Trondra
ex Maranathea
Trondra is a wooden auxiliary cutter designed by A. Mylne & Co. and built in 1949 by Bute Slip Dock on the Isle of Bute. Registered under design number 414, she was originally named Maranathea. The vessel measures 22.9 feet on the waterline with a beam of 8.1 feet and a draft of 4.7 feet, carrying 460 square feet of sail area. She remains in existence and represents a mid-twentieth-century example of Mylne's auxiliary designs.
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Historical Context
Design 414 was created in 1948, during A. Mylne & Co.'s mature period. The late 1940s saw strong demand for small cruising vessels as peacetime leisure resumed. The auxiliary cutter type—combining sail with engine power—had become the preferred configuration for serious amateur cruisers. Mylne's office, operating from Glasgow, had established a substantial catalogue of designs across multiple size ranges by this date. Bute Slip Dock, located on the Isle of Bute, was one of several Scottish builders who executed Mylne designs. The choice of wood as the construction material reflects the continuing preference for timber-built yachts in the immediate post-war period, before the gradual adoption of marine plywood and fibreglass in the 1950s and beyond.