Errant
Errant is a sailing yacht of 25 feet waterline length, designed by A. Mylne & Co. as design number 443 in 1961. She was built that same year by Bute Slip Dock, located on the Isle of Bute. The vessel was equipped with a two-cylinder 25 bhp Volvo Penta oil engine fitted in 1975. With a beam of 9.5 feet, draft of 6 feet, and sail area of 550 square feet, Errant was a modest cruising yacht of the period.
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Lines PlanDesign No. 443
Errant
Designed 1961
Historical Context
Design 443 was produced during a period when A. Mylne & Co. continued to serve Scottish boat owners with medium-sized cruising designs. The early 1960s represented a transition in British yacht design: traditional wooden construction was still standard, but mechanical propulsion was becoming routine equipment rather than auxiliary backup. Bute Slip Dock, as a builder on the Isle of Bute, was part of the broader Clyde-based maritime industry that sustained Scottish yacht construction through the mid-twentieth century. The addition of the Volvo Penta engine in 1975 reflects the modernisation of small cruising vessels during the 1970s.