Windhover
Windhover was built in 1902 by Hilditch of Carrickfergus to A. Mylne & Co. design number 48, known as Corona. A modest cruising or racing yacht of 20 feet on the waterline, she measured 7.5 feet in beam and 5 feet in draft, with a sail area of 550 square feet. The design reflected the small-yacht practice of the period and A. Mylne's output in that class during the early 1900s. Her present status is not known.
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Design Archive
Sail PlanDesign No. 48
Corona
Designed 1900
Sister Yachts
11 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design Corona (number 48) was created by A. Mylne & Co. in 1900, during the office's early years of operation. The design emerged at a formative moment in Scottish yacht design, when Mylne was developing a reputation for practical, seaworthy small craft alongside larger commissions. Hilditch of Carrickfergus was one of several regional builders who constructed Mylne designs in the early 1900s, reflecting the reach of the practice beyond Scottish yards. Small yachts of this class—under 21 feet waterline—formed an important sector of Mylne's work and served both amateur cruising sailors and racing enthusiasts. The survival and fate of individual yachts of this size, built by smaller yards, remain largely unrecorded in published histories.