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Friendship Sloop
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<p>The Friendship sloop, also known as a <a href="/facts/Muscongus_Bay/rUxocdxE">Muscongus Bay</a> <a href="/facts/Sloop/TyvqvLLU">sloop</a> or lobster sloop, is a <a href="/facts/Gaff_rig/bQp8oKvf">gaff-rigged</a> working boat design that originated in <a href="/facts/Friendship%2c_Maine/Ac6yFDIq">Friendship, Maine</a> around 1880 and has survived as a traditional-style <a href="/facts/Sailboat/1dygt5l1">sailboat</a>. </p>