The name originates from the Dutch sloep, which is related to the Old English slūpan, to glide. A sloop is usually regarded as a single-masted rig with a single headsail and a fore-and-aft mainsail. In this form, the sloop is th… See more

Before the Bermuda rig became popular outside of Bermuda in the early Twentieth Century, a (non-Bermudian) sloop might carry one or more square-rigged topsails which will be hung from a topsail yard and be support… See more

• Bermuda-rigged sloop. The jib is a headsail. See cutter rig for other examples of headsails.
• Gunter-rigged sloop
• Gaff-rigged sloop with a headsail and a gaff topsail … See more