I specialize in building ship and yacht sails by using the standards and practices perfected by sailmakers during the age of sail.
I use the highest quality materials to ensure that all sails are built to last and give optimum performance.
Whatever kind of sail it is, before it leaves the loft, I make sure it is ready to give years of service.
The Lincoln Street Loft
The Lincoln Street loft has had many jobs through the years. It has been a livery stable, a garage, a fire station, and even had a shuffleboard court downstairs at one point.
Originally, it was a barn and was added onto over the years. Nat had the upstairs added to the building and moved his business to the Lincoln street loft in 1979.
Since then, thousands of sails have gone out the doors to vessels all over the world.
I started lobstering with my dad at a young age and have been on boats ever since.
I started sailing dinghies called turnabouts when I was 9 at the Southport Yacht Club. Eventually, I started 420’s and raced them for a few years. When I was 15, I did an Ocean Classroom semester on the schooner Harvey Gamage.
I started working for Nat the next year and continued at the loft until I finished high school. During that time I kept sailing during the summers on a number of other schooners.
After high school I was a student at Northeast Maritime Institute where I studied for my captain’s license. While there, I was crew aboard the brig Eye of the Wind where I crossed the Atlantic and sailed throughout Europe.
Upon returning from my Atlantic crossing, I took my Coast Guard exams and earned my captains license. A few weeks later I signed onto the schooner Victory Chimes.
Since then I have been sailmaking and working on different vessels. While working for Nat, I made sails for many different vessels, including Pride of Baltimore II, NY50 Spartan, Stephen Taber, American Eagle, Alma, Ernestina-Morrissey, Victory Chimes, and everything in-between.