Friendship Sloop Races Celebrated Maine's Boatbuilding Tradition
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The Friendship Sloop has no real birth, but was gradually developed around 1880 from the fishing and lobstering needs of the men of Muscongus Bay on the Maine coast...Before the turn of the century one could see Friendship Sloops all over the bay engaged in seini....
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Last weekend, 23 Friendship Sloops returned to Rockland, Maine for the annual July regatta featuring the Maine-made boats. Friendship Sloops were once used as lobster boats but have found new life as classic yachts.
Here is a short bit of the boat's history from the Friendship Sloop Society:
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