Glen Helen

Also known as: G16

Built 1949W A Clapham

Glen Helen is a wooden yacht built in 1949 to design number 400, the Glen Class, created by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945. Built by W A Clapham of Bangor, Co Down, she measures 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6.5 feet and draft of 4 feet. Her sail area is 267 square feet. The vessel remains in existence.

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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

Built1949

Yard number16

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

Current locationStrangford Lough

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG2

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 was designed in 1945, a pivotal year when A. Mylne & Co. was preparing designs for the resumption of private yacht building after wartime cessation. The office, established in 1896, had built a reputation for practical, seaworthy designs suited to Scottish waters and the broader British cruising fleet. The post-1945 period saw demand for modest cruising yachts as civilian sailing resumed. Glen Helen, built four years after the design's creation, represents this post-war recovery phase. W A Clapham's Bangor yard served the Northern Irish yacht-building community, and Glen Helen's construction there reflects the distribution of Mylne designs across both Scotland and Ireland throughout the twentieth century.

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