Roe
Roe is a pitch pine and oak sailing yacht built in 1921 by Bute Slip Dock to A. Mylne & Co. design number 274, named 'Glynn'. She measures 18 feet on the waterline, with a beam of 7 feet and a draft of 3.5 feet, carrying 340 square feet of sail. The vessel survives to the present day, preserving the craft and proportion characteristic of Mylne's designs from the interwar period.
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Registry & Identity
Design Archive
StructureDesign No. 274
Glynn
Designed 1920
Sister Yachts
11 other vessels built to the same design.
Historical Context
Design 274 'Glynn' was conceived in 1920, a year of recovery and expanding yacht ownership in Britain following the First World War. A. Mylne & Co. had by this period established itself as one of Scotland's leading independent yacht design offices, having operated since 1896. The 1920s saw a sustained output of designs for small cruising and racing yachts, many built by established Scottish builders such as Bute Slip Dock. The 'Glynn' design represents a phase in Mylne's practice focused on practical, economical vessels suited to amateur sailing and local racing. Bute Slip Dock, located on the Isle of Bute—itself a centre of Scottish yacht building—was among the numerous builders who brought Mylne designs to the water during this period.