Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. YAG (Yard Auxiliary, General) training vessels are wooden boats built between 1954 and 1958, and based at CFB Esquimalt in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. The vessels are used for training Canadian Forces regular naval officers, naval reservists, and members of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in basic seamanship, vessel handling, and navigation. According to the Department of National Defence, "in 2000, a total of 1830 personnel were deployed on the YAGs for a total of 585 days and steamed over 25,000 nautical miles (46,000 km) in support of training." YAGs displace 70 tonnes, and are divided into five major below-decks compartments: right forward, a chain locker, then the forward cabin, containing the galley, one of the heads (washrooms) and the officers'' eating and sleeping areas, as well as the gyroscopic (gyro) compass.