Sailmaker's Apprentice - Softcover

Marino, Emiliano

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071376429 ISBN 13: 9780071376426

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2001

Synopsis

Learn how to design, make, repair, improve, and maintain sails

If you want to produce sturdy sails for daysailing and cruising, built of low-tech materials you can repair with a few simple tools, The Sailmaker's Apprentice can show you how. Emphasizing the handwork that distinguishes the highest-quality, most durable sails, sail pro Emiliano Marino tells you how to select a rig, introduces you to sail shape and theory, and then shows you -- step by step, with the help of over 700 detailed illustrations -- how to sew patches, hand sew rings, fix tears or frayed edges, and stitch seams, not to mention how to make your own sails, canvas sailcovers, and sailbags from scratch.

A visual feast for the sailor as well as an indispensable guide for the mariner comprehensive apprenticeship, this hands-on reference is an illustrated tour of the world's rig and sail types, contemporary and historical.

About this title

About the Author

Emiliano Marino is a lifelong sailor and has been making sails since 1974. He has written about sailmaking and sail care in Small Boat Journal and WoodenBoat.

Christine Erikson, also a sailmaker, illustrates for Threads, among other magazines.

From the Back Cover

<p>"A clearly illustrated, superb step-by-step guide."--<i>Cruising World</i><p>More than a how-to guide to designing, making, repairing, and improving sails, <i>The Sailmaker's Apprentice</i> combines 700 detailed drawings with a witty, wise, and philosophically probing commentary that is as much about living a life of self-reliance and harmony as it is about making sails. Here you will find a visual feast for the sailor as well as an indispensable guide for the mariner.<p>"The basics of traditional sailmaking . . . are artfully, lavishly, even passionately elaborated and enriched. . . . The author has created not just a new standard reference . . . but a virtual epic poem. . . . The best and most comprehensive book on sailmaking and sail repair to be published in a long time."--<i>WoodenBoat</i><p>"Reveals true mastery."--<i>Northern Mariner</i><p>"The accepted standard volume on sailmaking."--<i>Ensign</i></p></p></p></p></p>

Edition details

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071376429
• ISBN 13: 9780071376426
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 494