Pterodactyl
Also known as: G30
Pterodactyl is a wooden yacht of 18 ft on the waterline, built in 1951 to design number 400 of the Glen Class. The design was created by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945. She was constructed by W A Clapham of Bangor, County Down. With a beam of 6 ft 6 in., draft of 4 ft, and sail area of 267 sq ft, Pterodactyl represents a post-war example of Mylne's smaller cruising designs.
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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 Shesk
1946
Glen Shane
1947
Glen Correl
1947
Glen Shiel
1947
Glenaan
1947
Glen Roan
1948
Glen Gesh
1948
Glen
1948· Not Known
Lapwing
1948
Glen Isla
1949
Osiris
1949· afloat
Glen Oe
1949
Glen Iris
1949
Glenariff
1949
Glen Roy
1949· No
Glen Moyle
1949
Glen Helen
1949
Glen Dun
1949
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
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 400) was designed by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945, towards the close of the Second World War. Pterodactyl, built six years later in 1951, belongs to the post-war wave of yacht construction that characterised the late 1940s and 1950s. During this period, Mylne's design office continued to produce modest cruising designs for smaller owners, at a time when the larger and more ambitious yacht commissions of the pre-war era had largely ceased. W A Clapham's Bangor yard was one of several regional builders working to Mylne designs during this period. The Glen Class and yachts such as Pterodactyl reflect the office's diversification into practical, cost-conscious designs suited to post-war leisure sailing.