Boat 1
Boat 1 is a wooden Gunter-rigged yacht built in 1923 to A. Mylne & Co. design number 263, which was developed in 1919. Constructed by Bute Slip Dock at Bute, the vessel measured 16 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6.25 feet and draft of 3 feet. The design carried 200 square feet of sail area. The current status and whereabouts of the vessel are not known.
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Sister Yachts
5 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 263 was created during a period when A. Mylne & Co. was actively designing small cruising yachts and working boats suited to coastal and loch sailing in Scotland. The office, established in 1896, had developed considerable expertise in modest, practical designs alongside its reputation for larger sailing yachts and motor vessels. The 1919 design year places this Gunter within the post-First World War recovery period, when there was renewed demand for small craft. Bute Slip Dock, the builder, was an established shipyard on the Isle of Bute, a centre of Scottish yacht construction. The gap between design (1919) and build (1923) is not uncommon in yacht records and may reflect commissioning timescales or yard capacity.