MDA Waterways Object Name Thesaurus
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yard
A horizontal spar of wood or metal, often circular in cross section,from which a square sail is hung.

UF yard armLink to term
CL componentsLink to hierachy
BT rigging componentLink to term
RT halyardLink to term
NT mastLink to term

yard arm

USE yardLink to term

Yare and Bure One Design
A class of racing half deckers designed by Ernest Woods; carvel built in wood or GRP; gunter rig; about 100 built; 20 feet long and bowsprit.

UF white boatLink to term
CL transportLink to hierachy
BT competitive craftLink to term
BT sail propelled boatLink to term

Yarmouth One Design
Obsolete class of larger sailing dinghy carrying lugsail and jib.

CL transportLink to hierachy
BT recreational craftLink to term
BT sail propelled boatLink to term

yeoman
A class of 20 feet half deckers designed by Leslie Landamore in GRP to control maintenance costs; Bermuda rigged sloop.

CL transportLink to hierachy
BT recreational craftLink to term
BT sail propelled boatLink to term

Yorkshire keel
Divided between tidal and non-tidal types. The non tidal Yorkshire keels worked on the Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations.The tidal Yorkshire keels worked on the Humber and the Mersey and were a foot less deep in the hold than Humber keels.

UF broad boatLink to term
UF coal boatLink to term
CL transportLink to hierachy
BT keel (boat)Link to term
NT henpeekedLink to term
NT iron spoutLink to term
NT West Country keelLink to term
RT Humber keelLink to term
NT Humber sloopLink to term

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