sailmaker
noun
sail·mak·er
ˈsāl-ˌmā-kər 
: a person or company that cuts, assembles, and sews sails and canvas parts for boats
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Forten would later become a sailor, be held by the British as a prisoner of war, and eventually build a career as a sailmaker and entrepreneur, becoming one of the nation's wealthiest men.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Charles Mallory, who lived from 1796–1882, arrived in Mystic in 1816 after completing his sailmaker apprenticeship in New London, according to Mystic Seaport.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
In 2017, the two purchased the brand from Paralympic sailor Andrew Cassell and sailmaker David Banks, who had bought it from Mark Ratsey, the last family member to own the company.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
The Puritans are gone, replaced by Maryland politicos, boaters, sailmakers, Naval Academy midshipmen — and tourists.
—Charles Babington, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Its crew of two hundred and twenty-three men included fourteen carpenters, five pilots, a butcher, a baker, a sailmaker, a writer, and a chaplain.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
There were medical staff, a weather router, an expert rigger, an electronic systems manager, a sailmaker and many other team members helping Brauer.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Bedwell, a sailmaker by trade, isn’t new to sailing big oceans in small boats.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2022
The endpapers of this handsome book are decorated with drawings of objects used during the Age of Sail—sextants, box compasses, sailmaker’s fids.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Charles Mallory, who lived from 1796–1882, arrived in Mystic in 1816 after completing his sailmaker apprenticeship in New London, according to Mystic Seaport.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
In 2017, the two purchased the brand from Paralympic sailor Andrew Cassell and sailmaker David Banks, who had bought it from Mark Ratsey, the last family member to own the company.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
The Puritans are gone, replaced by Maryland politicos, boaters, sailmakers, Naval Academy midshipmen — and tourists.
—Charles Babington, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Its crew of two hundred and twenty-three men included fourteen carpenters, five pilots, a butcher, a baker, a sailmaker, a writer, and a chaplain.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
There were medical staff, a weather router, an expert rigger, an electronic systems manager, a sailmaker and many other team members helping Brauer.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
Bedwell, a sailmaker by trade, isn’t new to sailing big oceans in small boats.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2022
The endpapers of this handsome book are decorated with drawings of objects used during the Age of Sail—sextants, box compasses, sailmaker’s fids.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
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