Watonia III
Watonia III is a twin screw motor yacht built in 1966 at Bute Slip Dock to design number 463 from the office of A. Mylne & Co. The vessel measures 57.7 feet on the waterline with a beam of 15.5 feet and draft of 4.6 feet. She was powered by two Perkins six-cylinder diesel engines, each rated at 125 brake horsepower, reflecting the practical engineering standards of 1960s yacht design. The yacht remains in existence.
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Watonia III was delivered during a significant phase in A. Mylne & Co.'s practice, the 1960s, when motor yacht design and construction represented a major part of the office's output. The shift from sail to power was well established by this date. Bute Slip Dock, located on the Isle of Bute, had built numerous Mylne designs and represented the quality of Scottish yacht construction. The specification of Perkins engines, increasingly common in British motor yachts of this period, underscores the practical approach Mylne adopted to vessel propulsion. Design 463 belongs to the office's catalogue of twin screw cruising yachts, a category that gained popularity as leisure cruising expanded in post-war Britain.