Jul 20, 2025
2025 Friendship Sloop Homecoming Regatta, Rockland, Maine
Fujifilm X-T100 / Deitz 70-210mm 1:3.8
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2025 Friendship Sloop Homecoming Regatta, Rockland, Maine
Fujifilm X-T100 / Deitz 70-210mm 1:3.8
@bare-cove
“ Friendship Sloop “ ... The Friendship sloop, also known as lobster sloop, is a style of gaff-rigged sloop that originated in Friendship, Maine around 1880. Fishermen in Friendship and neighboring Bremen collectively originated the design, one influenced by the fishing sailboats of Gloucester, Massachusetts, particularly the schooner Fredonia of 1889. Although familiar as a pleasure craft today, the Friendship sloop was the traditional fishing boat used off the coast of Maine, especially for lobstering, until the introduction of the gasoline engine early in the 20th century. Friendship-area boat builder Wilbur A. Morse produced many examples from the 1880s to the 1910s.
One man could manage its single-masted rig and haul traps unassisted, yet the boat could carry sizable loads. With an open cockpit aft, and a small forward cabin outfitted with bunks and a stove, it made fishing during cold weather much less arduous than in an open boat. In the 1880s these sloops ranged from 16–20 feet long but over time they became significantly larger. Modern reproductions, both wooden and fiberglass, remain popular among enthusiasts.
Friendship sloops are not identical in size or shape, but they share a common design and appear similar. All are gaff-rigged, with a mainsail, a staysail and normally a jib. They may additionally have a topmast with a main topsail and jib topsail (flying jib). They all have a full keel, an elliptical stern and a bowsprit. They can range from 21' to 50' but most are between 25' and 31' in length (on deck). (copied from Wikipedia)
Friendship Sloop Gladiator, Rockland, Maine
Fujifilm X-T100 / Deitz 70-210mm 1:3.8
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“ 2018 Friendship Sloop Parade “ ... One boat [at the 7:00 minute mark] even has a Mermaid along for the ride !
The Friendship Sloop Amity, built in 1901.
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A 48′ Wheelhouse Schooner
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