1. Draw a horizontal line around the soap with a toothpick. You'll need:
Soap for the boat: about 1.5 cm (5/8") in thickness;
Soap for the sails: about 1 cm (3/8") in thickness
2. Cut your soap in half along the outline with a paring knife.
3. Cut out the sailboat template. Trace the boat shape to one half of the soap.
4. Cut out the boat shape with the paring knife and the carving knife.
5. Slightly trim the bottom of the boat.
6. Carve two lines in the tip of the boat.
7. Carve a horizontal line in the upper side and cut three horizontal lines. Repeat for the opposite side.
8. Repeat step 7 for the back side.
9. Draw a square on the top of the boat with the toothpick.
10. Cut the square with the carving knife, then cut off the soap inside. Use the sculpting tool to remove the soap in the middle of the square. The boat is done.
11. Using the other half of the soap,carve the sails. Trace the sails shape onto your soap.
12. Cut out the sails with the paring kife and the carving knife.
13. Draw a horizontal line in the middle of the side with a toothpick.
14. Trim the right side and the left side of the soap to thin the edge as below.
15. Thin the edges marked with pink color. Don't thin the part marked with blue. There is bottom view of the soap at the top right corner of step illustration.
16. Carve the mast.
17. Cut off the soap between the large sail and the mast bit by bit.
18. Carve the mast in the other side along the cutout.
19. (Optional) Cut some straight lines in the sail.
20. Make a small hole in the bottom of the soap.
21. Make the same hole in the top of the boat.
22. Cut a toothpick into 2 cm (7/8") piece. Place it in the boat.
23. Attach the sails to the boat.
24. Done!
