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Arawu

Arawu is a yacht designed by A. Mylne & Co., registered as design number 425. The vessel measured 15 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6 feet 4 inches and draft of 3 feet. Limited information survives regarding her construction, builder, launch date, and subsequent history. The current status of the yacht is not known.

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Specification

LWL4.6 m · 15 ft
Beam1.9 m · 6 ft
Draft0.9 m · 3 ft

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Historical Context

A. Mylne & Co., based in Glasgow, operated as one of Scotland's foremost yacht design offices from 1896 until approximately 1980. The office produced designs ranging from small cruising yachts to larger offshore vessels, serving clients across Britain and beyond. Design 425 falls within the office's portfolio of modest-sized craft, a category that formed a significant part of Mylne's commercial practice. The precise period in which Arawu was designed is not recorded, making it difficult to contextualise her within specific developments in small-yacht design or contemporary market trends. The limited survival of construction and ownership records for vessels of this size reflects broader archival gaps common to early twentieth-century maritime history.

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