Nautical Research Journal 139


Figure 23.


T e sail was turned over and panel lines penciled on the reverse of the cloth off set a scale three inches from those on the face. With light behind the sail you can see both sets. (Figure 19) Each sail, like this fore topsail, had several reinforcements of doubled canvas, including triangular reinforces at the corners, a large square at bottom center, and small ones where the reef bands met the edge of the sail. All of these were made from glue-stiff ened batik and ironed on to the reverse of the sail. T e reef bands themselves were applied to the front face, as in full-size practice. (Figure 20)


A series of holes was drilled through the tabling close to the bolt rope along the top of the sail at about 3/8- inch intervals. T e earrings at the upper corners were tied to the yardarms and a running loop stitch was used to sew through these holes and lace the sail to the spar. T en it was set into a deep plastic tub for stiff ening. T e spar was clipped securely to one edge while lines were threaded through the eyelets at the clews and clipped to the edge to spread the sail. T e sail was soaked with clear acrylic matte varnish and weighted with a small handful of rice in a plastic bag. It was leſt to dry overnight and, once removed from


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