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Yawls (sailing vessels)

Scope note

Two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged vessels in which the foremast is larger than the mizzen mast and is set abaft the rudder post; for similar fore-and-aft-rigged vessels, but with the smaller, mizzen, mast set forward of the rudder post, use "ketches (fore-and-aft-rigged vessels)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212982

Broader Terms used

<fore-and-aft-rigged vessels>

Equivalent Terms used

yawl (sailing vessel)

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12yrs ago

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