Jean
Jean is a wooden yacht of 19 ft waterline, designed by A. Mylne & Co. as Design 19 in 1899 and built by McGruers on the Clyde. The vessel measures 7.25 ft in beam and 4.5 ft draft, with a sail area of 350 square feet. Current status and location of the yacht are not known.
Ownership
No ownership records held for this vessel.
Crew
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Design Archive
Sail PlanDesign No. 19
Jean
Designed 1899
Historical Context
Design 19 was produced by A. Mylne & Co. in 1899, a year when the practice was building its portfolio of cruising and day-sailing designs. The Clyde remained Scotland's principal yacht-building centre, and McGruers was among its respected builders. Mylne's designs of this period typically balanced seaworthiness with modest dimensions, appealing to amateur sailors and small-scale owners. Jean exemplifies the modest-sized craft that formed part of Mylne's broader design philosophy—practical, able vessels that could be built and maintained by yards of varying scale. The lack of recorded subsequent history reflects the challenges of tracing smaller vessels from this era, particularly those that may have been rebuilt, renamed, or lost without formal documentation.