Scoter
Scoter was a wooden yacht of 17 feet waterline, designed by A. Mylne & Co. as Design 63 in 1901 and built by McAllister of Dumbarton. With a beam of 6.2 feet and draft of 2 feet, she carried 250 square feet of sail. The vessel's current status and location are not known. This register entry records the design and construction details from the A. Mylne & Co. archives.
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Specification
Details
Design Archive
Design No. 63
Unnamed Design
Designed 1901
Historical Context
Design 63 was created during the first decade of A. Mylne & Co.'s practice, a period when the office was establishing itself as a leading designer of small and medium-sized yachts on the Clyde and beyond. The early 1900s represented a period of active design production, with Mylne creating vessels across a range of sizes and types. Scoter's modest dimensions and simple rig were characteristic of practical yacht design of the period, reflecting both the technical conventions and the practical demands of Scottish yachting at the turn of the century.
