The clapper is one piece and though designs vary, it's basically just a flat piece of hardwood with some sort of built-in handle to make it easier to...
I also use pins on cotton. There is no way to get at the center of a sail with a stapler. I sometimes use an iron, which will pre-set the seam in its...
Walking feet are fine, and I have one on my leather machine, which will sew through just about anything reasonable, but on the other hand, I've made...
I'd rather have it quarter-sawn, but at Home Depot one can't always be terribly picky. Can't beat the price though. If I feel like splurging, I buy a...
Most of the original, old cotton small boat sails that I have had come in for replication (usually in Dacron, but not always) had no broadseaming at...
The broadseaming area is actually larger on the foot of a vertically cut sail than it is at the head. A fair bit of this is due to the fact that the...
Vertically cut sails like lugs and sprits have broadseams on their heads and feet. A vertically cut 3-sided sail, like a Leg-O-Mutton would have foot...
Or....if your mast will stand up without a headstay, or has a separate headstay, you can also do a self-staying jib. If you make sure you have a long...
That's one (about the only one) thing that I liked better about the polyester we used to use. It was harder than the current epoxy resins and didn't...
The Tideway has a regular gunter rig, sometimes even classified as a "folding gunter" for clarity. The gunter spar will come down, pivot at the mast...
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