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The Complete Canvasworker's Guide: How to Outfit Your Boat With Cloth [Paperback]

Jim Grant (Author)
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May 1, 1992

Now completely revised and updated, and expanded by more than fifty percent, The Complete Canvasworker's Guide, Second Edition, brings you Jim Grant's thorough step-by-step approach to constructing a nearly endless variety of attractive and functional gear for your boat. Grant, with his wife, Connie, has taught sailmaking and canvaswork for more than 20 years, and he brings an often intimidating craft within the grasp and budget of anyone from an all-thumbs beginner to a would-be professional.

Forget that canvas always used to be made of cotton. Today it is far more commonly woven of synthetic fibers: acrylic, polyester, or nylon. Here is all the information you'll need to make use of them all. Grant's no-frills approach, refined over years of answering the questions of puzzled students, is for any boatowner who wants to take needle to fabric. And as tens of thousands of proud boatowners will happily testify, it really works.

Here's what reviewers have said about The Complete Canvasworker's Guide:

"Literally every question is answered in this book."--Yachting

"Chock full of everything from basic information to a variety of ideas designed to improve, upgrade, and protect a boat."--Small Boat Journal

An immensely practical book."--Practical Boat Owner

"A concise and to-the-point workbook."--Soundings


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``An immensely practical book.'' (Practical Boat Owner )

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Here is a new edition of a reader-tested book that has been universally praised for its concise, commonsense instructions and clear illustrations. The Complete Canvasworker's Guide has led countless boatowners through outfitting projects from boat covers to ditty bags to bimini tops to windcatchers.

Now completely revised and updated, and expanded by more than fifty percent, The Complete Canvasworker's Guide, Second Edition, brings you Jim Grant's thorough step-by-step approach to constructing a nearly endless variety of attractive and functional gear for your boat. Grant, with his wife, Connie, has taught sailmaking and canvaswork for more than 20 years, and he brings an often intimidating craft within the grasp and budget of anyone from an all-thumbs beginner to a would-be professional.

Forget that canvas always used to be made of cotton. Today it is far more commonly woven of synthetic fibers: acrylic, polyester, or nylon. Here is all the information you'll need to make use of them all. Grant's no-frills approach, refined over years of answering the questions of puzzled students, is for any boatowner who wants to take needle to fabric. And as tens of thousands of proud boatowners will happily testify, it really works.

Here's what reviewers have said about The Complete Canvasworker's Guide:

"Literally every question is answered in this book."--Yachting

"Chock full of everything from basic information to a variety of ideas designed to improve, upgrade, and protect a boat."--Small Boat Journal

An immensely practical book."--Practical Boat Owner

"A concise and to-the-point workbook."--Soundings


Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 2nd edition (May 1, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0070240809
  • ISBN-13: 978-0070240803
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Rip-Off, September 29, 2003
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This book is simply a collection of the instructions for the Sailrite kits. You can get it all free at www.sailrite.com
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Guide, Lots of information and projects, November 14, 2001
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One of the better canvas making guides out there. I have already made several projects from the book, They are well laid out and easy to follow. A must own for the DIY canvas people...
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2.0 out of 5 stars Jumpy..., March 8, 2011
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I was a sailmaker for about 10 years, and also worked on canvas repairs and fabrication through that time. It's been a number of years since I was directly involved, and with an increasing workload of requests, I figured I'd get back into the line of work part time, so I was looking for a reference book. When opening the book, I was immediately baffled, they mention a few techniques, and suddenly jump into projects, never leading the beginner into correct stitching, etc..

I can see where this book would be useful for someone who is looking for step by step project completion goals for a given task, but it really isn't a book to teach you about the fundamentals of correct canvas work. Chapter 1 is about seaming. Chapter 2 starts you right into a project, and that is how the book finishes out.

The copyright on the book is 1992, so it doesn't take into account for some of the more modern fabrics which have come along if you're looking for a reference in regards to what should I build project X out of. You really need a fundamental understanding of where the market is today, and what you should be utilizing to build projects. Do NOT rely on the materials referenced even though Sunbrella is mentioned. In some cases, there are better materials today than when the book was written.
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This book is designed to acquaint you with the information you will need to make all of the handy fabric items used by boaters. Read the first page
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zipper border, bag rightside, launching bag, spur grommets, barrel panel, cloth blank, parachute anchor, barrel cloth, zipper edge, basting tape, washer grommets, fiber canvas, straight stitches, longest bow, sail twine, zipper tape, flat felled seam, binding tape, zipper teeth, weather cloths, webbing loop, forward panel, aft bow, leech line, center bow
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