Merle
Merle is a wooden yacht built in 1938 by D. Munro & Son at Blairmore to A. Mylne & Co. Design 370, known as Meraquita. The design was completed in 1934. Measuring 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 7 feet and draft of 3.25 feet, Merle carried 258 square feet of sail. The yacht survives to the present day. This entry records her place within the A. Mylne & Co. design office output during the pre-war period.
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Registry & Identity
Design Archive
StructureDesign No. 370
Meraquita
Designed 1934
Sister Yachts
21 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 370 emerges from A. Mylne & Co.'s prolific output during the 1930s, when the Glasgow-based office was at the height of its influence in Scottish and broader British yacht design. The interwar period saw sustained demand for small wooden cruising yachts and day-sailers among amateur owners and sailing clubs. D. Munro & Son's decision to build to a Mylne design reflects the designer's established reputation for practical, seaworthy small craft. The 1934 completion of the Meraquita design, followed by Merle's construction four years later, situates this yacht within a cohort of similar vessels produced during the final years before the Second World War disrupted yacht building and leisure sailing. The survival of Merle into the present day is noteworthy, as wooden vessels of this age and size face considerable challenges in preservation.