How's your sailmaker?

[johnalison]

Is he as good as this one from the 19thC ?

 

[capnsensible]

See what people can do if they don't have Internet?

Work of art!!

 

[Puffin10032]

And I bet the sailmaker who did that only got a pittance for his labours. And unless it was fairly late in the 19th century all the panels would have been sewn together by hand, which has me wondering when sailmakers first started using sewing machines.

 

[justanothersailboat]

That's a beautiful bit of work. Never mind my sailmaker... I want to be able to do that myself!

Where did you find this lovely picture?

 

[Chiara’s slave]

My sails look nothing like that. I suspect mine would leave that 19th century craftsman a bit dumbfounded. Nonetheless, they ate still at a point where art and science meet.

 

[Daydream believer]

But what was the shape of the sail like when set? All that needlework counts for nothing if the sail does not do its job.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

But what was the shape of the sail like when set? All that needlework counts for nothing if the sail does not do its job.

I doubt the boat pointed better than 50 degrees anyway, maybe the sails weren’t the limiting factor.

 

[Roberto]

Is he as good as this one from the 19thC ?
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Is the trimming line/sheet(?) made of 19th century dyneema? Visually looks like a 8mm hemp sheet on a 500sqm sail

 

[johnalison]

That's a beautiful bit of work. Never mind my sailmaker... I want to be able to do that myself!

Where did you find this lovely picture?

It just turned up on Facebook, and, being FB I have no chance of finding it again I’m afraid.

 

[justanothersailboat]

Fair enough... thanks for sharing it, anyway

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Is he as good as this one from the 19thC ?
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Pretty and no doubt fit for the job.
Twine - sisal ?

 

[mjcoon]

It just turned up on Facebook, and, being FB I have no chance of finding it again I’m afraid.

You can if you do an image search and find, for instance: www.facebook.com/photo.php...

 

[veshengro]

Pretty and no doubt fit for the job.
Twine - sisal ?

Probably Hemp. And getting that Raw Hide to close fit the Cringle wasn't easy either. They used to chuck it in hot water to soften it up, but still needed skill to fit it.