Sloop
From LoveToKnow 1911
SLOOP, a type of small sailing-vessels which have one mast rigged "fore and aft," carrying a mainsail, gaff-topsail, jib and fore staysail.
SLOOP: A single masted vessel with working sails (main and jib) set fore and aft.
SNATCH BLOCK: A block that can be opened to admit the bight of a rope, rather than having to feed the end through.
SOLE: Cabin or saloon floor.
Sloops and cutters
The sloop rig and the cutter are almost indistinguishable today. If the boat sets only a single headsail, she is a sloop, of course.
Sloop. One mast stepped farther back then the cat and farther forward than the cutter's. Most pleasure crafts are sloops which carry a jib (fore) and a mainsail (aft).
Sloop
A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay.
sloop
A single-masted sailboat in which the mast is set forward of midships.
sole
The deck floor.
sloop - A style of sailboat characterized by a single mast with one mainsail and one foresail. Also see cutter.
Sloop- a boat with a single mast set forward.
Sound- To measure the depth of water by means of a lead line or echo sounder.
Soundings- Depths as they appear on charts.
SloopA single masted vessel with working sails (main and jib) set fore and aft.
SpliceTo permanently join two ropes by tucking their strands alternately over and under each other.
Sloop - A fore-and-aft rigged single masted vessel with one head sail set on a forestay. In a fractional-rigged sloop, the forestay and jib sheet are located a distance below the top of the mast.
Sloop: A sloop is a small, one-masted, fore-and-aft rigged vessel; they were generally family concerns.
bermuda sloop
The most “classic' rig with a triangular mainsail and a jib
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Sloop
Aft: Towards the stern of a vessel.
Articles: A paper that all the members of the crew of a ship signs to say what their position aboard will be. In modern terminology, perhaps, a contract of employment or intent.
SLOOP-A sailing vessel with one mast and one sail (a jib) before the mast.
SPAR-General term for masts, booms, whisker poles, etc.
STANDING RIGGING-The shrouds and stays and other rigging not moved in working the boat.
A sloop whose headstay reaches the mast head.
Mast Step
A recess or fitting in a vessel's keel into which the base of the mast is positioned.
Masthead Sloop - the most popular rig, having a single mast with two sails. The forward sail is called a jib. The aft sail is the Mainsail, or Main. Sometimes called the Marconi Rig or the Bermuda Rig.
For a small sloop, cutter or yawl, a pole mast is preferable ; but all boats more than twenty feet on the water line should be fitted with topmasts, the rigging of which is shown in the cut.
sloop: a sailboat with a single mast that is stepped not more than one third of the way aft from the bow. A sloop usually carries only one headsail.
Similar to a sloop except that there are at least two triangular sails forward of the mast. The mast is stepped farther aft than a sloop, creating a larger foretriangle.
Cutter: similar to a sloop in that there is only one mast, but it is stepped further aft and she can carry two headsails at once (forestaysail and jib). Often has a bowsprit to enlarge the foretriangle.
Gaff rigged Sloop
Gale--Force 8 on the Beaufort wind scale 34 to 40 knots of wind.
Galley: - The kitchen of a ship.
Gallows- A frame used to rest the boom when the sail is down.
This brief lesson is designed to teach some general sailing concepts but all the information presented here isn't necessarily applicable to both standard sloops (with triangular sails and deep keels) and the square-rigged longship Munin.
An optional inner forestay adds a staysail to the equation, although the boat is a sloop by design. There are two keel options, the standard deep-draft model that draws 7 feet, 6 inches and the shoal option with a 5-foot, 11-inch keel.
It is the principal power on a modern racing sloop when beating. Also called a jenny gimbal 1. A device that suspends a compass so that it remains level; 2.
You are aboard a 46/47 foot sloop, well found in all respects- GPS, autopilot, you name it, this is a vessel that could take on the Atlantic. It is a beautiful night, the wind is right, and you are making good time. You come off a wave and BOOM! ...
Most are single-masted "Bermuda sloops" (not to be confused with the type of traditional Bermudian ship known as a Bermuda sloop), ...
sloop -- A boat with a sailplan comprisimg a jib headsail and a mainsail.
snubber -- a spring line tied from the boat to chain rode, usually near the water's surface. It helps disperse tension forces.
It was successfully employed on small sailing boats, cutters, schooners, sloops and on the jigger mast of great sailing ships - the barques and barquentines. On the stamp to the right you can see a gaff sail without a boom.
This is Captain's Manual for sloop Victoria, a Victoria 18 sailboat. All official captains of Victoria must be familiar with the material in this manual, and as a pre-requisite, all the information in the Victoria Crewmember's Manual.
There are three single-masted rigs: the sloop rig, with the mast less than one-third of the overall length abaft the headstay; the cutter, whose mast is more than one-third of the boat's overall length abaft the headstay; and the cat rig, ...
In a sail with a boom (such as a mainsail on a sloop), the clew is attached to the boom, and can often be tightened along the boom using the outhaul to adjust the sail shape.
A two-masted vessel, sloop or cutter rigged on the foremast, with the mizzen mast aft of the rudder-head. (back)
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cutter
Single-masted sailboat similar to a sloop, but with the mast farther aft to allow for a double headsail.
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A sailboat with one mast and rigged a mainsail and two headsails. Also see sloop.
Cutwater
The front edge of the boat.
Cutter:
A single masted sailboat similar to a sloop except sails are arranged so that many combinations of areas may be obtained. A sail plan with two headsails, a main jib and a smaller staysail set between the jib and the mast.
This sail can act as a weather vane and help keep the bow pointed into the wind. On a sloop, a small sail, riding sail, can be set on the backstay. This technique can be used in conjunction with a sea anchor.
Their dimensions were enlarged far beyond those limits which it had been customary to give vessels in that class, and their force on many occasions exceeded the greater part of the British sloops of war, nearly equalling some of the minor frigates.
Sloop: A single-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a single headsail set from the forestay.
Spanker: The after sail of a sailing ship or bark.
Spar: A pole or a beam.
Spreaders: Small spars between the mast and shrouds.
curtainsAttachable front and side enclosures that protect the helm area from weather. cutterSingle-masted sailboat similar to a sloop, but with the mast farther aft to allow for a double headsail.
Current-The horizontal movement of water.
Club footed jib - A jib with a boom or "club" on the foot of the sail.
Cutter- A sailboat with one mast and rigged a mainsail and two headsails. Also see sloop.
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Aft, Sail, Deck
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