Canna
Canna is a wooden yacht built in 1936 by Bute Slip Dock, Isle of Bute, to design 324 from the A. Mylne & Co. office, conceived eight years earlier in 1928. The vessel measures 20 feet on the waterline with a beam of 7 feet and draft of 4.6 feet, carrying 419 square feet of sail. The yacht remains in existence.
Ownership
Current owner
Withheld
Since Mar 2015
Reconciled from verified claim #20
Crew
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Specification
Details
Registry & Identity
Design Archive
MiscDesign No. 324
Unnamed Design
Designed 1928
Sister Yachts
11 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 324 was conceived in 1928, a year of continued refinement in A. Mylne & Co.'s small-yacht portfolio. The eight-year interval between design and build reflects common practice: established designs were often held in the office and built to order as commissions arrived. Bute Slip Dock, situated on the Isle of Bute, was a respected builder of small yachts and commercial vessels during the interwar period. The 1936 build date places Canna in the latter stages of the golden age of wooden yacht construction in Scotland, before World War II curtailed private yacht building. Small wooden cruisers of this type and dimension represented a significant proportion of A. Mylne & Co.'s output, serving amateur sailors and modest yacht clubs around Britain's coasts.