page_title: Yal (boat)
section_title: Four-oar yal
hierarchical_section_title: Yal (boat) / Four-oar yal
caption_attribution_description: Four-oared yawl of Boat Base Monterey of The Naval Engineering Institute, St.Petersburg (Pushkin) Russia
context_page_description: Yal – Russian and Soviet Naval transom stern light weight rowing-boat with one removable mast and set with the sail. A small yal is sometimes called a yalik, the diminutive form of yal.
  Yals were used as life-boats, mooring boats, boat for kedge operations, supply boats, boat for works alongside the ship, boat for communication with the shore and for personnel transportation, small fishing boats since the 19th century.
  Yals are popular for sport and tourism purposes also.
  The six-oar, four-oar and two-oar yals have one mast used to support two quadlilateral standing split-lug sails. Wooden yals are constructed of oak keels, stem and stern posts, ash thwarts and gratings, and pine or laminated glued spruce strakes.
  Types of yals according to the materials used for the manufacture of distinguished, the last digit means the maximum quantity of oars:
  Wooden – ЯЛ-6, ЯЛ-4, ЯЛ-2
  Veneer – ЯЛШ-6, ЯЛШ-4, ЯЛШ-2
  Plastic – ЯЛП-6
  Alloy – ЯЛА-6
context_section_description: Length – 5.26 m
  Width – 1.61 m
  This yal is able to carry up to eight people.
  The four-oared yal is rigged with a split-lug sail on a single mast, and sometimes can be supplied with outboard motor. Often referred to as a "gig" (gichka in Russian).Able to transport light goods or people.
caption: Four-oared yal of Boat-Base Monterey sailing in Moss Landing, California, 2002
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