Glen Dora

Also known as: G33

Built 1951W A Clapham

Glen Dora is a wooden sailing yacht built in 1951 by W A Clapham of Bangor, County Down, to A. Mylne & Co. design 400, the Glen Class. She measures 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6.5 feet and draft of 4 feet, with a sail area of 267 square feet. The Glen Class was developed by Mylne's office in 1945 and represents a continuation of the practice of designing small, practical sailing craft for Scottish and Irish waters.

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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

Built1951

Yard number33

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

Current locationStrangford Lough

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG11

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, designed in 1945, emerged during a period when A. Mylne & Co. was refining small craft designs for a post-war market. The design preceded Glen Dora's construction by six years, suggesting sustained demand for the type. W A Clapham's yard in Bangor represented an important point of contact between Mylne's design practice and builders outside Scotland. The early 1950s construction of Glen Dora falls within a significant phase of the office's work, when traditional wooden construction remained standard and designs were calibrated for practical, amateur ownership. The Glen Class boats were modest in scale and typical of the smaller yachts that formed a substantial part of Mylne's output.

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