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YAL or Yal can mean:
- Yal (boat)
- Yal, another name for the Adar River, South Sudan
- Yazh, or yāḻ, an ancient Tamil harp
- Young Australia League
- The IATA code for Alert Bay Airport
- Young Americans for Liberty
- Boeing YAL-1
Yal (from to ) – Russian and Soviet Naval transom stern light weight rowing- boat with one removable mast and sailing gear. A small yal is sometimes called a yalik, the diminutive form of yal. Yals have been used as life-boats, mooring boats, supply boats, and small fishing boats since the 19th century.
Yals can be used for communication with the shore, working alongside a larger boat (as for mooring operations, kedge operations, etc.), for light cargo or personnel transportation, or for supply operations. They are also popular for sport and tourism purposes.
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.