Lee graham, featured in national geographic in the late 1960s, with opening his eyes to. Our shop is no longer located at morgan marina in parlin. Marking pencil washable white is nice 1 yard of sunbrella 60 x 36 fabric. Canvas work and sail repair american nautical services. We have 5 sails for minimus including mainsail, 2 working jibs, genoa and storm jib. Sailmakers supply sells books for sailmaking, marine canvas, canvaswork, boat canvas, sails, outdoor cushions and diy projects for your boat or yacht. To find out, we spent a day with john gregal, owner of mount vernon canvas works in arlington, virginia, a canvas fabrication and repair company serving boaters on the potomac river. Canvaswork and sail repair nautical books fisheries supply. Quickly mend tears and holes in sails with one of our allinclusive sail repair kits or choose a canvas or vinyl repair kit for quickly mending your boats bimini. Prices can go up or down on some things, its difficult to list every difference. Canvaswork and sail repair by don casey, hardcover. Buy a cheap copy of canvaswork and sail repair book by don casey.
This book is also contained in the last pages of don caseys sailboat maintenance manual, about 900pp, which i have. We will also discuss basic traditional handwork and machine stitching. Boats must be towed to lakeside canvas for fabrication of all covers and enclosures. Freeman sails sail repair canvas work sail recycling. Save more on your nautical books canvaswork and sail repair at fisheries supply. The skills required for topnotch canvaswork are astonishingly few, and canvass potential to protect your boat and enhance your enjoyment of it is practically limitless. Open 5 days a week from 5am till 5 pm closed friday and sunday please leave a message or text. Its clean, safe, and riskfreeand youll save a bunch of. Don caseys complete illustrated sailboat maintenance manual.
Each custom application receives our expert attention. Sail repair tape, electrical tape, and athletic tape. We also make fun and colourful canvas carrying bags of all types. Purchase a canvas repair kit or a specialty adhesive canvas patch.
The skills required for topnotch canvaswork, from sails and sailcovers, flags, lee cloths and windscoops, to sprayhoods, cushion covers, boat covers and awnings and biminis, are explained in this book. We fully inspect your sails and do traditional timehonoured handwork and machine repairs. Bring your ditty bag, your old boat canvas, and your new ideas. We will be working at capn jacq s sail loft which is located about 10 minutes drive from the nearest grocery store or cafe. In this video, expert des pawson shows the tools and methods used to make sails, in particular looking at sack and canvas working. All the projects in this ebook use simple methods and readily available materials. From simple patches and restitching to more complicated adjustments, we can handle any issues that you may have. Call 904 3891001 to book an appointment or to hear more about the services of pats canvas and sail repair. For any repairs, alterations, or sail upgrades, please contact us for free consultation and pricing. Freeman sails offers a range of canvas based services new sails, sail repairs, sail design, sail manufacture, boats covers, kayak covers, tents, bbq covers and a lot more. We specialize in fixing canvas products from resewing to replacing zippers, snaps, and velcro to extending the life of boat covers, awnings, bimini tops, upholstery, and much more. Thats why dockside canvas company provides top quality repair service to prolong the life and maintain the look and design of your marine covers and enclosures. Scroll down or click on the icons to see sections of the price list. We started with common canvas maladies, such as broken snaps or grommets, and worked our way up to the more serious stuff, such as separated seams and splits.
But, even if you do no sail repair work, its worthwhile having a machine just for doing canvas sunbrella work. Then cut the patch down to size, leaving it roughly 1 in 2. We are also provide expert sail repair and full servicing. Featuring a harbor brimming with sailboats with tall, white sails, the sail away canvas wall art is a beautiful look at nautical life. Read sailboat hull and deck repair by don casey available from rakuten kobo. Canvaswork and sail repair, written by wellknown expert don casey is a great book to start learn about sewing projects for your boat. Stepbystep, picturebypicture how to measure for, construct, modify, renew and repair canavs items such as dodgers. I am wondering if you have any resources on how to go about pricing out a job. Place an adhesive canvas patch behind a small hole. For instance, repairing the miter seam of a jib requires shoving half the sail under the arm.
We can work upon any and every form of material, sail brand and repair project, including but by no means limited, to. Ricks custom marine canvas and sail repair home facebook. Bluewater canvas works partners with many well known companies, such as sunbrella and strataglass, which have their own established reputation for excellence. Sail and canvas repairs so31 sailmakers sails, sail.
