Poseidon

Built 1932Martinez

Poseidon is a yacht built in 1932 by Martinez of Argentina to design 166 from the A. Mylne & Co. office. Known originally as Poseidon, she measures 20 feet on the waterline with a beam of 7 feet and a draft of 3 feet, carrying 320 square feet of sail. The design on which she was based, Aurora & Brisa, was created by Mylne in 1909. The yacht remains in existence.

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Specification

LOA (spar)8.3 m · 27 ft

LWL6.1 m · 20 ft

Beam2.1 m · 7 ft

Draft0.9 m · 3 ft

Depth1.0 m · 3 ft

Sail area320 sq ft

TM tonnage5

Details

Built1932

BuilderMartinez, Argentina

Current locationClub Nautico Belgrano

Registry & Identity

Sail number76

Design Archive

Misc

Design No. 166

Aurora & Brisa

Designed 1909

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Sister Yachts

54 other vessels built to the same design.

Historical Context

A. Mylne & Co. was one of Scotland's foremost yacht design offices, operating from 1896 to approximately 1980. Design 166, Aurora & Brisa, originated in 1909 during the office's early productive decades. That a version of this design was built in Argentina in 1932 reflects the international reach of Mylne's reputation and the practice of building Mylne designs at yards beyond Scotland. The survival of Poseidon contributes to the documentary record of Mylne's work in the inter-war period, though the extent of design variation between the original and the Argentine build remains to be established.

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