Use of sloop in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include sloop at the start of sentence, sloop at the end of sentence and sloop in the middle of sentence

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sloop at the end of sentence


  1. An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.
  2. It was, in short, a sledge rigged like a sloop.
  3. 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.

sloop in the middle of sentence


  1. A sloop that had run foul of the submerged reef.
  2. A sloop may also use a racing or cruising spinnaker.
  3. Here's another example of a sloop with a Bermuda rig.
  4. A small sloop with a mainsail, jib, and keel but no bowsprit.
  5. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward.
  6. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming her along to windward.
  7. In a Bermuda-rigged sloop the mainsail has a tall, triangular shape.
  8. A sloop took me out to the ship which dipped and rose wildly in the harbour.
  9. A white sloop moved upriver in the dark, a little mystery of grace and stealth.
  10. The sloop HMS Gannet protected British trade routes and did anti-slavery patrol in the 19th century.
  11. I had a brother - in - law , Robert Holmes , master of a sloop that traded between Boston and Delaware.
  12. But the burning of the sloop in the Bight was to be the only successful venture of the day on their side.
  13. After six weeks at Hispaniola, Standidge and his companions were put on a sloop destined for Rhode Island.
  14. A sloop has a single mast and usually only two sails: the mainsail and a head sail such as a jib or genoa.
  15. Jaguar's appearance and condition belie her age and we believe she is the only Swan 65 sloop in the market.
  16. In all, a ketch carries about the same total square footage of sail area as a sloop of the equivalent size.
  17. In a thight situation, a sloop should try to outrun its enemy, using the ability to outmanoeuvre large vessels.
  18. A ketch therefore uses three primary sails: the mainsail and head sail, as on a sloop, plus the mizzen sail aft.
  19. It has two masts: a traditional mainmast as on a sloop, plus a smaller mast in the rear of the boat, called the mizzenmast.
  20. He was gliding softly through the water towards the deep ultramarine stain the sloop made in the brimming blackness all around.
  21. 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.
  22. If a ketch had larger sails than an equivalent sloop, it would heel more (making sailing less efficient) and be more likely to capsize.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
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