Margaret

Built 1950W A Clapham

Margaret is a wooden sailing yacht of Glen Class design (design number 400), built in 1950 by W A Clapham of Bangor, Co Down. She measures 18 feet on the waterline with a beam of 6.5 feet and a draft of 4 feet, carrying 267 square feet of sail. The Glen Class was conceived by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945 and proved well-suited to both cruising and day sailing. Margaret 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 number19

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG19

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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, designed in 1945 as the war in Europe concluded, emerged during a period of renewal in British yacht design. A. Mylne & Co., the prominent Scottish office, produced designs across a broad spectrum of vessel types. The Glen Class occupied a distinctive position: modest in size, economical to build, yet capable of genuine cruising work. The choice of W A Clapham as builder reflects the dispersed nature of British yacht construction, with regional builders adopting Mylne designs. Northern Ireland possessed its own shipbuilding traditions, and Bangor's location on Belfast Lough made it a natural centre for small-craft work. Margaret, built in 1950, represents the design's maturity in practice, five years after the class was conceived and during a period when wooden construction remained the norm for vessels of her size.

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