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Inspired by the original 1926 Q Class sloop, known as Q7 Falcon, aka Lively Lady, which Peter sails regularly around San Diego.
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
An avuncular figure in his 70s with the physique of a man who has enjoyed life, Pier Luigi fell in love with sailing in his late teens, when a family friend took him for a cruise in a sloop.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Ted lifted down a tray of eggs and, pouring a sloop of oil into a pan,cracked one against the edge.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
An avuncular figure in his 70s with the physique of a man who has enjoyed life, Pier Luigi fell in love with sailing in his late teens, when a family friend took him for a cruise in a sloop.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Ted lifted down a tray of eggs and, pouring a sloop of oil into a pan,cracked one against the edge.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Sloop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloop. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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sloop
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: a sailboat with one mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail and jib
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