Sloop

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Sloop

Crew
Max crew	7
Max swabbies	3
Hold
Mass (kilograms)	13,500
Volume (liters)	20,250
Stations
Navigation	1
Sailing/Rigging	3
Carpentry	2
Bilging	2
Gunnery	1
Battle Nav
Move tokens per turn	4
Cannon size	small
Cannons aboard	4
Cannon shots per move	1 per side
Max Damage: (SF) / (Sink)
Small cannon balls	6 / 10
Medium cannon balls	4 / 6.66
Large cannon balls	3 / 5
Blockade
Influence diameter	1
Min crew	3
Swabbie Ship Transport
Max Swabbies	4
Cost Per League	20 PoE
Construction Costs
Doubloons	20
Basic Labor	160
Skilled Labor	60
Expert Labor	N/A
Wood	66
Iron	50
Sail cloth	75
Tan cloth	N/A
Lacquer	N/A

A sloop is a type of ship, the smallest available. As the easiest ship to crew and run, as well as the cheapest, it enjoys widespread use, both everyday and in events.

1 Pillaging
2 Blockade Use
3 Rooms and Furnishings
4 Historical Notes
5 External Links

Pillaging

The sloop is the mainstay of pillaging pirates everywhere. New officers benefit from the sloop's small, easier-to-manage crew and maneuverability, while old salts can use the small crew requirement to finely tune the ship's might rating.

Blockade Use

Due to their fragility, sloops have very limited use in real blockades. When a buoy or two are far separated from large point clusters (and the large ships contesting them), a sloop can occasionally claim points for at least a few rounds. In this situation, though, a dhow is usually preferred. Since the sloop does not influence any tile except the one it occupies, if it is to contest points, its location will always be known. This, coupled with its fragility, leads to a sloop either sinking or becoming irrelevant to the blockade score in short order.

With only three crew necessary for influence, however, they are often used in event blockades. (On subscriber oceans this many pirates aboard must be subscribers.) There, they give many more people the chance to navigate in a blockade setting. Even before the advent of coded event blockades, sloops were used in blockade-board games such as Bumper Sloops and Ketchy cubby.

Rooms and Furnishings

A sloop has three scenes: The main deck, main hold, and crow's nest. The total paint required to recolor a sloop is 66 units.

Sloop

Crow's Nest

Floor plan

Notes:

The crow's nest scene is rarely shown in the main window. By climbing to the crow's nest, pirates gain a bird's-eye view of the surrounding environment. While sailing or deported, the view shows nearby vessels in the main window. In battle, it shows an enlarged battle board. In both cases, the main window is used for what puzzling pirates see in their minimap.

Paint:
- Railing: 2 units
Special items:
- This deck has no special items.
Props:
- This deck has no props.

Main Deck

Floor plan

Paint:
- Sideboard: 29 units
- Railing: 35 units
Special items:
- Leave the ship
- 1 hold
- 1 carpentry station
- 4 gunnery stations
- 1 navigation station
- 3 sailing stations
Props:

Barrel
Crate
Powder bag

Main Hold

Floor plan

Paint:
- This deck cannot be painted
Special items:
- 1 booty chest
- 1 navigation table
- 2 bilging stations
- 1 carpentry station
Props:

Crate
Crate o'limes
Posters

Pyramid of barrels
Rum barrel

Historical Notes

The ship now known as the sloop was at one point called a small sloop, while a cutter was called a large sloop. Eventually the cutter was given a more distinctive name and the "small" prefix was dropped from the name of its little sister.