Glen Luce
Also known as: G38
Glen Luce is a wooden yacht built in 1965 by W A Clapham of Bangor, Co Down, to the Glen Class design (No. 400) developed by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945. The vessel measures 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6.5 feet and draft of 4 feet, carrying 267 square feet of sail. Glen Luce remains in existence.
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Specification
Details
Registry & Identity
Design Archive
MiscDesign No. 400
Glen Class
Designed 1945
Sister Yachts
37 other vessels built to the same design.
Glen Shesk
1946
Glen Correl
1947
Glen Shane
1947
Glen Shiel
1947
Glenaan
1947
Glen Gesh
1948
Lapwing
1948
Glen
1948· Not Known
Glen Roan
1948
Glen Helen
1949
Glen Dun
1949
Glen Oe
1949
Glen Iris
1949
Osiris
1949· afloat
Glenariff
1949
Glen Roy
1949· No
Glen Moyle
1949
Glen Isla
1949
Dorinda
1950· No
Margaret
1950
Glen Orchy
1950
Glen Coe
1950
Glendhu
1950
Glen Reagh
1950
Glen May
1950
Glen Elg
1950
Glen Cree
1950
Glen Cona
1951
Pterodactyl
1951
Glen Fern
1951
Kingfisher
1951· Not Known
Unnamed (32
1951· No
Glen Cuan
1951
Glen Millar
1951
Glen Dora
1951
Glen Lena
1952· Not Known
Glen Lark
1952
Historical Context
The Glen Class emerged from A. Mylne & Co.'s design practice in 1945, a period when the office was adapting to post-war conditions and rethinking the market for small cruising vessels. Though developed during wartime constraints, the design proved durable enough to see multiple builds in the following two decades. Glen Luce, built by W A Clapham in 1965, testifies to the geographical reach of Mylne designs beyond Scotland into Northern Ireland, where a skilled boatbuilding tradition sustained wooden yacht construction. The twenty-year interval between design and build reflects the gradual recovery of leisure boating in the 1960s, as coastal communities re-engaged with recreational sailing after the austerity of the 1940s and 1950s.