Gleniffer
Also known as: Siolta
Gleniffer is an auxiliary cutter designed by A. Mylne & Co. (design 374) and built in 1936 by Bute Slip Dock on the Isle of Bute. The design was completed in 1935. She is a wooden-hulled cruising vessel of modest dimensions, measuring 33.6 feet on the waterline with a beam of 10.5 feet and draft of 7 feet. Her sail area is given as 1000 square feet. The vessel was later fitted with a Morris petrol engine, dated 1948. Current status and location are not known.
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Design 374 was produced during a period of sustained output at A. Mylne & Co. The 1930s saw the office engaged in designing practical, seaworthy vessels for owner-operators seeking reliable cruising yachts. The auxiliary cutter type — combining sailing and motor propulsion — was well-established in Scottish and British yacht design by this date. Bute Slip Dock, her builder, was one of several small boatyards active on the Isle of Bute during the inter-war years. The later addition of a Morris engine in 1948 reflects the post-war trend of auxiliary motorisation in small cruising yachts, a practical response to changing patterns of yacht use and the increasing availability of reliable small marine engines.