Melora III
Melora III is an auxiliary ketch designed by A. Mylne & Co. and built in 1959 by Bute Slip Dock, Bute. Design number 430, she measures 35 feet on the waterline with a beam of 12.4 feet and draft of 6.5 feet. Her sail area is 1,008 square feet. The vessel was fitted with a Ford Mermaid 81 horsepower engine in 1993. Melora III remains in existence.
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By 1959, when Melora III was designed, A. Mylne & Co. had established a forty-year track record in yacht design, shifting increasingly towards practical cruising vessels suited to British and northern European waters. The auxiliary ketch—combining sail efficiency with engine independence—had become a staple configuration in the office's output. Design 430 sits within a cohort of similar-sized cruising yachts from this decade, reflecting Mylne's pragmatic approach to post-war recreational sailing. Scottish builders such as Bute Slip Dock remained key partners in realizing these designs, maintaining the traditional links between design office and construction yard that characterized Mylne's practice throughout the twentieth century.