Sailmaker's Apprentice(The): A Comprehensive Guide for the Self-Reliant Sailor - Hardcover

Marino, Emiliano

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 007157980X ISBN 13: 9780071579803

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1994

Synopsis

With this book, anyone can learn to design, make, repair, improve, and maintain sails. Emphasizing the handwork that distinguishes the highest-quality, most durable sails, 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 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. His bias is toward sturdy sails for daysailing and cruising, built of low-tech materials you can repair with a few simple tools. But this book is more than a comprehensive apprenticeship; it is also an illustrated tour of the world's rig and sail types, both contemporary and historical - a visual feast for the sailor as well as an indispensable guide for the mariner.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A clearly illustrated, superb step-by-step guide."--Cruising World

More than a how-to guide to designing, making, repairing, and improving sails, The Sailmaker's Apprentice 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.

"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."--WoodenBoat

"Reveals true mastery."--Northern Mariner

"The accepted standard volume on sailmaking."--Ensign

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 007157980X
• ISBN 13: 9780071579803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512