The yoal, often referred to as the ness yoal, is a clinker-built craft used traditionally in Shetland, Scotland. It is designed primarily for rowing, but also handles well under its traditional square sail when running before the wind or on a broad reach.

Feb 19, 2020 · The Ness yoal is a type of six-oared boat, originally designed and used for commercial dorro (handline) saithe fishing. Saithe (known in the United States as pollock) feed along the edge of tidal strings or races.

What is a Ness Yoal? “A light, supple, open boat of the southern Shetland Islands; engaged in inshore fishing, sealing and general transportation.” –from Aak to Zumbra: A Dictionary of the World’s Watercraft

Nov 5, 2009 · The Yoal, often referred to as the Ness Yoal, is a small sailing craft (clinker built) used traditionally in the Shetland Islands. It is designed primarily for rowing, but which also handles well under her traditional square sail when running before the wind or on a broad reach.

As a hull type, yawl may refer to many types of open, clinker-built, double-ended, traditional working craft that operated from the beaches of Great Britain and Ireland. These boats are considered to be linked to the Viking or Nordic design tradition.

Apr 19, 2020 · Jim and Tommy Harper were unstinting of their time in outlining Ivy’s history and – harder for an outsider to follow – the highly specialised nature of the Ness yoals’ use and the peculiarities (and dangers) of the waters in which they worked: the fishing techniques of the yoal crews demonstrated in part through gear that still lay around.

færing is the ancestor of one of Shetland’s boat types, the Ness yole. What is the Shetland boat? There are at least eight different types of boat that are considered to be, or termed ‘Shetland boats’. These types of boats are as follows: • the fourern or fourareen or foureen; • sixern or sixareen; • Fair Isle yole;

The yoal, often referred to as the ness yoal, is a clinker-built craft used traditionally in Shetland, Scotland. It is designed primarily for rowing, but which also handles well under its traditional square sail when running before the wind or on a broad reach.

The Shetland Ness Yoal was built at the National Museum of Scotland in 2000 to celebrate traditional Scottish craftsmanship. It took Ian Best about 150 hours to build. She’s made of larch, oak and pine and fastened with copper and stainless steel.

The Yoal, often referred to as the Ness Yoal, is a small sailing craft (clinker built) used traditionally in the Shetland Islands. It is designed primarily for rowing, but which also handles well under her traditional square sail when running before the wind or on a broad reach.