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YACHT - A sailboat or powerboat used for pleasure, not a working boat.

YACHT - A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power.

YACHT BROKER - Form of coastal marine life found in many harbors in the Northern Hemisphere generally thought to occupy a position on the evolutionary scale above algae, but somewhat below the cherrystone clam.

YANKEE - A foresail flying above and forward of the jib, usually seen on bowsprit vessels.

YARD - a spar usually fixed horizontally to a mast to support a sail.

YARDARM - That part of the yard that lies between the lift and the outer end

YARN - A sea tale.

YAW - To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea.

YAWING - The motion of a ship when she deviates from to the right or left.

YAWL - Southern version of ahoy.

YAWL BOAT - Smaller powered boat used to provide steerage-way when not under sail