This article is about a historical type of sailing vessel. For the general class of one-masted sailing vessels, see Sloop. For rigs with a triangular mainsail, see Bermuda rig.
Bermuda sloops at anchor and under sail
The Bermuda sloop is a historical type of fore-and-aft rigged single-masted sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century. Such vessels originally had gaff rigs with quadrilateral sails, but evolved to use the Bermuda rig with triangular sails. Although the Bermuda sloop is often described as a development of the narrower-beamed Jamaica sloop, which dates from the 1670s, the high, raked masts and triangular sails of the Bermuda rig are rooted in a tradition of Bermudian boat design dating from the earliest decades of the 17th century.[1] It is distinguished from other vessels with the triangular Bermuda rig, which may have multiple masts or may not have evolved in hull form from the traditional designs.
^Chapelle, Howard Irving (1930). The Baltimore Clipper: Its Origin and Development. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486257655.
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