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The performance sloop will showcase the Brit’s signature contemporary styling, with a reverse bow for maximum waterline length and a sleek hull for effortless cruising.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2024
The first was a 131-foot sloop, which Walker replaced five years later with a 171-footer.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
In 2005, the first South African yacht to challenge for the America’s Cup hit a whale with its 12-foot keel during training near Cape Town, stopping the 75-foot sloop dead in the water, injuring two crewmembers and snapping off both steering wheels.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
Baltic Yachts just unveiled a new sloop with a striking pastel-pink hull.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2024
The first was a 131-foot sloop, which Walker replaced five years later with a 171-footer.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
In 2005, the first South African yacht to challenge for the America’s Cup hit a whale with its 12-foot keel during training near Cape Town, stopping the 75-foot sloop dead in the water, injuring two crewmembers and snapping off both steering wheels.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
Baltic Yachts just unveiled a new sloop with a striking pastel-pink hull.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Sloop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloop. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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sloop
noun
: a sailboat with one mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail and jib
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