New Ship: The Sloop
The official Pirates of the Burning Sea website has published a new Ship: The Sloop. Also included are 6 new screenshots, and a new wallpaper. You can also see the screenshots, as usual, in our Pirates of the Burning Sea Gallery.
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03/20/2004
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The sloop design, like the cutter, evolved from the bezaan jacht. This type of craft was commonly used by the Dutch early in the 17th century, with one of the earliest known draughts dated 1657. (For more information on the bezaan jacht, see the article on the cutter.) The sloop and the cutter are remarkably similar but the sloop seems to have been the earlier development. In a painting of Charles II's arrival at Rotterdam in 1660, a bowsprit rigged example remarkably similar to what would be later called a Bermuda Sloop and identified as belonging to the Prince of Orange is depicted. Charles became enamored of the craft after sailing on it, so in 1661 the Prince of Orange had another craft identical to his own built and presented to Charles, who promptly named it Bezan after its rig.
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