>>1565233>>1565219Low-tech rigs like the lug, junk, gaff and sprit sails are in fact lower cost and simpler to handle, because the stresses are lower on them and the shorter and stronger masts need less stays or none at all (and make the boat less top-heavy, too).
>require less people to run, and operate better close hauledA lugger yawl or ketch e.g. has the same number of sails as a bermuda sloop, and the mizzen can be used for things a foresail cannot.
Also, unless you sail it upwind close to the very limit, it is not significantly worse in performance, while being quite noticeably better downwind.
