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Nathaniel S. Wilson (born 1947) is a Master sailmaker, rigger, and sail designer based in East Boothbay, Maine. He is most well known for building sails for large traditional sailing vessels in the United States and abroad. He has been an innovator in the sailing industry, helping to develop the modern ship sail cloth Oceanus with North Cloth. [1]
Sailmaker. The USS Monongahela (1862), a vessel exemplifying the 19th-century sailmakers' craft. A sailmaker makes and repairs sails for sailboats, kites, hang gliders, wind art, architectural sails, or other structures using sails. A sailmaker typically works on shore in a sail loft; the sail loft has other sailmakers.
Category:Sailmakers. Category. : Sailmakers. People who worked as sailmakers, making and repairing sails for sailboats, kites, hang gliders, wind art, architectural sails, or other structures using sails. A sailmaker typically works on shore in a sail loft .
Linen was the traditional fiber of sails until it was supplanted by cotton during the 19th century. At first cotton was used as a matter of necessity in the United States as it was indigenous and the supply of flax was periodically interrupted by wars such as the War of 1812, during which demand for sailcloth for military use was high. As sail ...
North Sails is an international sailmaker and sailing wear company with operations in 29 countries. The company designs, engineers and manufactures sails for racing and cruising sailboats from 8 feet (2.5m) to more-than 200 feet (60m) in length. Licensees manufacture clothing and windsurfing sails. North Sails is the world’s largest sailmaker ...
1917 photograph of Marine Supply Co., Pier 1, Seattle. Ship Chandlery, Marine Hardware, Cannery and Engineers' Supplies Deacons Boat Yard and Force 4 Chandlery, in Hampshire Boat Mary B. moored beside the Pacific Net and Twine Company in Seattle, which sold sails and rigging and ship's chandlery items Ystads Ship chandler 2021.
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Sailmaker's whipping. The sailmaker's whipping is one of the most durable and stable of rope whippings known. According to The Ashley Book of Knots, " palm-and-needle whipping, or sailmaker's whipping, is the most satisfactory of all." [1]