Adastra
Adastra is a motor yacht built in 1946 to design 398 by A. Mylne & Co., a design known as Periwinkle and developed in 1939. She was constructed by Bute Slip Dock on the Isle of Bute. The vessel measures 24 feet on the waterline with a beam of 8 feet and a draft of 5.5 feet, powered by a 2-cylinder 8 BHP Stuart Turner petrol motor. Adastra remains in existence and is part of the historical record of Scottish yacht design during the mid-twentieth century.
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Specification
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Registry & Identity
Design Archive
Sail PlanDesign No. 398
Periwinkle
Designed 1939
Sister Yachts
7 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 398, named Periwinkle, was created by A. Mylne & Co. in 1939, at a time when the office was refining its approach to smaller motor and auxiliary sailing craft. The seven-year gap between design and Adastra's construction reflects the interruption of yacht building during the Second World War; civilian vessel construction effectively ceased from 1939 onward, resuming only after 1945. Adastra was therefore among the early post-war commissions undertaken by Bute Slip Dock, representing the re-establishment of a craft that had been largely dormant for six years. The Periwinkle design, modest in scale and economical in its engineering, proved suitable for a market seeking affordable, practical cruising vessels as peacetime maritime activity resumed. Bute Slip Dock's continued operation through this transition underlines the resilience of Scottish shipbuilding yards in adapting to post-war demand.