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Sloop, the Glossary

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.^[1]

23 relations: Bermuda Fitted Dinghy, Bermuda rig, Bermuda sloop, Bow (watercraft), Bowsprit, Chialoup, Cutter (boat), Dutch language, East Indies, Fore-and-aft rig, Forestay, Friendship Sloop, Gaff rig, Gunter rig, Mainsail, Mast (sailing), Mast-aft rig, Old English, Sail plan, Sailboat, Sloop-of-war, Spritsail, Square rig.
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Bermuda Fitted Dinghy

The Bermuda Fitted Dinghy is a type of racing-dedicated sail boat used for competitions between the yacht clubs of Bermuda.

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A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. Sloop and Bermuda rig are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Bermuda sloop

The Bermuda sloop is a historical type of fore-and-aft rigged single-masted sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century.

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Bow (watercraft)

The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.

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Bowsprit

The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar extending forward from the vessel's prow.

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Chialoup

A chialoup (or chaloup) was a type of sloop used in the East Indies, a combination of western (Dutch) and Nusantaran (Indonesian) technologies and techniques. Sloop and chialoup are sailboat types.

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Cutter (boat)

A cutter is a name for various types of watercraft. Sloop and cutter (boat) are sailboat types and sailing rigs and rigging.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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East Indies

The East Indies (or simply the Indies) is a term used in historical narratives of the Age of Discovery.

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Fore-and-aft rig

A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing vessel rig with sails set mainly along the line of the keel, rather than perpendicular to it as on a square rigged vessel. Sloop and fore-and-aft rig are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Forestay

On a sailing vessel, a forestay, sometimes just called a stay, is a piece of standing rigging which keeps a mast from falling backwards. Sloop and forestay are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Friendship Sloop

The Friendship sloop, also known as a Muscongus Bay sloop or lobster sloop, is a gaff-rigged working boat design that originated in Friendship, Maine around 1880 and has survived as a traditional-style sailboat.

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Gaff rig

Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. Sloop and gaff rig are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Gunter rig

Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. Sloop and Gunter rig are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Mainsail

A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. Sloop and mainsail are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Sloop and mast (sailing) are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Mast-aft rig

A mast-aft rig is a sailboat sail-plan that uses a single mast set in the aft half of the hull. Sloop and mast-aft rig are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Sail plan

A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig.

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Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.

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Sloop-of-war

During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns.

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Spritsail

The spritsail is a four-sided, fore-and-aft sail that is supported at its highest points by the mast and a diagonally running spar known as the sprit. Sloop and spritsail are sailing rigs and rigging.

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Square rig

Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts. Sloop and square rig are sailing rigs and rigging.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloop

Also known as Sloep, Sloop-rigged, Sloops.