Wathara
Wathara is a sailing yacht built in 1948 by A D Riddle & Sons at Seaforth to design number 398, known as Periwinkle, which originated in 1939 from the A. Mylne & Co. design office. The vessel measures 23 feet on the waterline with a beam of 8.1 feet and draft of 4.5 feet, carrying 740 square feet of sail. She is fitted with an 8 HP Rotary Engine (N.S.U. '69). The yacht remains in existence.
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Specification
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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, Periwinkle, was created in 1939, during a period when A. Mylne & Co. was developing a range of moderate-sized cruising designs suitable for owner-operation. The nine-year delay between design conception and Wathara's construction reflects wartime suspension of civilian yacht building; A D Riddle & Sons returned to construction in 1948 as the British economy began recovery. The choice of Seaforth builder indicates the geographical spread of Mylne commissions: the practice's designs were executed by yards from the south coast to the Clyde and beyond. Petrol motor installation was becoming standard in British cruising yachts of the late 1940s, replacing or supplementing the auxiliary petrol or paraffin engines of earlier decades.