The Scottish yard of metre yachts, in operation since 1896
From Glasgow to today
Alfred Mylne (1872-1951) founded A. Mylne & Co. in Glasgow in 1896 at the age of 24, after an apprenticeship at Napier, Shanks and Bell and a position as a draughtsman at George Lennox Watson — the architect of the royal yacht Britannia. The yard is the oldest continuously operating yacht naval architecture firm. The succession was ensured by Alfred Mylne II (senior partner from 1945), then Ian Nicolson (partner in 1959). The firm now operates under the name Mylne Yacht Design (Marine Design International Ltd).
International Metre Rule and rating
Mylne contributed to the establishment of the International Metre Rule in 1906 and designed several generations of metre yachts: four 15-Metre, the 12-Metre Cyra, the 19-Metre Octavia (1911), the 12-Metre Marina (1935), the 8-Metre Raven. At the 1908 Olympic Games — the only edition held in Scotland before 2012 — Mylne sailed the 12-Metre Mouchette; his apprentice Thomas Glen-Coats won gold on the Hera.
