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sloop (n)
- plural
- sloops
English Definitions:
sloop (noun)
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
sloop (Noun)
A single-masted sailboat with only one jib.
sloop (Noun)
A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
sloop (Noun)
a sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig. In the USA a sloop may have one, two or three head-sails forward of the mast—the term cutter not generally being used for sailboats. In the rest of the English speaking world, a sloop has only one head-sail and if a vessel has two or more head-sails, she is termed a 'cutter' and her mast may be set further aft than on a sloop. The commonest rig of modern sailboats is the Bermuda sloop. Typically, a modern sloop carries a mainsail on a boom aft of the mast, with a single loose-footed head-sail forward of the mast. Sloops are either masthead-rigged or fractional-rigged. On a masthead-rigged sloop, the forestay attaches at the top of the mast. The mainsail may be smaller than the headsail, which is then called a genoa jib. On a fractional-rigged sloop, the forestay attaches to the mast at a point below the top, typically 3/4 of the way to top, or perhaps 7/8 or some other fraction. The mast of a fractional-rigged sloop may be placed farther forward, and compared to a masthead-rigged sloop, this results in a rather smaller jib relative to the size of the mainsail.
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