Free sailboat SVG files

Mast, sails and what joins them

On a real boat there is air between the mast and the sails, which in a cut file means loose triangles. Here each sail overlaps the mast and the boom, and the hull overlaps the foot of the mast, so the boat is one piece from pennant to keel. The mast is a little under 3 mm wide when the boat is 100 mm tall, but it is backed by the sails for most of its height and only stands alone at the very top.

The seams on the sails and the stripe on the hull are cut lines about 1.5 mm wide that stop short of every edge. They weed out with a pin in vinyl and cut as clean single lines on a laser. If you want a sail with no lines at all, use the sailboat silhouette.

By the sea, on the wall

Sailboats suit beach houses, bathrooms, nurseries and anything for someone who sails. The row of three boats makes a border along the top of a sign. The boat at sunset in a ring fits a round plaque or a coaster. The monogram frame has one big open sail for an initial, and the boat with a heart for a sail is made for wedding signs at a harbour or on a beach.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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