Silent Swift
Silent Swift is a small sailing yacht designed by A. Mylne & Co. under design number 433. The vessel measured 12 feet on the waterline with a beam of 9 feet and a draft of 0.8 feet, indicating a shallow-draft design suitable for coastal or inland waters. The year of design, builder, and current status of the vessel remain unknown. The register holds limited documentation for this design.
Ownership
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Crew
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Specification
Design Archive
StructureDesign No. 433
Silent Swift
Historical Context
Design 433 falls within the middle decades of A. Mylne & Co.'s productive period. The office, established by Alfred Mylne in 1896, was known for designing vessels across a wide range of sizes and types—from small cruising yachts to large seagoing craft. The shallow-draft characteristics of Silent Swift suggest it may have been conceived for a specific client requirement or market segment focused on accessible cruising. However, without dating of the design or builder records, its chronological position within the firm's output and the context of contemporary yacht design practice cannot be precisely established. The lack of surviving documentation is not uncommon for smaller designs from this era, particularly those that may not have been widely published or heavily promoted.