Glen Cona

Also known as: G31

Built 1951W A Clapham

Glen Cona is a wooden yacht built in 1951 by W A Clapham of Bangor, Co Down, to design number 400 of the Glen Class, created by A. Mylne & Co. in 1945. A modest cruising yacht with a waterline length of 5.49 metres and beam of 1.98 metres, Glen Cona represents the smaller end of the firm's output during the post-war period. The vessel remains in existence.

Specification

LOA (spar)7.6 m · 25 ft

LWL5.5 m · 18 ft

Beam2.0 m · 6 ft

Draft1.2 m · 4 ft

Sail area24.805 m²

TM tonnage3.5

Details

Built1951

Yard number31

BuilderW A Clapham, Bangor, Co Down

ConstructionWood

Current locationStrangford Lough

Registry & Identity

Sail numberG7

Design Archive

Sail Plan

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 (1945) belongs to A. Mylne & Co.'s extensive portfolio of small cruising yachts developed during and immediately after the Second World War. By 1945, the firm had established itself as a leading Scottish design office; under the directorship of Alfred Mylne and his successors, the practice produced designs across a wide range of sizes and types, from racing dinghies to larger cruising vessels and motor yachts. Post-war building was gradual. Glen Cona's construction in 1951 at Bangor reflects the resumption of civilian yacht building in the late 1940s and 1950s, when Northern Irish and Scottish yards returned to leisure craft production. The Glen Class represents the modest, practical cruising yacht—a design type that remained in demand among owner-builders and small yards into the 1950s.

Ownership

Current owner

Withheld

Since Jan 2024

Recorded on payment — claim #22

Crew

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