Boat made by Russian woman in prison (9)
I believe the answer is:
catamaran
'boat' is the definition.
(catamaran is a kind of sailing vessel)
'russian woman in prison' is the wordplay.
'russian woman' becomes 'tamara'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'prison' becomes 'can' (the can is American slang for prison).
'tamara' inserted inside 'can' is 'CATAMARAN'.
'made by' is the link.
(Other definitions for catamaran that I've seen before include "Quarrelsome woman" , "Two-hulled boat" , "One vessel" , "Twin-hulled craft" , "raft of logs" .)