospect, overall the diving in Thailand on “The Junk” was impressive.
Ko Bon and Ko Tachai did have some limited damage, but with a few divers cleaning the area, the diving will be as it was before the tsunami.
We left with “The Junk” on our first liveaboard trip on Christmas Eve 2004, and received news of the earthquake in the afternoon of Boxing Day.
www.thejunk.com   (1051 words)

  
 Global Nation | INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
UNISAN, Quezon--A team of French archaeologists has found the sunken wreck of a 12th-century Chinese trading ship off the Philippines, the mayor said Wednesday.
The six-member team unearthed the junk from the silt on Tayabas Bay, about 135 kilometers (84 miles) southeast of Manila, Unisan Mayor Nonato Puache told reporters here.
The wreck yielded pieces of broken jars, plates, and other utensils and lay in 15 meters (50 feet) of water.
www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_new/2004/nov/17-04.htm   (135 words)

  
 The Chinese Sailing Rig by Derek Van Loan with Don Haggerty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This is another subject about which we have had numerous enquiries over the years; usually as a result of the inquirer having read an article on the rig or having seen one in action.
We do not have plans for a junk, or any designs with a junk rig, but Mr.
Western materials and building techniques are utilized, and the emphasis is on the adaptation of the Chinese rig to western hulls.
www.glen-l.com /books/chineserig.html   (181 words)

  
 sh: The Saga Of Ships - Brooke Bond tea cards offered in the interest of education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The inland river trade of China is also carried by junks of many varieties.
In 1851 the Great exhibtion was visited by the Keying, a junk of 400 tons sailing from Canton to Landon via New York.
This immense iron ship of 18,915 tons (not exceeded for forty years) was built at Millwall in the Thames by I K Brunel and J S Russell in 1858.
www.whom.co.uk /squelch/bbships.htm   (4894 words)

  
 HOME PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
From the first moment you step aboard the Dragon's Pearl, you'll be inspired by the distinctive style and fine craftsmanship of this magnificent Junk.
The warm, welcoming smiles of our friendly crew and a complementary drink in our Lounge will set the mood as you embark on your voyage into the Bay of the Descending Dragon.
Working alongside our experienced Captain and his Sailors, a service crew of ten is at its best to assist you and ensure you have a relaxing and unforgettable experience.
www.tropical-sails.com   (244 words)

  
 Maritime Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The ancient Macanese were a lot like the Chinese in two story houses that are quite small.
Another essential part of the Macanese way of living was the tools used to make several different objects such as boats, houses and a lot of things that tools are used for today.
The boats that people used were not only poor shaped fishing boats; they were also very big junks that people of higher wealth would use.
www.kidlink.org /KIDPROJ/Macau/museum.html   (413 words)

  
 Photo Gallery : Ancient Oriental Yachting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
It was dismantled piece by piece from its original location in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong where it now graces one of the outer walls of the Chinese Historical Society on the Hong Kong waterfront.
The vessel is obviously not a warship or commercial vessel, but a pleasure craft.
Oddly enough, as the photo below shows, the all wood, teak, junk-style yacht is highly preferred amongst the Chinese and still predominates.
www.yachtsurvey.com /OrientalYachting.htm   (204 words)

  
 Karl and Joan - Sailing Vessel KALA-D
Determining the "right" boat was an immense undertaking.
It was finally decided to use a Tom Colvin "Gazelle" (steel hull) with a modified Chinese junk rig.
Upon retiring in 1989 we contracted to have the hull fabricated in North Carolina.
www.usvi.net /usvi/chuck/karljoan.htm   (1025 words)

  
 HRSMS - Model of a Chinese Junk by Ulrich Guenther   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
HRSMS - Model of a Chinese Junk by Ulrich Guenther
This photo is of a Chinese junk, modeled by Ulrich Guenther
The model is kit-built and the scale is unknown
www.hrsms.org /gallery/Guenther/junk.shtml   (41 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com: Asian Journey 2001
In Hong Kong, I live on a Chinese junk.
It's about 15 m long, a minnow compared with Zheng He's leviathan, but at least I don't have to share my boat with a full complement of astrologers, navigators, cooks, soldiers (who were brigands working off criminal sentences), hundreds of crew and the odd giraffe that Zheng He brought back for the Emperor.
This channel is full of supertankers, and I've worried for my junk, my creaky home, as it wove precariously between these great sliding, metal slabs of flness that could splinter me into oblivion.
www.time.com /time/asia/features/journey2001/greatship.html   (1056 words)

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