Breeze
ex Ellis
Also known as: Essex Breeze
Breeze is a 20-foot sailing yacht designed by A. Mylne & Co. in 1923 (design number 286) and built by W Smith of Walton-on-Naze. Originally registered as Ellis, the vessel is fitted with a 4-cylinder 25 BHP Newage petrol motor and carries 433 square feet of sail. With a beam of 8 feet and draft of 4.08 feet, the design represents the modest cruising yacht market of the interwar period. The yacht remains in existence.
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Lines PlanDesign No. 286
Breeze
Designed 1923
Historical Context
A. Mylne & Co. was established in 1896 and became one of Scotland's most prolific yacht design offices. The 1920s represented a mature phase of the practice, following the post-First World War revival of leisure sailing. Design 286 belongs to a substantial body of small-to-medium cruising yacht designs produced during this decade, when Mylne balanced commissions for substantial sea-going vessels with practical, economical designs for amateur sailors. The Walton-on-Naze builder W Smith was one of several English yards executing Mylne designs, reflecting the designer's nationwide reputation. Breeze exemplifies the understated engineering philosophy applied to cruising yachts during the interwar period—functional, seaworthy, and suited to modest berthing and crew requirements.