The steps in putting in a hand sewn eyelet. This is a sail for Hawaiian Chieftain and so I'm using a metal ring. Traditionally, eyelets were made from twine, pulled apart into strands and laid up into a circular grommet. Both types are sewn into the sail in the same way.
This is the clew, or lower corner, of one of the Hawaiian Chieftain's square sails.As this ship is more modern than the Lady Washington, we have a little more latitude as far as period details go and are using metal fittings instead of creating fiber cringles and eyes, as the Lady's sails have. This is a particularly nice bronze spectacle iron, hand-cast by another shipmate who now runs a foundry.
Another clew, this one on the Lady's fore topmast staysail, a fore-and-aft sail.
Tabling, the "hem" of a sail. The star was a complete accident, but kinda cool.
Various crew shots
Rattails on a sail are not leftovers from midshipmens' dinners--they're an elegant way to end a boltrope, the line sewn into the edge of a sail to give it strength. Here's our practice rattails. Squeek!
