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Title:
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Practical Sail Care
and Repair |
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Author: |
Lisa Carr |
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Published: |
UK- Thomas Reed
Publications 1994
USA - Swan Hill
Press; (May 1, 1997) |
ISBN: |
1853104639 |
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 This
book contains detailed instructions on how to make
emergency repairs to sails at sea and then how to turn
them into permanent repairs once ashore or in more
tranquil surroundings. The book covers every type of
damage from torn leeches to larger tears into the body
of the sail. It explains how to replace pulled-out
fittings such as clew, head and tack eyes. Preventative
care, such as chafe patches and sacrificial UV strips
are explained, together with advice on cleaning various
types of stains. Instructions on how to make your own
sail bags and covers are accompanied by other useful
items such as emergency fenders, the Sea-Chute and
high-visibility awnings |
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Title:
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The Complete
Canvasworker's Guide: How to Outfit Your Boat Using
Natural or Synthetic Cloth |
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Author: |
Jim Grant |
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Published: |
UK- Tab Books
USA -
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 2nd edition
(May 1, 1992) |
ISBN: |
0070240809 |
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 These
days the canvas we work is likely to be a synthetic
fiber, superior to its natural-fiber predecessor in most
every way. Today, the average canvasworker's fingers are
not like marlinspikes, nor, if you have a good ordinary
sewing machine, do they need to be. Canvaswork is
unchanged in one sense, though: It can result in an
almost endless variety of attractive and functional gear
for a boat. The old tars would have envied what we can
turn out today. The Complete Canvasworker's Guide is a
thorough, step-by-step introduction to making all common
items of canvas boat gear. This is more than an idea
book. All the instructions are here, in a
straightforward, no-frills format developed by Jim
Grant, to answer the needs of canvasworking students and
mail-order customers. This new edition, expanded by
fifty percent, is thoroughly updated and revised, with
many new illustrations |
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Title:
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The Sailmaker's
Apprentice: A Guide for the Self-Reliant Sailor |
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Author: |
Emiliano Marino |
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Published: |
UK-Tab Books
USA -
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition
(March 9, 2001) |
ISBN: |
0071376429 |
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 In
the years since it first appeared in hardcover this text
has become a standard among self-reliant cruising
sailors, boat builders and small-boat enthusiasts.
Combining hundreds of finely textured drawings with a
witty, wise and philosophical probing commentary, it is
as much about repairing, maintaining and understanding
sails as it is about making them
An Amazon customer
says:
This wonderful book isn't
intended to teach you about modern, complex, computer
designed sails, or how to make them. Marino wants you to
be able to repair and maintain your sails yourself. He
wants you to understand how to sew a flat tabling, how
to stick a cringle, how to sew on a boltrope. If you are
adventurous, he will tell you how to completely make a
sail for your boat, one that will last many, many years,
but frankly very few people will ever make their own
sails. But starting with a great beginner's project, the
ditty bag, he shows you that traditional sailmaking is
just a collection of readily understandable tasks, and
then the repetition of those tasks, done with care and
patience. Highly welcome and recommended in this age of
multiple laminate fabrics and computer designed sails
cut out by lasers. If that's what sailing is to you,
look elsewhere |
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Title:
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Canvaswork and Sail
Repair |
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Author: |
Don Casey |
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Published: |
UK- Adlard Coles
Nautical (January 29, 1999) |
ISBN: |
0713650044 |
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 The
skills required for top-notch canvaswork, from sails and
sailcovers, flags, lee cloths and windscoops, to
sprayhoods, cushion covers, boat covers and awnings and
biminis, are explained in this book. The step-by-step,
picture by picture instructions are intended to make
each project easy to follow, cheap to make and will
ensure that you get exactly what you want in the process |
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Title:
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The Big Book of Boat
Canvas: A Complete Guide to Fabric Work on Boats |
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Author: |
Karen Lipe |
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Published: |
UK - Tab
Books
USA -
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition
(February 15, 1991) |
ISBN: |
0070380007 |
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 The
Big Book of Boat Canvas is a thorough revision and
updating of Karen Lipe's two popular earlier books, Boat
Canvas Cover to Cover and More Boat Canvas, combined
with a whole new section on below-decks sewing projects.
In this latest volume Lipe ranges well beyond the
boundaries of traditional canvas work to create a
comprehensive guide to fabric work on board. You'll find
dozens of traditional canvas projects--sail covers,
awnings, duffel bags, dodgers, and Biminis, wind chutes,
winter covers--all with clear, step-by-step
instructions, generously illustrated. You'll also find
dozens of not-so-traditional fabric projects to add
comfort and a touch of elegance to your below-decks
spaces: custom interior cushions, fitted sheets and
daycovers, privacy curtains, lee cloths, even a
tablecloth to fit your varnished table. Lipe offers a
veritable minicourse in interior yacht decoration,
dozens of useful sewing tips, a careful detailing of
materials and tools needed for each project, and an
extensive discussion of modern fabrics appropriate for
exterior and interior use. In short, this handy book
covers everything you need to know to sew comfort,
utility, and style into your boat |
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