Sailmaker on Board
If you had asked me, “When did the Age of Sail end?” I would have thought about it a while, guessing that since steamboats were invented about 1803, sailing ships must have been… Continue reading
If you had asked me, “When did the Age of Sail end?” I would have thought about it a while, guessing that since steamboats were invented about 1803, sailing ships must have been… Continue reading
The most interesting thing to me about the Age of Sail is the textiles used to make the sails. But as I have tried to find out more about them, I have been… Continue reading
Source: Sailcloth – National Maritime Museum Ahoy, maties! After 3 years and 3 months, I have finally found an example of real sail cloth to share with you! This is from the National… Continue reading
Back in 2013, I visited the Maritime Museum in San Diego, California, and aboard one of the historic ships I saw a huge storage area set aside for extra rigging and sails, and… Continue reading
We left off somewhere around 1350 BC, when the Mycenaean kings may or may not have been requiring plain linen cloth to be woven as a tax or tribute intended for sail use. … Continue reading
When I demonstrate weaving at historic festivals, I try to get people to see how societies have relied on textiles to do so much more than just clothe them fashionably. One example that… Continue reading