Schurr Sails has gained a vast amount of experience in designing and building sails for gaff rigged and traditional boats in the past several years.

Our recent projects include:
Cyrus E. King - 65' Chesapeake Bay Bugeye
Wandrin' Star - Luzier 55' 
Breeze - a 58' gaff rigged motor sailor
Ireland - 62' Biloxi Schooner
Ti Ka Bana - 55' Tom Colvin
Island Girl -55' Tom Colvin
21' Fish Class - 10 complete suits
Numerous small sailing dingys with a variety of rig configurations

Our outlook on traditional sailmaking is to use modern sailmaking techniques and materials to produce sails that are aesthetically attractive, easy to handle, durable and perform well.

Designs:
We understand gaffs, topsails, fishermen, gunters, staysail schooners, Chinese lugs, balanced lugs, sprit rigs and lateens.

1950 Fish Class Sloop

Materials:
We use soft finish DacronŽ  and polyester sailcloth from a variety of suppliers including Bainbridge, Challenge, Hayward and Contender. We buy white, tanbark and Egyptian cream in widths from 18" to 54".  Our panel layouts can be leech cut, mitered, scotch cut or crosscut depending on the owners specifications.

Seaming:
Our seams are machine sewn with UV protected polyester thread with double or triple stitching where appropriate.

Finishing:
We are advocates of modern bench work as well. We don't believe in hand-sewn rings, rat tails, internal headboards or canvas cloth. Progress in sail making is too important to not take advantage of. Our hardware includes 3-ton stainless steel rings, nickel plated bronze grommets and hand sewn slides.