The Unified Corribee Website

The Corribee Manual is a collection of articles submitted to The Corribee Owners Association describing various methods of using and improving the Corribee and Coromandel range of boats.

A voyage around some of the Western Isles of Scotland in a Corribee. While the purpose and main content of the book is about conservation issues, there are some interesting passages which give an insight into the cruising capabilities of the Corribee. Mixed reviews, as the author has some strong views on the work of the conservation bodies active in this part of the world, but from the Corribee owners point of view it has some useful content.

Most of the book is about Ellen’s epic solo round-the-world voyage of course. However, her solo UK voyage is described in great detail and there are some excellent photos of her Corribee, Iduna.

For any Corribee owner who has been out in worse than they are comfortable with, Roger’s description of sailing through the overfalls off St Alban’s Head in a near-gale will reassure them:

‘I now felt confident enough to give Mingming a more severe test by deliberately putting her beam-on to a breaking crest… Over she went onto her beam ends. I expected that she would stay down, recovering slowly. To my amazement, she snapped up immediately.’

You can find a review of the book at: http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/search?q=corribee

The bible for Junk Rigs.

Not exactly a beginners guide, but perhaps a more gentle (and much less expensive) introduction to junk rigs than Hasler and McLeod, this is where to look if you just want to know how to make a junk sail and what the various bits of string are for.

Ken of Coromandel Yuan-Hang built a self steering system based on descriptions in this book. You can find some more information and some improvements he made here.

Two page boat test starting on page 240.

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Four page boat test starting on page 45 of a junk rigged Corribee.

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A four page article starting on page 57. A description of preparing a Mk 2 Corribee for a return trip across the Atlantic.

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A five page article starting on page 62. A detailed, if a little dry, technical description of sailing across the Atlantic, enjoying Antigua for ten days, then turning round and doing it again! Well worth a read.

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Two page boat test starting on page 84.

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Two page boat test starting on page 1741.

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One page advertisment for Corribees and Coromandels.

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Quarter page secondhand buying guide on page 74.

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A short three quarter page review of the Corribee and the Coromandel on page 107.

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An article by Victoria and Dominic March on a summer cruise from the West Country to the Scillies in Opus Too.Victoria March and John Goode (editor of Sailing Today) have kindly given permission for us to reproduce the article here. Alternatively you can download the pdf file by clicking on the image thumbnail.

Similar to the Yachting Monthly article above – a brief look at a number of ‘small to mid-sized secondhand cruising yachts that ooze quality’.

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PBO go for a test sail in Elektra with Katie Miller just before her UK circumnavigation – an excellent article. Five page feature starting on page 70.

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A five page article starting on page 84 describing how 16 year old Jack Daly sailed around the UK mainland in his bilge keeled Mk 2 Corribee PADIWAK.

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A look at Jester Challenge competitors including Roger Taylor / Mingming with interesting photographs. Six page feature starting on page 68.

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Sam Llewellyn promotes the virtues of Roger Taylor’s minimum boat Mingming. One page humour article on page 18.

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