sloop
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Look at him in the photograph here, circa 1977, the year he won the America’s Cup helming the 12-meter sloop, Courageous.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Marks told Barron’s in 2021 that he owns a Danish-built sloop named Linnea that he had been fixing up for years, and sailed it in the Chesapeake Bay.
From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025
I had a Baltic 37, a sloop, that was a beautiful sailing boat, and I’d go out with a couple of friends and enjoy the day.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
The sloop also dismasted off the Falkland Islands while the team was in second place on Leg 7.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023
The sloop Amelia from Santo Domingo had anchored with a cargo of coffee, which had spoiled during the voyage.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing sloop
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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