Friendship Sloop
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The Friendship Sloop is a style of gaff-rigged sloop 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. The Friendship sloop was the dominant style of fishing boat off the coast of Maine until the introduction of the diesel engine early in the 20th century. Friendship-area boat builder Wilbur A. Morse produced many examples from the 1880s to the 1910s. Modern reproductions, both wooden and fiberglass, remain popular among enthusiasts.
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