Word: yawl
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Originally it was a lifeboat on a yacht belonging to Novelist Zane Grey. They put masts on it and called it a yawl, the Grey Ghost. Fishermen Eli Kelly and James McKinley sailed it out in December and were crippled by a storm. Before the Grey Ghost drifted ashore on Santa Catalina Island, Fishermen McKinley was dead and Fisherman Kelly was, by agreement, a cannibal, still alive but half-crazed (TIME, Jan. 3, 10). Fisherman George McShallis of San Pedro, Calif., salvaged the Grey Ghost and sailed to San Clemente to ply his trade...
...German Consulate at London had never heard of it Dutchmen were dubious about its continued existence. But Skipper Farson's faith was great. With a crew of one (his wife) and high credentials from the Chicago Daily News he braved the uncertainty in a 26-foot power yawl, the Flame...
...named to take Cummings' place in the combination, it is expected that H. H. Fuller '23 will land the position. When the news of Hubbard's accident reached Cambridge, officials were not able to reach Fuller, but learned that on Sunday he had left for Red Top in his yawl. Since he had a favoring northwest wind today, he will probably arrive tomorrow, and will begin work immediately...
...mission wishes the two men to take their motor-yawl, the "Northern Messenger", from Battle Harbor, on the Newfoundland Labrador to Harrington on the Canadian Labrador, a distance of about 250 miles. They will be needed for this work in the latter half of June, and, after taking the boat to Harrington will remain there throughout the summer as volunteer workers...
...what they have not done. One Amherst student took one of our boys back to school and college, and several others have done the same thing for short periods and sent us back invaluable helpers. Some have brought down boats--a Harvard crew took a 45 foot power yawl from Boston to Labrador in seven days, keeping the open all the while. Some have both held Sunday services and helped in Sunday classes...