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Categories: Yawls Ship types Fishing vessels Sailing vessels and rigging Sailboat types Articles lacking sources from February 2007 All articles lacking sources |
Summary Of: YawlThe yawl was originally developed as a rig for commercial fishing boats... largely due to the remarkable ability of a yawl to be trimmed to follow a compass course accurately despite minor wind shifts... and the yawl has generally fallen out of favor... The yawl is often confused with the... post whereas the mizzen on a yawl is aft of the rudder post... while on a yawl it is mainly used for the purposes of trim and balance... In consequence the mizzen sail of a yawl tends to be smaller... The mainsail of a yawl will be similar in size to that of a similarly sized and proportioned sloop... a yawl rig is the sail and mast configuration that suits a yawlboat... The common definition of Yawl and Ketch using the rudderpost does not reflect the nautical tradition and was created by... used the rudder post definitions of ketch and yawl so they had a cut and dried definition for measuring sail so boats could be... boats fulfilling their new and arbitrary definition of Yawl and Ketch receiving slightly different handicaps... The Humber Yawl Club was created in England on the...Encyclodia Page On: Yawl |
