Merlin
Merlin is a wooden yacht built in 1935 by D. Munro & Son of Blairmore to A. Mylne & Co. Design 370, named Meraquita. With a waterline length of 18 feet, a beam of 7 feet, and a draft of 3.25 feet, she carries 258 square feet of sail. The vessel remains in existence and represents the output of A. Mylne & Co. during the interwar period, when the practice was producing designs across a range of sizes for owner-builders and professional yards.
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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 during a productive phase of A. Mylne & Co., the Glasgow-based firm founded in 1896 by Alfred Mylne. By the 1930s, the practice had established a strong reputation for sound, practical designs suitable for both racing and cruising. The mid-1930s saw Mylne designing across multiple size brackets, from small day boats to larger cruising yachts, often working with regional builders such as Munro. D. Munro & Son's location at Blairmore, in the Cowal Peninsula, positioned the yard to serve west coast sailing circles. The survival of Merlin reflects both the durability of carefully designed wooden hulls and the continuing relevance of modest cruising vessels from this period.