Last week, we talked about different larger sailing vessels that were common in the 17th, and 18th. and 19th centuries and how they were used. While much of the same terminology is used to ...

A ketch’s mainmast is forward and its smaller mizzenmast is aft. “In the old days, when they were sailing cargo, the schooner ...

That 247-foot yacht, or sloop as it is known to sailors for its single mast, is anchored in Greenwich Harbor just off Island Beach. It arrived a week ago and will set sail early Wednesday for ...

The 247-foot yacht, brainchild of former Avis Chairman and CEO Joe Vittoria, overcame a number of technical hurdles on its way to becoming the world’s largest single-masted sloop. Twice as heavy ...

In this 2010 photo taken from video and provided by Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates, the stern of an unnamed 60-foot, single-masted sloop, covered in zebra mussels, that may date back to ...

SAUGATUCK — A Holland-based shipwreck group is eager to begin uncovering the story behind a 60-foot-long sloop found at the ... 180 years under water. The single-masted ship dates back as ...

M5, the biggest single-masted sailboat in the world ... The M5 is equipped with two more forward sails, making it a “triple-headed sloop.” Stored in the lazarette are a 29-foot tender ...

Single-masted sloops were replaced in the early 19th ... dies Since there are no known drawings of the Washington, the sloop's discovery will help maritime historians learn more about the design ...

It's the $50 million yacht herself, the world's largest single-masted sloop, sitting at 90m tall, 75m long and equipped with seven cabins. It's good to have a big yacht come up and use Whangarei.