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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

yawl sailing vessel, usually fore-and-aft rigged, with a large mainmast forward. It carries a mainsail and jibs and a much smaller mizzenmast abaft the rudder post. In the United States yawls are in wide use as yachts. Author not available, YAWL. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

jolly-boat
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology jolly-boat ship's boat. XVIII. of unkn. orig.; cf. app. synon. † jolywat , gellywatte (XV–XVII), and YAWL . Read more

yacht
World Encyclopedia yacht Boat used for sport and recreation, powered by sail or motor. Sailing yachts, which are usually fore and aft rigged, vary from 6m (20ft) to more than 30m (98ft) long and include cutters, schooners, ketches, sloops, and yawls, Those fitted with diesel or petrol engines are usually classified Read more

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	Flotilla sets sail to mark milestone for Humber yawl club ; A Flotilla of old and new river craft will sail out into the Humber on Saturday, to mark the 125th anniversary of the Humber Yawl Club. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph; 6/2/2008; 487 words ; ... mark the 125th anniversary of the Humber Yawl Club. Around 70 of the club's 130 vessels ... Humber and we are very proud of it." Humber Yawl Club's south bank mate, Tom Baggott, of ... vessels and possibly catamarans. The Humber Yawl Club was formed in 1883 by members of the ... Read more
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	The water lily: Ben Canaider looks at the relationship between Sir James Hardy and the boat that was born around the same time he was, the old yawl Nerida. (Profile).(Brief Article) Offshore Yachting; 4/1/2002; Canaider, Ben; 551 words ; ... shipwright and designer Alfred Milne. Hardy senior wanted a stylish yawl, with a low coach house to ensure a good profile. Being 6'2 ... he was killed by an error of navigation. Originally a Bermuda yawl, Nerida was changed to a cutter in the 1940S after being sold ... Read more
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	Shipwright builds on a maritime ancestry Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 8/9/2008; 787 words ; ... he had been commissioned to build a new yawl for the Royal Navy's most famous warship ... Ministry of Defence to build a new 25-foot yawl for HMS Victory, the world's oldest commissioned ... visitors. Will's larch and oak clinker-built yawl, which will take roughly four months to ... Read more
	Banff training project sails in on target Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 4/24/2007; John Thomson; 303 words ; ... construction of an 18ft clinker-built Zulu yawl which will be based at Banff's new marina ... the young generation how to sail." The yawl was publicly unveiled and named Shaka at ... competition in the school to pick a name for the yawl and chose Shaka after a king of the Zulu ... Read more
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