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<h2 id="origins">Origins</h2> <p>The name originates from the <a href="/facts/Dutch_language/yIB5lbsx">Dutch</a> <i>sloep</i>, which is related to the <a href="/facts/Old_English/9rsmQG2a">Old English</a> <i>slūpan</i>, to glide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The original Dutch term applied to an open rowing boat.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>: 49 A sloop is usually regarded as a single-masted rig with a single headsail and a fore-and-aft mainsail. In this form, the sloop is the commonest of all sailing rigs – with the Bermuda sloop being the default rig for leisure craft, being used on types that range from simple cruising dinghies to large racing yachts with high-tech sail fabrics and large powerful winches.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>: 48–53 If the vessel has two or more <a href="/facts/Headsail/kasjrq2h">headsails</a>, the term <a href="/facts/Cutter_(boat)/qcc6eXzX">cutter</a> is usually applied, though there are regional and historic variations on this. A boat with a forward mast placement and a fixed bowsprit, but more than one headsail, may be called a sloop. The <a href="/facts/Friendship_sloop/y9jenAM1">Friendship sloop</a> is an example of this. Particularly with historic craft, categorisation as a cutter may rely on having a running bowsprit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>: 49–55 </p> <h2 id="variations">Variations</h2> <p>Before the Bermuda rig became popular outside of Bermuda in the early 20th century, a (non-Bermudian) sloop might carry one or more square-rigged topsails which will be hung from a topsail yard and be supported from below by a crossjack.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>A sloop's headsail may be masthead-rigged or fractional-rigged. On a masthead-rigged sloop, the <a href="/facts/Forestay/J1bNDvf0">forestay</a> (on which the headsail is carried) attaches at the top of the mast. On a fractional-rigged sloop, the forestay attaches to the mast at a point below the top. A sloop may use a <a href="/facts/Bowsprit/mEqp2zIN">bowsprit</a>, a spar that projects forward from the <a href="/facts/Bow_(ship)/7IMvUGon">bow</a>. </p> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mast_aft_rig/tsgkBSBm">Mast aft rig</a>, a single mast rig with a mast further back than a sloop or cutter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chialoup/HX6Hv2Fn">Chialoup</a>, an historical type of sloop produced in the <a href="/facts/East_Indies/yG3DlwsE">East Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bermuda_sloop/BARrXDSl">Bermuda sloop</a>, originally used for a type of sea-going, sloop-rigged vessel. Today used for any Bermuda-rigged sloop</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bermuda_Fitted_Dinghy/gm50kHIN">Bermuda Fitted Dinghy</a>: a scaled-down sloop used for racing in Bermuda</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sloops. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"SLOOP | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12. <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sloop" target="_blank">https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sloop</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Bennett, Jenny (2005). Sailing Rigs, an Illustrated Guide. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-243-7. <a href="1-86176-243-7" target="_blank">1-86176-243-7</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Sloop". dictionary.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019. <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sloop" target="_blank">https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sloop</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Bennett, Jenny (2005). Sailing Rigs, an Illustrated Guide. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-243-7. <a href="1-86176-243-7" target="_blank">1-86176-243-7</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Bennett, Jenny (2005). Sailing Rigs, an Illustrated Guide. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-243-7. <a href="1-86176-243-7" target="_blank">1-86176-243-7</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Bennett, Jenny (2005). Sailing Rigs, an Illustrated Guide. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-243-7. <a href="1-86176-243-7" target="_blank">1-86176-243-7</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Fallows, Samuel (1885). Progressive Dictionary of the English Language. Progressive. p. 148. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>