Design No. 65
Unnamed Design
Design 65 is a yawl design from the archive of Alfred Mylne, the Scottish naval architect renowned for his work in yacht design during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The design is documented within Mylne's comprehensive collection of drawings and specifications, though certain details regarding its original commissioning, construction, and subsequent history remain incomplete in the available records.
Original Drawings · 5 sheets
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Historical Context
Alfred Mylne practised as a naval architect in Scotland throughout a career spanning several decades. Yawls formed a significant part of his design output, suited to both cruising and racing applications. The yawl configuration—a two-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with the smaller mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudderhead—offered practical advantages in handling and versatility. Mylne's extensive design archive, preserved as a historical record, documents hundreds of vessels across various types and sizes, though not all commissions are equally well-documented. Design 65's presence in the archive, represented by five drawings, indicates its place within Mylne's broader professional practice, even where fuller provenance details remain obscure.