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The corner of a hand-stitched sail made in the 1800s. Canvas sails were made of hemp. Hemp is 3 times stronger than jute and was preferred because it was unaffected by salt water.
Funny, I saved a copy of that pic Sun or Mon because I was going to post it here, but hadn't gotten around to it yet.






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