Glen Shiel

Built 1947W A Clapham

Glen Shiel is a wooden sailing yacht built in 1947 by W A Clapham of Bangor, Co Down, to the Glen Class design developed by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945. With a waterline length of 18 feet, a beam of 6.5 feet, and a draft of 4 feet, she carries 267 square feet of sail. The vessel remains in existence and represents the practical cruising yacht designs that characterised Mylne's output in the immediate post-war period.

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Crew

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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

Built1947

Yard number15

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

SailmakersSketrick Sailmakers

Current locationStrangford Lough

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG15

Official no.161985

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, produced in 1945, emerged as A. Mylne & Co. anticipated the revival of leisure sailing after wartime restrictions. This period saw the practice of yacht design shifting toward smaller, more economical vessels suited to owner-operators and modest budgets. The Glen Class represented a practical response to post-war conditions, offering seaworthy proportions without the complexity or cost of larger cruising designs. W A Clapham's construction in Bangor placed Glen Shiel within an active Irish boat-building tradition. Mylne's design office, established in 1896 and operating through the mid-twentieth century, produced numerous small designs alongside its larger commissions, ensuring broad accessibility to professionally developed hulls.

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