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What is a sloop?

What is a sloop? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
  2. (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
  3. A sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
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You don't want to miss stays and be stuck dead in the water as a frigate fires a full broadside at your small sloop.
An optional gunter sloop rig makes for a very seamanlike rig, and one ideal for young people to learn to sail with.
The 31 was offered as a sloop or with a double headsail arrangement commonly called a cutter.
When a sloop is hove to she is stopped in the water by her foresail being sheeted aback, on the windward side.
Fortunately, the skipper has both dogs, as well as kids and crew, in life jackets aboard the family sloop Off Call.
Matt followed Katherine's lead and moved out onto the tiny foredeck of the sloop.

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