City Island

Butch Ulmer

To say the staff at City Island is experienced is a true understatement. Our staff has 100s of years of combined experience in making and repairing sails.

Charles “Butch” Ulmer
is an outstanding sailor and spokesman for the sport. He is past Commodore of The Storm Trysail Club, former Trustee and Race Committee Chairman of the Larchmont YC, Senior Member of the New York YC, a member of the Cruising Club of America as well as the US Naval Academy Sailing Squadron. He has campaigned every kind of boat from the Olympic classes to 12-Meters and Maxi Boats. There is no other watch captain you want if you want to finish fast and safe in an ocean race.

**Kerry Klingler**

Kerry Klingler - Vice President and Designer races extensively, as well as runs the day to day operatons of the loft. He has over 25 years of sailmaking experience. On the race course he's won the J/80 Worlds as well as the J/35 North Americans and many more championships. His sails will make your boat faster!

Rick Sinclair

Rick Sinclair-Service Manager
is a fourth generation sailmaker. He enjoys racing all kinds of boats from Lasers to offshore keel boats.

UK Sailmakers' Tom Nye
Tom Nye

Tom Nye - Sales and Service
Salesman Tom Nye, City Island's historian, has worked at this loft for more than 35 years. As a life-long City Islander, he knows and is known by all yards in the area

Tony Italiano

Tony Italiano-Benchman, is a member of one of City Island's most famous sailmaking families, has been making sails since the late 1940s. He is one of the few sailmakers still working who is versed in the classic methods of sailmaking.

Murphy

Murphy - Security

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