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Salvage recovery crews in Italy slowly raised the sloop from the seabed over three days using one of Europe’s most powerful floating sea cranes.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
According to Yle’s sources, Cruise ordered his sloop from Nautor Swan in February.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
Today, the colonial-era port Nelson's Dockyard is a UNESCO World Heritage Site complete with two boutique hotels, a museum, local craft shops, cafes and restaurants, and a marina filled with everything from stately sloops to gaudy megayachts.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
According to Yle’s sources, Cruise ordered his sloop from Nautor Swan in February.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
Today, the colonial-era port Nelson's Dockyard is a UNESCO World Heritage Site complete with two boutique hotels, a museum, local craft shops, cafes and restaurants, and a marina filled with everything from stately sloops to gaudy megayachts.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Sloop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloop. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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sloop
noun
: a sailboat with one mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail and jib
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