VADURA Alfred Mylne No 512 Auxiliary yawl 1926 LOA 32m

[jamesdreyer]

Hello all,
I have come across a beautiful old girl in a gutted state. her hull is sound, teak on steel frames, she is afloat and dry and her dog houses, mast etc are complete. There is a guy living in terrible conditions on board & he is doing his best to keep her afloat with no funds or yacht knowledge what so ever. He claims the majority of her interior and deck hardware etc are in storage in a nearby barn. Does anyone have any information on this beautiful old girl? He has lent me some general arrangement drawings dated 15-2-26 from Alexander Stephen & Sons ship builders of Linthouse which I am looking over with enthusiasm.

Please email Jamesdreyer@hotmail.com if you have any information.

 

[Strathglass]

You should get in touch with Ian Nicolson.

He advertises surveying in the back of most yachting mags. He is also the author of many standard referance books on building yachts.
but more important from your point of view is that his company probably will have the original drawings for the yacht you are asking about.

He certainly held all the original drawings for an 1898 Alfred Mylne 1 rater I once rebuilt.

Cheers

Iain

 

[cliffordpope]

www.classicyacht.info says she's a ketch.

 

[davidjgray]

Dear James

My name is David Gray of Ace Marine in Fife, Scotland. We recently purchased the entire Mylne business from Ian Nicolson, with whom we are still working closely. We are currently undertaking to scan the entire archive of over 7000 drawings.

I can advise that Vadura is Design No 298, a ketch design built in 1926. She is listed as LOA 91.50 ft, LWL 63.00 ft, Beam 19.00 ft, Draft 12.50 ft, Built by A Stephen, Linthouse, Date 1926(launch)

We have not yet come to drawing set 298, but we can dig these out and get them scanned in if you would like a copy of the drawings (chargeable). You can contact me at david@mylne.com to discuss this in more detail.

Best regards

David Gray