THE four-masted ship Washaway lay rolling in the trough of the sea, in a calm gap in the Pacific Ocean, walled in by the westerly winds and the Northeast Trades. The flapping of the sails had started ...

Crack open a sailmaker’s toolbox and you’ll find a few key instruments needed to create a sail by hand. Fabric, scissors, and an industrial sewing machine are a few of them, but sailmaker Francois ...

Lowell North, a sailmaker who won an Olympic gold medal and four world championships in the venerable Star Class and whose company North Sails became the world’s biggest sailmaker, died June 2 at his ...

Clydebuilt Sailmaker is the third bottling in Ardgowan distillery's Clydebuilt Collection of blended malts celebrating the famous shipyards which once populated the banks of the River Clyde.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lowell North, a pioneering sailmaker who won an Olympic gold medal and four world championships in the venerable Star Class, has died. He was 89. North suffered a stroke Saturday ...

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 ...

Crack open a sailmaker’s toolbox and you’ll find a few key instruments needed to create a sail by hand. Fabric, scissors, and an industrial sewing machine are a few of them, but sailmaker Francois ...