Glen Shesk
ex Shesk
Glen Shesk, originally named Shesk, is a wooden yacht built in 1946 by W A Clapham at Bangor, County Down, to design 400 of the Glen Class, conceived 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
Details
Registry & Identity
Design Archive
MiscDesign No. 400
Glen Class
Designed 1945
Sister Yachts
37 other vessels built to the same design.
Glen Shiel
1947
Glenaan
1947
Glen Correl
1947
Glen Shane
1947
Glen
1948· Not Known
Glen Roan
1948
Glen Gesh
1948
Lapwing
1948
Glen Roy
1949· No
Glen Moyle
1949
Glen Dun
1949
Glen Oe
1949
Glen Helen
1949
Glenariff
1949
Glen Iris
1949
Glen Isla
1949
Osiris
1949· afloat
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
Kingfisher
1951· Not Known
Glen Fern
1951
Unnamed (32
1951· No
Glen Cuan
1951
Glen Millar
1951
Glen Dora
1951
Glen Lena
1952· Not Known
Glen Lark
1952
Glen Luce
1965
Historical Context
The Glen Class design (number 400) was created by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945, at a moment when British yacht design looked toward peacetime resumption. The office, established in 1896 and headquartered in Glasgow, had built a substantial practice across multiple yacht types and sizes by the mid-twentieth century. Glen Shesk, completed by Bangor builder W A Clapham in 1946, exemplifies the early post-war period when designers and builders began to re-engage with leisure sailing after wartime suspension. The Glen Class appears modest in scale and practical in intent, characteristic of designs suited to the gradual revival of recreational yachting in the British Isles.