Ratsey's sail making company on City Island in 1914
Ratsey's sail making company on City Island in 1914

Ratsey & Lapthorn is a British sail making company based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, England and they had a loft in the United States. The loft was on Schofield Street on City Island, in the Bronx.[1] It is one of the oldest and largest sail maker in the United States.[2]

History

The company was established in 1796. The United States branch was established in 1902.[3] In 1958 Franklin Ratsey was chairman of the board.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ratsey Taken to Task. Sailmaker Criticised for Accepting Order to Equip Columbia". New York Times. April 30, 1903. Retrieved 2010-11-29. The sensation caused in British yachting circles by the announcement that Ratsey Lapthorn, the English sailmakers, who have an establishment at City Island, N.Y., have been given orders for suits of sails for the Reliance, the Constitution, and the Columbia, can be best judged by an editorial article which appears in The Yachting World of April 30 under the heading, 'An International Contest.'
  2. ↑ Wade, Betsy (January 23, 1969). "Ratsey & Lapthorn Hunting Abroad for Men to Train Ratsey Company Goes Abroad in Search for Sailmakers. Hunt for Craftsmen Extends to London and Will Soon Reach Italy, Vienna". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-29. Ratsey Lapthorn's sail loft is on Schofield Street on City Island, the Bronx. And most of the venerable company's 75 employes live within a mile of the loft -- the oldest and largest in the United States. But the company's search for craftsmen and potential craftsmen to make the sails has extended to London and will soon go to Scandinavia, Italy and to the Vienna center for European refugees.
  3. ↑ New York City Guide. Federal Writers Project. ISBN 1-60354-055-5. Plant of Ratsey and Lapthorn, Inc., on Schofield Street near City Island Avenue, is the American unit of Ratsey and Lapthorn, Ltd. (1796), world-famous sailmakers. (Visitors admitted.) Established in this country since 1902, ...
  4. ↑ "Retired Royal Navy Captain Assails Sceptre Design". New York Times. September 23, 1958. Retrieved 2010-11-29. He was Capt. Franklin Ratsey, chairman of the board of Ratsey and Lapthorn, Ltd., of Gosport, England. ...
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