yawl

Japanese: yawl
yawl

…Modern yachts often have Bermuda sails. (9) Yawl: Similar to a ketch, but the rear sail, or mizzen sail, is much smaller than that of a ketch. In the traditional classification, if the mizzen mast is ahead of the rudder, it is a ketch, and if it is behind the rudder, it is a yawl.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "yawl" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…現代のヨットではバミューダセールが多い。(9)ヨールyawl ケッチとよく似ているが,後ろの帆,すなわちミズンセールがケッチよりずっと小さい。伝統的な分類法では舵軸より前にミズンマストがあればケッチ,後ろだったらヨールということになっている。…

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