Devon Yawl Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · centerboard

Rig

Yawl

LOA

16' · 4.88 m

Disp.

950 lbs · 431 kg

First year

1968

Launched in the spring of 1968, the Devon Yawl represents a highly successful bridge between historic West Country maritime tradition and modern glassreinforced plastic construction. Conceived by Michael Quick, the boat was designed to capture the performance, safety, and seakeeping qualities of the legendary Salcombe Yawl—an allwood local development class that traced its ancestry back two centuries to the rugged, open fishing boats of the South Devon coast. While the wooden Salcombe Yawls were beautiful, they were notoriously expensive to build and demanding to maintain. Quick sought to democratize this highly capable hull shape by taking a mold from a successful wooden hull, pairing it with a durable GRP deck and cockpit, and establishing a strict onedesign class that made coastal daysailing and club racing accessible to families and shorthanded cruisers.