yawl
Sign in to savethumb|right|A yawl setting a Genoa (sail)|genoa, main, and mizzen thumb|The lines plan of a Royal Navy yawl, dated 1799. The transom stern differentiates this type from the double-ended, clinker-built working craft.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- The sailing rig
- Origins
- Rig characteristics
- Current examples
- The hull type
- Scotland: yawl/yole/yoal
- Norfolk and Suffolk Beach Yawls
- Ship's boat
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|A yawl setting a Genoa (sail)|genoa, main, and mizzen thumb|The lines plan of a Royal Navy yawl, dated 1799. The transom stern differentiates this type from the double-ended, clinker-built working craft.
A yawl is a type of boat. The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig (or sailplan), to the hull type or to the use which the vessel is put.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “yawl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.