Yoal
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The yoal, often referred to as the ness yoal, is a clinker-built craft used traditionally in Shetland, Scotland. It is designed primarily for rowing, but also handles well under its traditional square
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Yawl
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A yawl is a type of boat. The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig, to the hull type or to the use which the vessel is put.
Yoal
…for rowing, but also handles well under its traditional square sail when running before the wind or on a broad reach. The word yoal is a variant of yawl. Until about 1860, yoals were imported in kit form from the area around Bergen in Norway. The traditional small wooden boats were known as either…
A yawl setting a genoa, main, and mizzen
The Drascombe Lugger is rigged as a yawl with a gunter mainsail and a leg o'mutton mizzen, sheeted to an outrigger.