Lufra
Lufra represents Design No. 39 from the drawing board of A. Mylne & Co., conceived in 1898 during the office's formative years. The design survives in the Mylne archive, though the original vessel's subsequent history—builder, launch date, and ultimate fate—remains undocumented. This record reflects the state of available evidence and invites further research to illuminate Lufra's place among Mylne's early commissions.
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Design Archive
Design No. 39
Lufra
Designed 1898
Historical Context
Design No. 39 emerges from A. Mylne & Co.'s earliest period, just two years after Alfred Mylne's establishment of the office in Glasgow in 1896. The late 1890s saw rapid growth in yacht design practice as leisure sailing expanded among the affluent and the industry professionalized. Mylne's designs of this era reflect both traditional Scottish yacht-building practice and the emerging influence of modern naval architecture. Few vessels from this pioneering phase are comprehensively documented; Lufra's design survives, but its construction history has not yet been traced. The register's inclusion of such incomplete records serves both as historical testimony and as an appeal for community research to fill archival gaps.