Editing Bermuda sloop (section)

{{Short description|17th century sailing vessel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{About|a historical type of sailing vessel|the general class of one-masted sailing vessels|Sloop|rigs with a triangular mainsail|Bermuda rig}}
[[File:Bermuda sloop - privateer.jpg|300px|thumb|right|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 rig]]s 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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyUAOjBlAE8C&pg=PA10|title=The Baltimore Clipper: Its Origin and Development|last=Chapelle|first=Howard Irving|date=1930|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=9780486257655|language=en}}</ref> 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.