Annie Hill and Trevor Robertson sail Badger off Falmouth, England, at the beginning of a cruise that lasted many years and covered many miles and instilled in Annie the love for the junk rig that she harbors to this day.

A Bermudan sloop gets an unusual makeover Issue 95 : Mar/Apr 2014 For many years and more than 110,000 miles, I happily sailed aboard a 34-foot, junk-rigged plywood dory. This rig was brought to the a...

Annie’s junk rig is easy for a woman of slight stature to handle, above, and the chain pawl, at top, takes the weight of the anchor and chain as she hauls it aboard.

Adapting a boat to a lightweight crew Issue 96 : May/Jun 2014 At the age of 55, I decided it was time for me to have my own boat so I could do what I wanted . . . in my own way. Although I’d been livi...