Glen Orchy

Built 1950W A Clapham

Glen Orchy is a wooden yacht built in 1950 by W A Clapham of Bangor, Co Down, to design number 400 of the Glen Class, 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. The yacht 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

Built1950

Yard number26

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

Current locationStrangford Lough

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG26

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, created in 1945, emerged during a transitional period for A. Mylne & Co. The office, founded in 1896, had established itself as a leading yacht design practice in Scotland. The immediate post-war years saw renewed demand for yachts as leisure resumed, and the Glen Class reflected practical design principles suited to modest privately-owned vessels. Construction by builders such as W A Clapham in Northern Ireland demonstrates the geographic reach of Mylne designs beyond Scotland's central belt, extending into established boatbuilding regions across the Irish Sea.

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