About UK Sailmakers Bellingham

Established in 1946 as Ulmer Sails, UK Sailmakers is one of the oldest groups of sail lofts in North America. The UK Sailmakers group has over 50 lofts and service centers around the world.

David O'Connor – Bellingham Location Manager
Dave has been an active sailmaker for 30+ years. He started his career learning the trade from John Staaf and Dave Leech at Staaf sails in Bellingham, Washington in the 80's. Later moving to Maui and working at the R&D loft for Ezzy Sails International where he learned the art of precision sailmaking, building , testing, and modifying windsurfing sails then helping to implement the designs into production at the Sri Lanka production facility.