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Commodity illustration: Cotton sailcloth

Category:Textiles

Cotton sailcloth from the Mediterranean

Standard price
450 pieces of eight per Ton
Surplus
400 pieces of eight
Scarcity
500 pieces of eight

Export regions

This heavy cotton sailcloth, known in French as cotonnine, is used for galley sails. It comes aboard already woven, ready for a sailmaker to measure, cut and sew into panels.

The strength and evenness of the weave matter more than its appearance: this fabric must withstand the strain of a working sail. Cotton has been cleaned, spun and woven before the cloth reaches port. A merchant's stock can supply the sail loft that sends a damaged galley back to sea.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 523.
  • La Révolte, p. 286.

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.