Tucked away in a wooded area on Marrowstone Island near Port Townsend is a small, nondescript loft. Inside, history is being preserved. The Chimenti family is hand-sewing massive sails for large ships ...

Mark Carroll makes repairs to his sail using the ample space and his electric Singer sewing machine at City Dock, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Carroll and his wife were sailing from Houston Texas to ...

The crew at Ullman Sails Newport Beach creates products to harness the wind, and to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The sailmaker pivoted within days of California’s pandemic-driven ...

Companies across the U.S. are switching their production lines to produce masks that can be used by doctors and nurses that are in desperate need for PPE (personal protective equipment) as they treat ...

History: Jim and Connie Grant started Sailrite in 1969 after they needed sails to participate in a regatta. When a local sailmaker couldn’t make the sails in time, Jim bought the material and made his ...

In a quiet textile workshop in northern Germany, far from the dangers and turmoil of war, Syrian refugees Mohammed Alsahani and his son Yousef measure, cut and stitch sailcloth to precise designs. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — On the coast of Maine, Eric ...

NEW YORK (AP) — On the coast of Maine, Eric Baldwin and his staff of two usually spend their days selling, repairing and washing sails for boats. They transform their surplus sailcloth into tote bags ...