Periwinkle
Periwinkle is a sailing yacht built in 1948 at Bute Slip Dock to design 398 by A. Mylne & Co. The design itself dates to 1939. She measures 24 feet on the waterline with a beam of 8 feet and draft of 5.2 feet, carrying 515 square feet of sail. Originally equipped with a two-cylinder 10 bhp Albinco petrol motor fitted in 1967, Periwinkle remains in existence.
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Registry & Identity
Design Archive
Sail PlanDesign No. 398
Periwinkle
Designed 1939
Sister Yachts
7 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 398 emerges from A. Mylne & Co.'s prolific inter-war period, when the office produced designs across multiple size ranges and types. The nine-year gap between design (1939) and build (1948) reflects the disruption of World War II and the gradual recovery of private yacht construction in Scotland thereafter. Bute Slip Dock's commission of the design speaks to the regional reputation of Mylne's work in west-coast yards. Post-war construction of pre-war designs was economically rational: proven designs required no new development outlay, and builders possessed the original lofts and building plans.