The JRA (Junk and Advanced Cruising Rig Association), formed in 1980, has the aim of furthering the development of the junk rig and other unstayed and/or battened cruising rigs and creating an international community of people interested in such rigs to share experience and ideas.

The JRA publishes newsletters, organises rallies and provides services such as Fact Sheets, book loans and a comprehensive international membership list to enable members to make contact with each other.

The bi-annual newsletter/journal provides the core of the JRA's existence. Through the pages of the journal, total novices to the delights of sailing, seasoned cruising folk, famous pioneers of rig design and lone circumnavigators can mix together and exchange information, ideas and experiences.

Back issues of the Newsletter are available to members to purchase, forming an invaluable archive of information and experience for anyone interested in sailing, building or owning these rigs.

Rallies held four to five times each year in a variety of locations in the UK and Europe give members the opportunity to meet, to try out the rig on members' boats, to discuss rig design and construction, to swap information and to recount their experiences.