Yawl (3.4.2009)

Definitions of Yawl on the Web:

• a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
• howl: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
• a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
  

• A yawl (from Dutch Jol) is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mizzen mast well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom. A small mizzen sail is hoisted on the mizzen mast.