Editing Yawl (section)

===Scotland: yawl/yole/yoal===
In the North of Scotland, yawl is [[cognate]] with yole or yoal. There are examples in both [[Shetland]] and [[Orkney]], with type and local variations in design. The Shetland boats include foureens and sixareens; the names denote the number of oars they were designed to use. Both also had sailing rigs, usually a single masted dipping lug. A sixareen was typically {{convert|24 to 25|feet|abbr=off}} long overall. The foureen was around {{convert|20|feet|abbr=off}} overall. Other smaller Shetland types were the [[Yoal|Ness Yole]] and the [[Fair Isle]] Yole. Sixareens and foureens were used in the haaf fishery catching white fish species such as [[cod]] and [[Pollachius virens|saithe]] with [[Longline fishing|long line fishing]]. These undecked sixareens operated between 30 and 50 miles offshore, sometimes within sight of Norway. The foureens ventured up to 20 miles offshore (where they "sank the land"; i.e. when the land had just sunk below the horizon, it was 20 miles away). Until the 19th century, most of these boats were built in Norway and then transported to Shetland disassembled, where they were put back together again. It appears that the Norwegian boatbuilders built specific types of craft to meet the needs of the Shetland market, as these boats differed somewhat from the ones used in Norway.{{sfn|Chivers|2015}}{{sfn|March|2005a|pp=31-75}}{{sfn|White|1950|p=44}} Surviving examples and a replica of some of these Shetland boats are in the [[Shetland Museum]].{{sfn|Shetland Museum}}

The Orkney yoles had more beam than their Shetland counterparts. This allowed slightly more sail to be set, so these were two-masted with standing lug rigs.{{sfn|White|1950|p=44}}