MakeSailFrom boat and sail type to flat panels

MakeSail is a browser-based sail-design CAD application for DIY sailmakers, available at makesail.nl.

Make your first sail

Choose a boat and sail

Open the app

Make a first sail

Follow one complete, runnable path through shape, seams, save, panels, sign-in, and DXF export.

Start the walkthrough

Choose the starting design

Start with a known or custom boat, then choose any of the nine ready sail types.

Compare the choices

Enter dimensions and shape

Set the rig and sail measurements, then refine the outline, profiles, twist, and fullness.

Shape the sail

Inspect the result

Use the live workspaces and diagnostic heatmaps to examine the mould before building panels.

Open diagnostics

Build the panel layout

Choose a construction layout, preview its seams, and generate the flattened panels.

Choose a layout

Prepare an export

Move from generated panels to cutting, plotting, projection, or model-sail output.

See an export workflow

Open the guide from the app

From an open design, choose Help > Documentation. MakeSail opens this home page in a new browser tab. Use Guide to begin at the first-sail walkthrough, or Open app to return to the design tool.

Product name and internal identifiers

MakeSail is the public product name. The repository, package, API, and export compatibility identifiers that retain sail-design are internal identifiers, not a second product name.