Fenestra
Fenestra is a cruising yacht built in 1946 by Bute Slip Dock to A. Mylne & Co. design number 398, the Periwinkle class. She measures 24 feet on the waterline with a beam of 8 feet and draft of 5.3 feet, carrying 517 square feet of sail. The design dates to 1939, representing Mylne's pre-war cruising tradition adapted for post-war construction.
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Design Archive
Sail PlanDesign No. 398
Periwinkle
Designed 1939
Sister Yachts
7 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
A. Mylne & Co. operated from 1896 until approximately 1980 as one of Scotland's leading yacht design offices. The Periwinkle design (No. 398), created in 1939, belongs to Mylne's established tradition of cruising yacht design developed during the 1930s. The delayed construction of Fenestra in 1946 reflects the interruption of yacht building during the Second World War and the resumption of activities at Scottish slipways in the immediate post-war years. Bute Slip Dock, her builder, operated as one of several Scottish boatyards capable of constructing vessels to professional designs. Fenestra's post-war build date and modest cruising dimensions typify the pragmatic, seaworthy vessels that Mylne designed for British owner-sailors of the pre- and post-war era.