If you have little experience with boat repair, reading the rest of this manual can give. The skills required for topnotch canvaswork are astonishingly few, and canvas s potential to protect your boat and. Please call to set up an appointment for us to meet with you, or text photos of your project anytime. Pats canvas and sail repair located at 4589 lakeside dr in jacksonville, fl services vehicles for boat upholstery. It is home base and we do still meet with many of our clients there. The skills required for topnotch canvaswork are astonishingly few, and canvas s potential to protect your boat and enhance your enjoyment of it is practically limitless. It is less demanding on the machine to build a new sail as youre only adding one panel at a time, then you do the edges. Sail repair and boat canvas books sailmakers supply. Prices for boat covers, tops, enclosures, canvas repairs, parts, boat trailer repairs, upholstery and more. Our work loft is located in the coastal town of westbrook, ct. Not bad for a cursory look at sail repair, but i imagine there are more detailed books on the subject. Sewing canvas isnt a dark art and its not just for the ladies.
At so31 we like to think of ourselves as the goto guys for an unnegotiatingly high quality sails repair. Whether you need a quick fix patch on a mooring cover or an exacting window replacement on a bridge enclosure, dockside canvas company offers both detailed and economy repair services. Canvaswork and sail repair ebook gratuit epubtopdf. Covers motor covers spray curtains sail bags wheel covers windowcovers. If you need a boat canvas top, dodger, enclosure or canvas upholstery sewn or repaired call macs boat and yacht canvas shop. Ricks custom marine canvas and sail repair, cornelius, north carolina. We are able to combine traditional sail making methods with modern computerised cadplotting machines to design and manufacture of all types of sails and marine canvas. We provide our services to many surrounding towns as well as notsoclosetowns such as jamestown and newport. The big book of boat canvas, by karen lipe canvaswork and sail repair, by don casey practical boat canvas work, by lisa carr the complete canvas workers guide, by jim grant. All of the sails are somewhere between reasonably good and excellent condition. At capn jacqs loft we handle all your boat canvas and sail repair needs including boat cushions, dodgers, and custom covers of all kinds. He starts out by describing what to buy and what attributes to look for in such necessities as sewing machines and thread. We will go over the sails you bring in and discuss repairs and alterations.
To view this site, you must enable javascript or upgrade to a javascriptcapable browser. Read download canvaswork and sail repair pdf pdf download. None of them were actually made for a cape dory 25, so we recut two of them to fit the boat. Based in padstow in north cornwall, freeman sails offers a quality, efficient and friendly, service that caters for sail and canvas work from the smallest job dinghies to larger commercial projects. All sails, whether dacron, mylar, or kevlar, take abuse and wear. If you need canvas for boats cleaned or repaired, call macs upholstery. The skills required for topnotch canvaswork are astonishingly few, and canvass potential to protect your boat and enhance your enjoyment of it is practically. We replace or repair canvas material, snaps, zippers, grommets, etc. A full range of canvas repair services if you have damaged canvas, buying a new product may not be necessary.
The stepbystep, picture by picture instructions are intended to make each project easy to follow, cheap to make. After making a few of the projects in this book, youll be ready to take on more advanced canvas projects like a bimini, winter boat cover, or making your own sails. Lakeside canvas custom boat cover shop is located on buckeye lake in central ohio. We can help stop small problems from becoming serious. Book description this addition to the international marine sailboat library explains step by step, picture by picture how to measure for, construct, modify, maintain, renew, and repair such canvas items as biminis, sail covers, sail bags, cushions, and more, both above deck and below. Here is all you need to tackle virtually any canvaswork project. Below, you will see what a basic boat cover repair kit should look like. Bluewater canvas works uses the best marine products. Sails and sail repair canvasbacks sail loft and canvas shop. An excellent instructional book for people trying to get a basic understanding of sail work. Upon request, the sail repair and canvas company will travel to your boat in. Boat cushions look amazing and quality of work is 100%. Sail repair we run a full and complete sail repair department.
The best way to patch your cover is with a sewon patch. Bimini tops console covers sail covers sail repair seat covers cockpit cushions. I just got my new lsz1 yesterday, and word has spread quickly here on this little island that i might be available to do some canvas work for a few people. We are privileged to still have access to the unmatched skill and experience over 40 years of sailmaking of peter risser who enjoys consulting and working in his old sail loft.
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