What's the difference between headsail and sloop?

Headsail


Definition:

  • (n.) Any sail set forward of the foremast.

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Sloop


Definition:

  • (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina has a populist president who is doing what all populists do: seeking an issue to divert public attention from her government's real problems, which are more to do with inflation and bondholders than anything a British brig-sloop did 180 years ago.
  • (2) The overwhelming majority of ships that go from Libya to Italy are wooden fishing sloops or inflatable dinghies.
  • (3) TV montage music for the season's highlights Sloop John B – the Beach Boys.

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