Merrimac
Merrimac is a wooden yacht built in 1935 by D. Munro & Son of Blairmore to Design 370, known as Meraquita, from the drawing office of A. Mylne & Co. The vessel measures 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 7 feet and draft of 3.25 feet, carrying 258 square feet of sail. Merrimac remains in existence.
Ownership
No ownership records held for this vessel.
Crew
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Specification
Details
Registry & Identity
Design Archive
StructureDesign No. 370
Meraquita
Designed 1934
Sister Yachts
21 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 370, Meraquita, belongs to A. Mylne & Co.'s substantial output of small sailing yachts during the 1930s. The design office, established in 1896, produced hundreds of working and pleasure vessels across all sizes; small craft of this type were particularly common, designed for owner-occupation and amateur sailing. The commission to D. Munro & Son places Merrimac within a network of Scottish builders—Blairmore, on the Cowal Peninsula, was a centre of small wooden boatbuilding. The 1930s saw continued demand for such yachts despite economic depression, reflecting both a tradition of amateur sailing in Scottish waters and the relative affordability of small wooden craft. That Merrimac survives indicates the durability of Mylne designs and the care taken by successive owners.