The Friendship Sloop is a style of gaff-rigged sailboat originated in Friendship, Maine around 1880. Fishermen in Friendship and neighboring Bremen collectively originated the design, one influenced by the fishing boats of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Friendship sloop was the dominent style of fishing boat off the coast of Maine until the introduction of the diesel engine in the early part of the 20th century. Modern reproductions, both wooden and fiberglass, remain popular among enthusiasts, most of them members of the Friendship Sloop Society. Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the mainsail is a four-cornered fore-and-aft rigged sail controlled at its head by a spar called the gaff. ... Friendship is a town located in Knox County, Maine. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Bremen is a town located in Lincoln County, Maine. ... Gloucester is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, it is a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by being suddenly exposed to the high temperature and pressure of a compressed gas containing oxygen (usually atmospheric air), rather than a separate source of ignition... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...