The
Salcombe Yawl is a small sailing dinghy restricted class native to
SalcombeThere is another town named Salcombe, also known as Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth in east Devon.Salcombe is a town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England....
in South
DevonDevon is a large county in England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, although that is an unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county itself and often indicating a traditional or historical context. The county shares borders with Cornwall to the west and Dorset and Somerset to...
. It is about the size of a Merlin Rocket, that is and about 180 have been built of which 80% are still in use. It is build traditionally by hand from mahogany, and is clinker built. The centre plate is cast iron, but more recent Yawls have bronze plates. While it is rigged as a
ketchA ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward. If a ketch is not rigged for jibs...
with the mizzen ahead of the rudder post, the label yawl is probably derived from a corruption of the word yole, meaning a small inshore fishing boat.
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The
Salcombe Yawl is a small sailing dinghy restricted class native to
SalcombeThere is another town named Salcombe, also known as Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth in east Devon.Salcombe is a town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England....
in South
DevonDevon is a large county in England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, although that is an unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county itself and often indicating a traditional or historical context. The county shares borders with Cornwall to the west and Dorset and Somerset to...
. It is about the size of a Merlin Rocket, that is and about 180 have been built of which 80% are still in use. It is build traditionally by hand from mahogany, and is clinker built. The centre plate is cast iron, but more recent Yawls have bronze plates. While it is rigged as a
ketchA ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward. If a ketch is not rigged for jibs...
with the mizzen ahead of the rudder post, the label yawl is probably derived from a corruption of the word yole, meaning a small inshore fishing boat. Designers, work within the class restrictions, adding innovations to each vessel. It is raced in two classes depending on the age of the boat. A newly built boat in 2009 would cost £40,000 while a second hand vessel would be half of that. There is a glassfibre derivative with aluminium spars called a Devon Yawl. The mould for this was taken from a 1968 Salcombe Yawl and because of the nature of its construction is a one-design. There are approximately 300 Devon Yawls and they are built both in the UK and USA.
Class Information
Salcombe Yawl
| Crew: |
2 - 3 |
| Length: |
4.88 m |
| Beam: |
2.13 m |
| PN: |
0 |
| Hull Weight: |
381 kg |
| Trapeze: |
0 |
| Spinnaker: |
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| Sail Area: |
16.24 sq m |
| Spinnaker Area: |
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| Year Designed: |
1938 |
| Insurance Group: |
3 |
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