Gigha
Gigha is a 20-foot motor yacht built in 1931 by Bute Slip Dock on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, to Design 324 prepared by A. Mylne & Co. in 1928. The vessel is powered by a single-cylinder 8 BHP Stuart Turner petrol engine and carries 418 square feet of sail. With a beam of 7 feet and draft of 4 feet 6 inches, Gigha represents the practical motor-sailer designs favoured by Scottish builders during the inter-war period.
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Specification
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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 produced during a significant phase of A. Mylne & Co.'s practice, the late 1920s, when the office was responding to increased demand for motor yachts and motor-sailers. This period saw the firm adapting its traditional sailing yacht expertise to accommodate mechanical propulsion, a transition evident across their design output of the era. Bute Slip Dock, where Gigha was built, operated as a general repair and building yard. Its construction of vessels to Mylne designs exemplifies the collaborative relationship between the Glasgow design office and yards throughout the Clyde and west coast regions. The Stuart Turner engine, a popular choice for small craft of this period, reflects contemporary British engineering in marine propulsion for humble vessels.