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

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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

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...

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.

My son just bought his first sailboat - a wooden "fixer" but she floats. I have been asked to help with the sewing projects required for her restoration. Very helpful book - was hoping for more info on seat cushions as they are so different from regular household cushions in shape. Overall very good!

This is a great book for people taking on their own projects. Techniques shown here will carry through to many other projects.Worth the price.

This book is concise and straight to the point. If you are looking for information on how to sew curtains and placemats you will not find it here. If you want to do serious boat canvas work you should have this book in your library.

Not very good descriptions and sketches, there is a lot of information missing so to name it complete guide compared to older books. It is the first glimpse into the matter for novices.

I purchased the book with my first project in mind. I planned to make a boat tarp for my husband's small fishing boat. This chapter of the book was excellent for this. Even if you don't have a sailing vessel much of the information in the book can be used or adapted to cover / bag anything you like in canvas. Very usefull.

This COMPLETE guide only includes projects for sailing yachts. Although a couple of the projects can be applied to larger power boats/cruisers it's a significant omission that isn't mentioned on the book's cover which refers to "Boats". It's not just yachties who work to a budget or like to try DIY projects.

While attempting to purchase a simple book using a gift card,I found the Amazon Website difficult to use and intentionally deceptive and misleading. The initial billing for a $14 book came to over $85. A review of the invoice revealed that Amazon had added on 3 additional books which I had neither previewed nor selected. This underhanded,lowly attempt at fraud should be dealt with by the criminal courts.