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Hood Sailmakers was founded by Ted Hood. An avid sailor, Ted began repairing and then improving sails of local Marblehead, MA sailors. He found that commercially available cloth failed to hold its intended shape and stability and set about, with his father Stedman Hood 'the Professor', to find an answer. Together they reasoned that polyester monofilaments twisted into yarns could be woven tighter than cotton. This tight weave proved to be the secret of Hood Cloth.

Hood purchased looms to weave this fabric, producing the first Dacron® sailcloth. This cloth yielded significant improvements over existing sailcloth. More looms were purchased and modifications to stretch the warp and pack the fill lines closer. THE RESULT, a tighter and tighter weave. Hood was now able to weave cloth that would guarantee the low stretch characteristics needed to hold the sail shape they desired.