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A Bermuda sloop, the most common version of the sloop in modern sailing vessels [1]: 52 Gaff rigged sloop, 1899. In modern usage, a sloop is a sailboat with a single mast [2] generally having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail abaft (behind) the mast. It is a type of fore-and-aft rig.
The masthead rig has larger and more headsails, and a smaller mainsail, compared to the fractional rig. The major advantage a masthead sloop has over a fractional one, is that the jib is larger. Since the jib has no mast in front of it to cause turbulent airflow over it, it is considered much more efficient than the main, especially for sailing ...
Air draught: masthead height in metres Sail Area: summed upwind surface area of mainsail and headsails in square metres Displacement: displaced volume of water, upright, at rest, in metric tonnes Hull material: build material of the hull Propulsion: number of engines and their power in kilowatts
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The Paceship Chance 32/28 (Chance 32) is a small recreational keelboat.It has a masthead sloop rig, a skeg-hung rudder, and a fixed fin keel.The boat has a draft of 5.75 ft (1.75 m). [1]
It has a fractional sloop masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed stub keel with a centerboard. It displaces 2,100 lb (953 kg) and carries 625 lb (283 kg) of ballast. [1] Starting in 1980, a number of boats were built with a masthead sloop rig and known as the MacGregor 25 MH. [1]
It has a masthead sloop rig or optional yawl rig, with aluminum spars. It has a slightly spooned raked stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 16,800 lb (7,620 kg) and carries 6,500 lb (2,948 kg) of lead ballast. [1] [3]
The Morgan Out Island 41 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop or optional ketch rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem, a conventional transom, a center cockpit equipped with a ship's wheel for steering and a fixed long or fin keel.