shel
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Post by shel on Jan 13, 2014 22:13:43 GMT
To Fred or anyone.
Dear Fred,
How wide were the individual panels that make up the sails, particularly of the four sails that were bent on Vasa for her voyage?
Shel Urlik
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Post by fredhocker on Jan 14, 2014 11:45:28 GMT
Hi Shel,
We do not know how wide the cloths on the fours sails set were, since they did not survive. On the remaining sails, all of the sails made from heavier cloth (main course, mizzen bonnet, spritsail) had cloths about 65 cm wide from seam to seam, so one might expect the fore course and and mizzen, and probably the topsails to be the same. The light sail cloth, used on the topgallantsails, spritsail topsail and mizzen topsail, came in two widths, either 65 cm between seams or about 85 cm between seams. The fore topgallantsail and mizzen topsail used the wider cloth. The original cloth was of course somewhat wider, but folded over at the seams and tablings.
Fred
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