By Jim Grant. 78 pp., detailed illus., softcover. A Must Addition to Your Boating Library. This is a book for those who want to be self-sufficient. With the aid of this book you can repair your own sails at sea and at home. There is a full treatment of hand stitching techniques and a section on the use of a home sewing machine including proper adjustment and tips for sewing heavy sail cloth. Procedures discussed include, in addition to sail patching and repair, methods for correcting draft and seaming flaws, sail cleaning and size modifications. All instructions are step-by-step with numerous illustrations. Contents Include: Using a Homemaker's Sewing Machine to Make and Repair Sails
Sailcloth Thread Needle Size Basting Tape Liquid Silicone Machine tension Fine Tuning a Sewing Machine The Class 15 Bobbin System Full Rotary Machines Horizontally-Mounted Shuttle Hook Machine Usage Troubleshooting Eliminating skipped stitches Tension Adjustment Hand Stitching Methods The Flat Stitch The Round Stitch Bolt Roping Grommets Practicing on a Ditty Bag Repairs and Recutting Repairing Small Rips and Holes Batten Pocket Repair Fabric Tears Near the Headboard Boltrope Torn or Worn Mainsails/Wrinkle-Causing Flaws Mainsails/Draft Faults Jibsails/Wrinkle-Causing Flaws Jibsails/Draft Faults Spinnakers/Obvious Defects Spinnakers/Subtle Defects Cleaning Sails Rust Number Adhesive Oil, Tar & Varnish Mildew
