Glendhu

ex Glen Dhu

Built 1950W A Clapham

Glendhu, originally named Glen Dhu, is a wooden yacht of the Glen Class design built in 1950 by W A Clapham at Bangor, Co Down. The vessel measures 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6.5 feet and a draft of 4 feet, carrying 267 square feet of sail. She was constructed to A. Mylne & Co. design number 400, which was developed in 1945. The yacht remains in existence.

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Specification

LOA (spar)8.5 m · 28 ft

LWL5.5 m · 18 ft

Beam2.0 m · 7 ft

Draft1.2 m · 4 ft

Sail area267 sq ft

TM tonnage3.5

Details

Built1950

Yard number22

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

Current locationHamble

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG22

Design Archive

Misc

Design No. 400

Glen Class

Designed 1945

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Sister Yachts

37 other vessels built to the same design.

Historical Context

The Glen Class was introduced in 1945, a time when A. Mylne & Co. was designing for a market anticipating renewed leisure sailing once wartime restrictions were lifted. The design emerged from the office's long experience with small cruising and day-sailing yachts, types that had remained part of the practice even during the war years. Glendhu's construction by W A Clapham in 1950 reflects the pattern of Mylne designs being built by builders across Scotland and Ireland. The five-year interval between design publication and this vessel's completion is typical of post-war building programmes, as materials became available and commissioning resumed. The Glen Class appears to have been a modest but enduring design, producing multiple examples over several years.

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