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2. Sailcloth - Wikipedia

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   Sailcloth is cloth used to make sails. It can be made of a variety of materials, including natural fibers such as flax , hemp , or cotton in various forms of sail canvas , and synthetic fibers such as nylon , polyester , aramids , and carbon fibers in various woven, spun, and molded textiles.

3. Drill (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Drill is a versatile fabric that has been used in a variety of applications. Boat sail drill is a lightweight, unbleached drill used to make sails for sailing craft. [1] [5] [6] Although duck (canvas) was more commonly used for these purposes, [7] drill has also been used to make tarpaulins, tents, awnings and canopies, [8] but the use of both fabrics has been supplanted in modern times with ...

4. Dyneema Composite Fabric - Wikipedia

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   Dyneema Composite Fabric (DCF), also known as Cuben Fiber (CTF3), is a high-performance non-woven composite material used in high-strength, low-weight applications. It is constructed from a thin sheet of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene ( UHMWPE , "Dyneema") laminated between two sheets of polyester .

5. Oilskin - Wikipedia

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   The modern oilskin garment was developed by a New Zealander, Edward Le Roy, in 1898. Le Roy used worn-out sailcloth painted with a mixture of linseed oil and wax to produce a waterproof garment suitable to be worn on deck in foul-weather conditions. Oilskins are part of the range of protective clothing also known as foul-weather gear.

6. Canvas - Wikipedia

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   Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes. It is popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically ...

7. Waxed cotton - Wikipedia

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   G-1000 is still a key material in many of their outdoor products in 2023, although the modern fabric incorporates more environmental design factors. It is a cotton-polyester blend impregnated with their own odourless beeswax-paraffin recipe sold as "Greenland Wax". The wax washes out of the fabric after around 2-3 wash cycles.

8. Sail batten - Wikipedia

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   Selection of sail battens. Catamaran with full-length battens on the mainsail.. On sailboats, a sail batten is a flexible insert in a sail, parallel to the direction of wind flow, that helps shape its qualities as an airfoil. [1]

9. Buy one, get one free - Wikipedia

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   The economist Alex Tabarrok has argued, that the success of this promotion lies in the fact that consumers value the first unit significantly more than the second one. So compared to a seemingly equivalent "Half price off" promotion, they may only buy one item at half price, because the value they attach to the second unit is lower than even the discounted price.