Sailmaker

It may seem strange for a sailboat to be sold without sails, but the selection of a sailmaker is a personal choice. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)

The sailmaker was the head man of the watch, and was generally considered most experienced seaman on board. ❋ Unknown (1909)

The sailmaker was the head man of the watch, and was generally considered the most experienced seaman on board. ❋ Richard Henry Dana (1848)

The fine weather continued all through the hours of darkness, and during the boatswain's and carpenter's watches the wind gradually freshened up, until by three o'clock, when Chips called the sailmaker to relieve him, the boat was buzzing merrily along at a speed of between six and seven knots; but after that the wind began to soften rapidly away again, until at length, when the sun swept into view above the eastern horizon, we scarcely had steerage way, and half an hour later it fell a flat calm. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

The Japanese murderer, whom I have mentioned before, had been a sailmaker on board the Arthur Sewall ships, and he told me that the probable sailing course would be by way of the Cape of Good Hope. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He's content with his life, and is looking forward to a promotion to sailmaker at the end of his next voyage. ❋ Seattleshadow (2009)

February 18th, 2010 at 5: 43 pm linzloo08 brought to you by Kaiser Permanente says: sailmaker says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

February 18th, 2010 at 5: 54 pm sailmaker says: linzloo08 brought to you by Kaiser Permanente at 328: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hope, a 28-year-old sailmaker, bragged from HMS Temeraire, which was in the thick of the battle. ❋ Maev Kennedy (2010)

Another fellow, a sailmaker, I think, was negotiating with him for his Golden Courtesan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our excellent sailmaker, Rönne, sewed forty-six sets of harness in the course of the month. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But pretty quick thinking. sailmaker wrote on October 17, 2007 5: 22 PM: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our sailmaker had no dogs of his own to look after; he had no time for that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our sailmaker, Rönne, was transformed into a-- well, let us call it tailor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He established his workshop in the chart-house, and there the machine hummed incessantly through the tropics, the west wind belt, and the ice-floes too; for, quick as our sailmaker was with his fingers, the orders poured in even more quickly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Iceland jackets and "blanket costumes" from Horten gave way to "shore clothes" of the most varied cut, hauled out after a two years 'rest; razors and scissors had made a rich harvest, and sailmaker Rönne's fashionable Burberry caps figured on most heads. ❋ Unknown (2009)