Glenafton
Glenafton is an auxiliary ketch of 42 feet designed by A. Mylne & Co. under design number 458 and built in 1967 by Bute Slip Dock, located in Bute. The vessel was fitted with a Volvo D7A TA oil engine of 85 brake horsepower, allowing independent propulsion when sail was insufficient. With a beam of 15.2 feet and draft of 9.2 feet, Glenafton was conceived as a capable cruising vessel combining the versatility of auxiliary power with the efficiency of ketch rig. The yacht is presently laid up.
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Glenafton represents A. Mylne & Co.'s continuing engagement with auxiliary ketch design during the 1960s, a period when the firm maintained a steady output of cruising yachts balanced between sail and power. The auxiliary ketch remained a favoured type for independent cruising, particularly among British and Northern European operators who valued the redundancy of two masts and the modest fuel consumption of a small auxiliary engine. Bute Slip Dock, the builder, was a modest but competent facility; construction in 1967 places Glenafton near the end of that decade's building activity. The specification of a Volvo D7A engine—Swedish manufacture, reliable and efficient—was typical of Scottish and Northern European yacht building practice. Mylne's design practice extended from the 1890s through the 1970s, and Glenafton reflects the pragmatic, proven approaches to cruising yacht design that characterised the firm's later decades.