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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.

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Contents
  • 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.

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