Chicane
Chicane is an auxiliary cutter designed by A. Mylne & Co. as Design 303 and built by A M Dickies of Bangor, Wales in 1926. The vessel measures 38 feet on the waterline with a beam of 12.4 feet and draft of 7.4 feet, carrying 1,698 square feet of sail. Chicane remains in existence and is recorded in the A. Mylne & Co. yacht register as an example of the office's early-period cruising yacht designs.
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Historical Context
A. Mylne & Co. produced Design 303 during the mid-1920s, a period when auxiliary power was becoming standard in cruising yachts. The inter-war years saw steady demand for well-found cruising vessels among private owners. Chicane's dimensions and specification were typical of Mylne's cruising cutter designs of the period: substantial enough for extended passages, yet manageable for small crews. The design emerged from Mylne's established practice of combining traditional sailing qualities with the reliability of an auxiliary engine. A M Dickies in Bangor was among several Welsh and British builders who constructed Mylne designs, reflecting the designer's nationwide reputation and the geographic dispersal of British yacht construction in the 1920s.