1. An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.

2. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward.

3. But the burning of the sloop in the Bight was to be the only successful venture of the day on their side.

4. A sloop took me out to the ship which dipped and rose wildly in the harbour.

5. A white sloop moved upriver in the dark, a little mystery of grace and stealth.

6. A sloop has a single mast and usually only two sails: the mainsail and a head sail such as a jib or genoa.

7. The sloop HMS Gannet protected British trade routes and did anti-slavery patrol in the 19th century.

8. In a thight situation, a sloop should try to outrun its enemy, using the ability to outmanoeuvre large vessels.

9. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming her along to windward.

10. A sloop uses what is called a Bermuda or Marconi rig: the tall, thin, triangular mainsail we're all so used to seeing on the water.

11. A sloop that had run foul of the submerged reef.

12. Here's another example of a sloop with a Bermuda rig.

13. In a Bermuda-rigged sloop the mainsail has a tall, triangular shape.

14. A small sloop with a mainsail, jib, and keel but no bowsprit.

15. A sloop may also use a racing or cruising spinnaker.

16. Jaguar's appearance and condition belie her age and we believe she is the only Swan 65 sloop in the market.

17. He was gliding softly through the water towards the deep ultramarine stain the sloop made in the brimming blackness all around.

18. After six weeks at Hispaniola, Standidge and his companions were put on a sloop destined for Rhode Island.

19. At around 9 pm, the captain and crew of the Liberty, who were as opposed to paying British taxes as John Hancock, imprisoned the tidewaiter on the sloop.

20. A ketch therefore uses three primary sails: the mainsail and head sail, as on a sloop, plus the mizzen sail aft.

21. This means that the mainsail and head sail of a ketch are generally smaller than on a sloop, but the mizzen sail roughly makes up the difference.

22. A popular rig for midsize cruising boats is the ketch, which is like a sloop with a second, smaller mast set aft, called the mizzenmast.

23. If a ketch had larger sails than an equivalent sloop, it would heel more (making sailing less efficient) and be more likely to capsize.

24. It has two masts: a traditional mainmast as on a sloop, plus a smaller mast in the rear of the boat, called the mizzenmast.

25. It was, in short, a sledge rigged like a sloop.

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26. I had a brother - in - law , Robert Holmes , master of a sloop that traded between Boston and Delaware.

27. In all, a ketch carries about the same total square footage of sail area as a sloop of the equivalent size.

28. If you are looking for a cruising sailboat, depending on your preferred size range, you may be choosing between a sloop and a ketch, the two most common types of cruising sailboats.

29. The primary advantages of a ketch are that each of the sails is usually somewhat smaller than on a sloop of equivalent size, making sail handling easier.

30. Zac Sunderland arrived in Marina aboard his 36 - foot sloop Intrepid at about 10 am local time.

1. An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.

31. So it's not the sail area that matters when deciding between a sloop and a ketch, but differences resulting from having that area spread over three rather than two sails.

32. He is coming to enter his new sloop, the Guinevere, in next summer's International Cup Race; and also to have a little canvasback shooting at Trevenna.

33. For example, with the wind at an intensity that a sloop might have to double-reef the main to reduce sail area, a ketch may sail very well under just jib and mizzen.