Glen Cree

Also known as: G21

Built 1950W A Clapham

Glen Cree is a wooden yacht built in 1950 by W A Clapham of Bangor, Co Down, to A. Mylne & Co. design 400, the Glen Class. Measuring 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6.5 feet and draft of 4 feet, she carries 267 square feet of sail. The vessel remains in existence and represents a typical example of the smaller cruising and day-sailing yachts produced under Mylne designs in the early post-war period.

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Specification

LOA (spar)7.6 m · 25 ft

LWL5.5 m · 18 ft

Beam2.0 m · 7 ft

Draft1.2 m · 4 ft

Sail area267 sq ft

TM tonnage3.5

Details

Built1950

Yard number21

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

Current locationDublin Bay

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG107

Design Archive

Misc

Design No. 400

Glen Class

Designed 1945

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Sister Yachts

37 other vessels built to the same design.

Historical Context

The Glen Class (design 400) was conceived in 1945, during the final stages of the Second World War, when Alfred Mylne's design office was already preparing for post-war yacht production. This design reflected the practical requirements of British yacht owners expecting to return to leisure sailing. Glen Cree, built five years after the design's creation, was among the many small cruising yachts that sustained Mylne's practice in the 1950s. The selection of W A Clapham in Bangor as builder demonstrates the geographic reach of Mylne's influence across the Irish Sea. During this period, A. Mylne & Co. balanced the creation of larger ocean-going designs with prolific output of smaller, more economically accessible vessels. The Glen Class exemplified this democratic approach to yacht design.

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