Constitution 1:76, Shipways - set of sails

Product detailed description

Complete accessories for model USS Constitution 1:76, Shipways

Material: 100% cotton, weight – 125 g/sqm. The cloth was pre-washed.
Description of sails: Set of sail is complete, as included in a real ship. Sails are sewn on CNC sewing machine, hand cut and finished. Complete set of sails, corresponding to the reconstruction in 1915
The kit contains 22 yards and stay sails without 20 studding sails. They can be ordered separately under catalogue number S428S.
The sails are sewn, as determined US regulations that were based on English regulations. Templates sails I used from the book Anatomy of The Ship - The 44 gun frigate USS Constitution, "Old Ironside". In this book are also displayed drawings, and can be found on my website.

Details that are used on offered sewed sails:
- Upper bend sails is in a standard way larger than the side and bottom. Exceptions are fore course, main course and topsails where the lateral reinforcing strips tapering towards the top.
- Fore course, main course and the topsails are strengthened by "Middle bands" - central strips. "Buntline cloths" are sewed from the lower edge of the sail, from places where the sail ropes were fastened - Buntline.
- There is strengthening at the site of reef ropes fastening so called "Reef band". Those on the sails several, depending on the number of reefs on sail. 
- Topgalantsails, spritsails corse and topsails and other smaller sails are lined in the corners for strengthen.
All the aforementioned sails strengthening and linings are from the front side.
- There are only linings from the back on topsails (so called “Mast cloths“). These linings prevent wear and tear from rubbing and scuffing the sails against the Mast Top.
- Staysails and Gibb sails are reinforced at the corners always from the right side when looking at the ship from stern as determined by regulations. Simultaneously staysails with vertical front edge are strengthened along the entire vertical edge.