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SAILMAKER'S HANDBOOK

B.R. 2176 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE: Director General of Naval Training
T.458/63 April 1966

A light brown cloth bound book; covers clean with a little wear and page block generally very clean,
tightly bound, with no inscriptions or foxing. Illustrated throughout with informative
and interesting line drawings.
CONDITION at least VERY GOOD.
Price £8.00 plus postage
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A light brown cloth bound book; covers clean with a little wear but page block generally very clean, tightly bound, no inscriptions or foxing. Illustrated throughout with informative and Interesting line drawings. CONDITION at least VERY GOOD. Remove cursor to revert to title page.

CONTENTS include

The materials of the trade, flax and hemp canvas, man-made canvas and fabrics in the Royal Navy. Tools of the trade, measuring, marking out, cutting, sewing by hand and machine; joining coated fabrics.
Finishing ropework, maintenance and repair.
Do-it-yourself: bucket, canvas bag, cover a Kisbie life buoy, gangway screens, oil bag. Boat's drogue, boat's fenders (cylindrical and pudding), breeches buoy, reel cover, hatch covers, canopy, ship's bath, forge shelter, whaler cover, Dingy sail cover, jackstay transfer bag.
Awnings, tents and auxiliary equipment.
Parts and types of sails: Theory behind sail belly, working with the different types; measuring, marking out, estimating, cutting and laying, sewing and finishing.

Four appendixes

  1. Principal sailmaking materials issued to the service
  2. Principal sailmaker's tools supplied to the service.
  3. Standard weight of sail canvas
  4. Particulars of sails issued for the principal Service boats.

Index

160mm. x 250 m. x 15 mm. 169 pages. Weight unwrapped 0.37 kilo.

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