Tips for Sewing Your Own Sails: The Gaff Main, Part 2 S2-E77

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@Baywalker5017 9 ай бұрын

Your skill list has grown and grown with this build! Lovely work Bob.

@bigfoot1465 10 ай бұрын

As a former Navy Parachute Rigger for 4 years, I thoroughly enjoyed watching you in this video. It brought back many memories from over 45 years ago. I had used about all of the equipment you used in some capacity. I worked in one loft that had a very large square table with the sewing machine in the center of it, with a hinged entry to the machine. It made very large projects a lot easier and usually only requiring one person instead of two to handle the fabric, not to mention all the storage under the table! Thanks again and a very quality looking project!

@horatiohornblower868 10 ай бұрын

Now I understand why sailwrights always sit in a pit. Beautiful work, Bob!

@billywhizz6483 10 ай бұрын

I'm in awe at the wide range of skills you've shown throughout the build!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 10 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@billlippincott3937 9 ай бұрын

Nicely done Bob!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Bill!

@samlee2944 9 ай бұрын

I'm a sailmaker here in England, I just wanted to say what a good job you have done! You should look at getting yourself a good sailmakers palm, they are handy to have for repair work as well as the initial manufacturing. You can poke your needle into some beeswax, this will help you push it through the sail. You'll probably find that you won't need to pre punch the holes, you can just push the needle through using a palm.

@barneygoogle4003 10 ай бұрын

Wise choice to start with the jib. Very nice work, as usual. Really looking forward to launch day!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 10 ай бұрын

Me Too!

@antoning3605 9 ай бұрын

not only does the video informative but it’s also well edited, enjoy watching thanks

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 9 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@MAW0123 10 ай бұрын

Looks great Bob, can't wait to see it in the water!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 10 ай бұрын

You and me both!

@terminalpsychosis8022 9 ай бұрын

Very impressive how STABLE sails are built. So much tension relief on the anchor points. This tech is used in automotive too. It's kinda organic.

@dwaynekoblitz6032 10 ай бұрын

Mesmerizing to say the least. Slow and steady wins the race. Fantastic!

@TrapShooter68 9 ай бұрын

We need the "Art of Boatbuilding" logo on the sails!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 9 ай бұрын

Working on it! Where should it be placed? Thanks for watching!

@inventiveowl395 9 ай бұрын

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding I think the most suitable placement would be the one used on pilot cutters. On the main it would be near the leech horizontally and just below the throat vertically. Personally a logo on the jib seems a bit excessive to me, but if I was to put it there, I'd place it so that the distance of it from the foot and leech would be proportional to the logo on the main.

@aluminium83510 10 ай бұрын

Toujours parfait 👍👍 from France cordialement

@drop_dtuned6167 9 ай бұрын

I’m late to adding a comment, but these sailmaking segments are fantastic closers to your sailmaking series.

@ned711 10 ай бұрын

Very nicely done, Bob. You've done a lot of hard work.

@tomtruesdale6901 10 ай бұрын

Sails look fantastic. Very well done.

@plakor6133 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful work. The boat is going to zip right along.

@glenn5ft19 10 ай бұрын

Looks great Bob. I worked in a sail loft. A good way to sew those long seams is to tape them all together then start rolling it up from the head. Start a roll from the foot up to the first seam. Hold the rolls with some masking tape. After you sew that seam roll up some sail to the next seam. Like handling the Torah.

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 9 ай бұрын

You may have missed that all of my seams were taped with basting tape. In the video I included several clips of how I managed the sail. Starting with the longest seam and moving toward the head. That way the majority of the sail as to my left. I tried taping the sail roll in earlier sails (S3-E20) and found it to be more of a nuisance that a help. Very happy that the method you describe worked for you. Thanks you fro watching! Cheers, Bob

@lanesteele240 10 ай бұрын

Nice work as always Mr bob.

@jimf6427 10 ай бұрын

As always, you've made it beautiful.

@davidc6510 10 ай бұрын

Another beautiful job well done Bob. Great tips along the way on the sail build as well. Thanks for sharing!

@mitchkelleher7972 10 ай бұрын

This really shows why sails are so expensive to have made. What a great place to do that work, though!

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 10 ай бұрын

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

@rupertgale537 9 ай бұрын

My tutor at Art College always said "if you are designing something ...make sure its beautiful"

@glencrandall7051 10 ай бұрын

Very well done. The sails look great. I don't see any boat class logo or hull number. Are those coming? Will you add a spinnaker? Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 10 ай бұрын

Logo may be coming. No plans for a spinnaker right now. Thanks for watching!

@marcosrobertojuppa2107 10 ай бұрын

Muito bom! Bob, excellent work! this white Dacron fabric that was used, what is the specification?

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 10 ай бұрын

It is 6.4oz White Supercruise Dacron® Sailcloth. Thanks for watching!

@bobsails9750 9 ай бұрын

Thanks very much

@SteveSawtelle-d4w 10 ай бұрын

What did you use to cut the holes for the grommets?

@TheArtofBoatBuilding 10 ай бұрын

It is a fabric hole cutter. Here is a link to the set I purchased for Sailrite. www.sailrite.com/Sailrite-Drill-Hole-Cutter-Set

@SteveSawtelle-d4w 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Im getting ready to sew a sailrite sail kit for my CLC Passage maker and, though the Sailrite videos are good, yours has some great extra detail.