Northward
Northward was a sailing yacht designed by A. Mylne & Co. as Design 327 and built by McGruers at their Clyde yard in 1930. The vessel measured 35.6 feet on the waterline with a beam of 11 feet and draft of 7.3 feet, carrying 1,016 square feet of sail. No record of the yacht's subsequent history, current location, or existence has been retained in available records.
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StructureDesign No. 327
Northward
Designed 1930
Historical Context
Northward was designed during the mature phase of A. Mylne & Co.'s practice, when Alfred Mylne's office was producing a steady succession of cruising and racing designs for British and international owners. The early 1930s saw the firm balancing traditional gaff-rigged and bermuda-rigged designs with evolving construction and rig practices. McGruers, located at Clynder on the Clyde, was among Scotland's foremost yacht builders and had collaborated with Mylne on numerous commissions. Design 327 represents one of hundreds of yachts produced by the partnership between the design office and Clyde builders during this period, though its specific commissioning circumstances and subsequent history remain unrecorded.