Sailmaker's Apprentice

What a valuable book this is for anyone interested in sailing and sails. It is very informative, clear and readable. From the design of sails and how they were devised using for example how the shape of birds' wings make them fly to all the materials and methods used for top class sail making. How the early apprentices learned their trade by making their own bag using all the basic techniques of sailmaking and repair and going on to choose materials and design your own sails. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in nauticalia.

This is 'the' standard text for the aspiring sail maker. I use this as a reference for construction techniques and free online software for the actual panel design. The results have pleasantly surprised me - and it's fun and most satisfying too.

Very concise and informative

(Almost) everything you need is here. Do not rush your reading though: it's full of technical data and facts and it's worth consulting it every time it's needed.

Loads of the required information