<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Muscongus Bay sloops</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Friendship sloops</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>sloops</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>fishing vessels by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Morse sloops</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Muscongus Bay boats</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Muscongus Bay lobster boats</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Muscongus Bay sloop</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>boats, Muscongus Bay</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lobster boats, Muscongus Bay</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sloops, Morse</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sloops, Muscongus Bay</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Centerboard sloops with mainsail and jib, usually 16 to 26 feet LOA (length overall), developed during the mid-nineteenth century around Muscongus Bay, Maine, for lobstering and fishing off the Maine and Massachusetts coasts; forerunners of Friendship sloops. ]]></note></mads>