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Steven Callahan After successfully sailing across the Atlantic solo in his 6.5-meter sloop, Steven Callahan started the trip home in January of 1981.
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John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
Another thing Horus has over a classic car or sloop is space.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
Then a great storm arose, mountainous seas, and the sloop was destroyed.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
Up top, the 72DH sports a Bermudan sloop rig comprised of a carbon mast and boom from Hall Spars, nitronic rod rigging and electric Lewmar winches.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2022
The owner is an experienced yachtsman who drew up his Sea Eagle II wish list while sailing aboard his previous 142-foot sloop (also named Sea Eagle).
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023
Built in Maine and christened the Clearwater, Seeger’s sloop sailed into New York Harbor for the first time on Aug. 1, 1969.
—Thom Duffy, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
On a two-sail boat like this one (called a sloop), the emphasis is on the mainsail (B), the sail nearer the stern (H), which is the rearmost or aft part of the boat.
—Caleb Paine, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2021
On a rainy Friday in the Bahamas, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge headed to Montagu Beach for one of the country's first sailing regattas since the start of the pandemic, where the couple cheered on young sailors from the Royal Nassau Sailing Club helming iconic Bahamian sloop boats.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 25 Mar. 2022
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John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
Another thing Horus has over a classic car or sloop is space.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
Then a great storm arose, mountainous seas, and the sloop was destroyed.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
Up top, the 72DH sports a Bermudan sloop rig comprised of a carbon mast and boom from Hall Spars, nitronic rod rigging and electric Lewmar winches.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2022
The owner is an experienced yachtsman who drew up his Sea Eagle II wish list while sailing aboard his previous 142-foot sloop (also named Sea Eagle).
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023
Built in Maine and christened the Clearwater, Seeger’s sloop sailed into New York Harbor for the first time on Aug. 1, 1969.
—Thom Duffy, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
On a two-sail boat like this one (called a sloop), the emphasis is on the mainsail (B), the sail nearer the stern (H), which is the rearmost or aft part of the boat.
—Caleb Paine, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2021
On a rainy Friday in the Bahamas, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge headed to Montagu Beach for one of the country's first sailing regattas since the start of the pandemic, where the couple cheered on young sailors from the Royal Nassau Sailing Club helming iconic Bahamian sloop boats.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 25 Mar. 2022
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Dutch sloep
First Known Use
1629, in the meaning defined above
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“Sloop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloop. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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: a sailboat with one mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail and jib
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