sloop

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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

Rubio’s 32-foot Westsail sloop, Malulani, departed Dec. 28 bound for Kaneohe, Oahu.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024

Morford-Haines returned to Seattle from Alaska, bought a 25-foot sloop and taught herself to sail.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

As an adult, he sailed on the Chesapeake Bay in his 34-foot sloop, “Wind,” sometimes with a foreign guest on board with whom he talked trade business.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

The Tyroshi were notorious for their avarice, and Ser Rodrik had argued for hiring a fishing sloop out of the Three Sisters, but Catelyn had insisted on the galley.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin