Traditionelles Segelmacherhandwerk vom 17. ins 20. Jahrhundert - Teil 2

Abstract

This article is part two of a contribution published in the last edition (DSA 38, 2015), and is a direct continuation of it. It examines the basic craftsman­ship of traditional sailmaking from the seventeenth to the twentieth centu­ry. The aim of both parts of the article is to represent the continuities and changes in the craft of sailmaking in an enquiring manner. Part 1 of the article introduced the subject with a general overview of present-day traditional sailmaking, defined the necessary terms, and presented some important sources. Then it described the basic processing steps in sailmaking in the order as they occur in modern traditional sailmaking - to be then compared with the historical sources presented. In both parts of the article, there is a special focus on the question as to options for the aerodynamic profiling of sails as well as the handcraft tech­niques used for this, which were especially important for the functioning and stability of sails. This is why there is an exhaustive explanation of the tools, working steps and techniques necessary for the aerodynamically advanta­geous profiling of sails - whereby the matter of when sails could be stitched with permanent aerodynamically advantageous profiles is taken into account throughout. The second part of the article, presented here, uses terms that have been defined in more detail in the introduction to part 1: traditional sailmaking, traditional utility boats, sailcloth, strips of the same. In order to understand the terms in the context in which they are used, please refer to the definitions in part 1. The terminology used is either explained directly in the text or in the attached glossary which, like the literature list, applies to both parts of the article. As in part 1, this sequel contains references to various material, image and text sources: the remains of the sails of the Mary Rose, the sail of the Vasa, the remains of the sails of the Jeanne-Élisabeth, the fore topsail of the HMS Victory, the sail of the found Scheurrak SO1, various fabric finds, the wool fragment T06 and various written sources.