Helen
Helen is a yacht of 30 feet waterline length, designed by A. Mylne & Co. as design number 378 in 1936. She was built that same year by Bute Slip Dock, located on the Isle of Bute. The vessel measures 7.12 feet in beam and 6.45 feet in draft, with a sail area of 850 square feet. Helen remains in existence and is recorded in the A. Mylne & Co. register as a historic example of the office's output during the mid-1930s.
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MiscDesign No. 378
Helen
Designed 1936
Historical Context
The year 1936 fell within the mature phase of A. Mylne & Co.'s practice, after the office had established itself as a leading force in British yacht design. The 1930s saw Mylne producing designs across a range of sizes and types, from modest cruisers to more ambitious racing yachts. Design 378, Helen, sits squarely within the cruiser-racer tradition that dominated middle-class yacht ownership of the period. Bute Slip Dock's involvement reflects the geographic spread of Mylne commissions across the Clyde and its satellite yards. The survival of Helen provides a direct link to this era and the design philosophy of the office, offering historians and enthusiasts physical evidence of the standard construction and specification practices of the time.