sailmaker

thumb|Sailmakers aboard the during World War I thumb|right|The USS USS Monongahela (1862)|Monongahela (1862), a vessel exemplifying the 19th-century sailmakers' craft

A sailmaker makes and repairs sails for sailboats, kites, hang gliders, wind art, architectural sails, or other structures using sails. A sailmaker typically works on shore in a sail loft; the sail loft has other sailmakers. Large ocean-going sailing ships often had sailmakers in the crew, maintaining and repairing sails. This required knowledge of the sailmaker's craft and the tools of the sailmakers loft on shore.