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Awhile back I wrote about the merits of the yawl rig and posted James McMullen's Instructions on How to Use the Yawl Rig.
Here is a great image showing perhaps the greatest use for the mizzen: lying head-to-wind while the helmsman or crew moves forward to set or strike the sail.