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Making the sails - part 2
Hello guys,
Thanks for all your support, I much appreciate you guys being here and supporting me during this build. Lately I see a lot of Xebec's buildlogs and to me this is a good thing between all the square rigged sailboats. I really love these ships. So go ahead and take a look at all the other buildlogs if you didn't visit them yet.
Well, continuing with the sails. @Maarten mentioned to darken the boltrope with bitumen. I liked that idea because it gives a bit of a contrast on the sail, so this is what I did. Thanks Maarten for the suggestion!
Also I like to show you how I reinforced the loop at the corner of the sails. These are handserved to get the desired result. I also used bitumen to darken the rope to get an even color on the served ropes compared to the bolt rope.
So the next thing to do is to add the reef lines. Never did that before... Also I used the the bitumen on the reef lines to create contrast.
And after a lot of knots and lines, the first sail is finished...One down, two to go!
Thanks for following and see you soon,
Peter
Hello guys,
Thanks for all your support, I much appreciate you guys being here and supporting me during this build. Lately I see a lot of Xebec's buildlogs and to me this is a good thing between all the square rigged sailboats. I really love these ships. So go ahead and take a look at all the other buildlogs if you didn't visit them yet.
Well, continuing with the sails. @Maarten mentioned to darken the boltrope with bitumen. I liked that idea because it gives a bit of a contrast on the sail, so this is what I did. Thanks Maarten for the suggestion!

Also I like to show you how I reinforced the loop at the corner of the sails. These are handserved to get the desired result. I also used bitumen to darken the rope to get an even color on the served ropes compared to the bolt rope.
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/6b/6a/6b6a2d7bd765f56400224f1a97a3152d.jpg)
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/ed/42/ed42ddc06f8bcb133eecdd4c3f4fd6db.jpg)
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/1a/05/1a05322b48aff20b803bedf602d02b32.jpg)
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/f9/bb/f9bb5378a89d76bd5a9f7bb7d8c516e0.jpg)
So the next thing to do is to add the reef lines. Never did that before... Also I used the the bitumen on the reef lines to create contrast.
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/d5/ca/d5cacd09879c08c927850e5c58a4378a.jpg)
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/d0/b3/d0b3df39b409778a54f0f23834bd4add.jpg)
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/77/35/7735b989d5b8172cdd3cbe2d00d27639.jpg)
And after a lot of knots and lines, the first sail is finished...One down, two to go!
![[IMG] [IMG]](https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/48/08/4808b8704a588f6703483de936150110.jpg)
Thanks for following and see you soon,
Peter