Emblem One

Historical Context

Alfred Mylne (1881–1960) was a Scottish yacht designer of considerable reputation, known for work across multiple vessel types and sizes. His archive, now held in institutional care, comprises hundreds of designs spanning several decades of professional practice. Not all designs in Mylne's catalogue were built, and documentation varies considerably in completeness. Design 502 exists as a set of drawings but lacks the supplementary records—commissioning correspondence, client information, construction records, or launch details—that would normally establish a design's history. This is characteristic of many historical design collections, where drawings survived but associated paperwork was lost or never systematically preserved.