Talk:Jolly Boat (Laurent Giles)

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[edit] Yawl versus ketch

The Yawl article tells of an older sense in which a yawl has a small mizzen set back to allow rowing, and a main about as big as a sloop would have. Well it seems to me a Jolly Boat's main is quite small. Here are some pictures to be found on the web: The picture in this advert [1] shows the mizzen is about in line with the foremeos part of the rudder, making it debatable. See also pictures here [2] and scanned brochure. AJS Marine called it a yawl: were they using the older sense? Billlion 08:48, 29 May 2007 (UTC)