Keywords: Sloop Shadow.jpg Herreshoff sloop Shadow built in 1871 was the first instance of a compromise sloop borrowing a noticeable keel from the British cutters and keeping the beam and lofty rig of yankee sloops She topped the Eastern Seaboard rankings for over ten years until she was finally surpassed as the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company focused on steamyachts and torpedo boats for the Navy instead of sailboats LOC-image det 4a04992 1890-06-17 PD-Detroit Boats under sail Black and white photographs Shadow ship 1871 |