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Gaff rigged sloop, 1899. A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast [1] typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. [note 1] Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or as a gaff-rig with triangular foresail(s) and a gaff rigged mainsail.
Catalina 27 racing on San Francisco Bay. Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler . [1] Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat manufacturers in the world, with over 80,000 boats ...
The Fish class sloop, also known informally as the Fish Boat, is a one-design sailboat designed in 1919 by New Orleans resident Rathbone DeBuys, [1] member of the Southern Yacht Club. It is reputed to have been the most popular sailboat racing class on the US Gulf Coast in the early 20th century [ 2 ] and was the Gulf Yachting Association one ...
Sailboat. A typical monohull sloop with Bermuda rig. Sailboat on Lake Constance, Germany. A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Friendship Sloop in c. 1920. Fiberglass Friendship Sloop Bay Lady (launched in 1979) Diagram of a 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.
Design. The Widgeon 12 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with a loose-footed mainsail, a nearly plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces 180 lb (82 kg) and the fiberglass centerboard ...
Total sail area. 362.70 sq ft (33.696 m 2) Racing. D-PN. 83.8 (suspect) ← International One Design. [edit on Wikidata] The Shields, also called the Shields 30 and the Shields One-Design, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens as a one design racer and first built in 1962. [1][2][3][4][5]
Total sail area. 119 sq ft (11.1 m 2) [edit on Wikidata] The Cape Cod Mercury 15, also called the Mercury Sloop and just the Mercury, is an American trailerable sailboat and sailing dinghy, that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and first built in 1940. [1][2][3][4][5] The design is sometimes confused with the unrelated Ernest Nunes 1939 ...