Vandra
Vandra is a sailing yacht built in 1946 by Bute Slip Dock to A. Mylne & Co. design number 398, originally titled Periwinkle. The design was created in 1939. At 24 feet on the waterline with a beam of 8 feet and draft of 4.3 feet, Vandra carries 517 square feet of sail and is fitted with a two-cylinder Stuart Turner petrol motor dating to 1946. The yacht 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, named Periwinkle when conceived in 1939, represents A. Mylne & Co.'s design philosophy during a period of economic constraint and anticipation of wartime restrictions. Small cruising yachts of this type were practical responses to the market conditions of the late 1930s and immediate post-war years. Bute Slip Dock, as a builder of Mylne designs, was one of several Scottish yards executing the office's commissions. Vandra was built in 1946, during the early post-war recovery when civilian yacht construction resumed after wartime suspension. Such vessels embodied the modest, functional approach that made A. Mylne & Co. designs accessible to a broad range of owners whilst maintaining the design integrity the office was known for.