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Figure 18. without it. (Figure 11, bottom and inset)


Now the sail could be hung on the spar, then furled. Aſt er much experimentation, I realized that simply folding, crumpling, and crushing the sail would not make the furl look realistic. Instead, if I twisted the sail as I folded it, the resulting furl was much tighter and more even. But if I laced the entire top of the sail to the spar it could not be twisted. Instead, I used a running loop stitch to put on the majority of the lacing without attaching the sail. T en, at one yardarm, the sail eyelet was tied to the stop and a short length of the sail was laced to the spar. (Figure 12)


Figure 19.


trapped line, giving the impression of a bolt rope without having to sew it to the sail. I know that this is a departure from truly accurate recreation, but I cannot master sewing and this gives a realistic look


T e sail was sprayed with plain water till it was


pliable, then rolled, folded, crushed and twisted until I was happy with the look. Six rope lashings were tied along the length of the spar to hold the furl in place as I worked on it. T e sail was periodically sprayed to keep it supple. When the fi nal section was basically correct the remaining end was laced to the spar and


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