A FOUR WEEK COURSE IN TRADITIONAL SAILMAKING SKILLS

14 July 2003

SQUARE SAIL AND FALMOUTH MARINE COLLEGE CANVAS, ROPE AND WIRE WORK COURSE A Four Week Workshop in Traditional Sailmaking Skills Name of Course: Canvas, Rope and Wire Tutors: Alf Readman and Josh Spencer Duration of Course: 4 weeks residential. Classes are Monday to Friday, 08:30 – 17:00 Students lodge aboard one of Square Sail’s tallships based in Charlestown Harbour. Course Availability: Courses are limited to a maximum of 6 students. Dates 2003: 15th SEPTEMBER – 10th OCTOBER Nature of Course: The course is considered to be vocational and aims to introduce the student to all the practical and theoretical skills utilised in traditional sailmaking. It will, however, also appeal to the keen amateur or anyone with an interest in learning canvas work and design, sail repair, manufacture of covers, etc . Course Fee: £1,250, inclusive of: All tuition fees Lodging aboard ship 3 meals per day Monday to Friday Basic tool kit consisting of knife set, marlinspike, seaming palm, needles All learning materials (i.e., canvas, rope, wire, twines, stationary) Subjects Covered: Introduction to canvas Different types of cloth and their applications Fabrication of a canvas two gallon bucket Traditional and modern equivalents Tools used in sailmaking and rigging Fabrication of a ‘Sailmaker’s Kipper’ to include: Patching Flat Seaming Round Seaming Eyelets Worked Holes Darns Rope/Wire Boltropes Clews/Clew Patches Tabling Shark’s Mouth Rope Work: Eye Splice Long Splice Short Splice Matthew Walker Knot Wall & Crown Knot Manrope Knot Star Knot Wire Work: Admiralty Splice Liverpool Splice Worming Parcelling Serving

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