The Eidolon, moored at pier number one, the one closest to the sea, carried one square-rigged mast and whatever they called a sloop's mast. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic of Recluce]
The sloop was a pretty craft, clinker built, and about the fastest sailing boat within miles of Cardhaven. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
"Well, a sloop is a pleasant object to a sailor, when he can set nothing better. From Wordnik.com. [Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"] Reference
"And this sloop, which is his property," she thought, "is another expensive possession. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
Conway's sloop came to Alexandria Monday last with a load. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
By means of a fish-fork Jim pitched his catch aboard the sloop. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
They can set as many traps as they can bring on their sloop, and. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Colonel Mason and I went down to Santa Barbara in the sloop-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The Hudson River sloop has been active on the river for some years. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Seeger, Singing With 'Tomorrow's Children'] Reference
These two men, together with their sloop, the Governor brought into. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
You were taken out of the place and put on a sloop against your will. From Wordnik.com. [DANCING ON AIR] Reference
The family with their household goods took sloop on Lake Ontario late in. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Hardly had they finished when a motor-sloop came round the eastern point. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
One sloop, commanded by Joseph Harris, was despatched to Virginia, another to. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
For over an hour Jim held the sloop to an exact course by means of his compass. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
By the time the sloop had cleared the breakers his language had become unprintable. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Besides, it'll give you fellows a good chance to learn how to handle a power-sloop. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The sloop still lay at anchor in its center, but the dory was grounded on the beach. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
A moment more, and the sloop would be on the rocks; yet not a sound came from the thicket. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
It was nearly seven when the sloop was finally unloaded and everything stowed under cover. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
"It's probably something that was like a coastal schooner or brigantine or sloop," he said. From Wordnik.com. [WTC Ship Being Dismantled, Studied] Reference
On board the sloop Jim was soon busily engaged in demonstrating the process of dressing fish. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The overall effect meant the sloop could roar when going upwind — but with a few qualifiers. From Wordnik.com. [Mine’s Bigger Than Yours] Reference
The Lexington was an old ship, changed from a sloop-of-war to a store-ship, with an after-cabin, a. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
In going down to Jamestown on board of a sloop, a sturgeon sprang out of the river, into the sloop. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
Vittoria planned the largest sloop ever, Mirabella V, with a mast that was higher than the boat was long. From Wordnik.com. [Mine’s Bigger Than Yours] Reference
Lying off the shore was a sloop-yacht, and on the beach was a boat; the intention of the men was apparent. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
The ship in question was a 45 foot sloop built during the late prohibition to be a pleasure cruise rum-runner. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Ship - Forgotten] Reference
It probably had one or two masts, was a sloop or a brig, and sailed in the late 1700s and early 1800s, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Md. center studies ship's remains found at World Trade Center site] Reference
A sloop was seen one morning off the mouth of Delaware Bay, floating the flag of France and a signal of distress. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
After his circumnavigation, Mr. Morgan donated American Promise as a training sloop to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. From Wordnik.com. [Dodge Morgan, first American to sail solo, nonstop around the world, dies at 78] Reference
Captain Montgomery commanded at Yerba Buena, on board the St. Mary sloop-of-war, and he had a detachment of men stationed up at. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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