18-1056: Mylne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Mylne (1871–1951), Scottish yacht designer John Mylne (d.1621) , Scottish master mason John Mylne (d.1657) , "John Mylne of Perth", Scottish master mason John Mylne (1611–1667) , "John Mylne junior", Scottish architect and master mason Louis George Mylne (1843–1941), Anglican Bishop of Bombay from 1876 to 1897 Robert Mylne (1633–1710) , Scottish architect and master mason Robert Mylne (1733–1811), Scottish architect and engineer Robert William Mylne (1817–1890), British architect and geologist Walter Myln (d. 1558), Scottish Protestant martyr William Mylne (1734–1790), Scottish architect and engineer William Chadwell Mylne (1781–1863), British engineer and architect See also [ edit ] Milne (surname) Miles (disambiguation) Milnes (disambiguation) Myles (given name) Myles (surname) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
36-452: A 27-foot (8.2 m) open whaler under the parental expectation that they were on a camping/sailing trip. He decided to extend the itinerary up the Seine towards Paris. In seven days, they traveled within 70 kilometers of the city when they turned around to return another five days later. After being met by the coast guard as presumed castaways, Fox was relieved of his role in the sea scouts. He
54-865: A large collection of photographs by and about Fox. He established boat design and building businesses in the south of England. He designed many of the significant classes of boats around today, including the planing International 14 , the Foxhound, the Foxcub and Super Foxcub, the Flying Fifteen , the Flying Ten, the National 12 , the National 18, the Albacore , the Swordfish, the Firefly ,
72-614: A number of innovations in boat design. Not afraid of courting controversy or causing offense, he is remembered for his eccentric behaviour and pithy quotes, as much as for his original boat designs. Fox was born on the Isle of Wight and was raised in East Cowes . He lived for a while in Puckaster on the Isle of Wight. In July 1921, Fox and a crew of nine sea scouts departed for the western Solent in
90-597: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alfred Mylne Alfred Mylne (1872–1951) was a Scottish yacht designer, born in Glasgow . He founded A Mylne & Co. in 1896. Alfred Mylne was apprenticed to the Scottish shipbuilders Napier, Shanks and Bell , and went on to work as a draftsman and apprentice to George Lennox Watson . Watson was the designer of the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia ,
108-550: The 8 metre Raven . Boat designer Uffa Fox was a close friend of Mylne, and the latter appears regularly in the books Fox wrote before the Second World War . When Sir William Burton had his 12-metre class yacht, Marina , designed, this was reviewed in Uffa Fox's Second Book (1935). "The mast of Marina , the 12-metre Alfred Mylne designed for Sir William Burton in 1935, was called upon to endure some very heavy strains before
126-708: The Javelin , the Pegasus Dinghy , the Jollyboat and the Day Sailer . Many of his designs exploited the wartime developments of moulded plywood , extruded aluminium, Tufnol etc. In addition to dinghies, he designed several keelboats all loosely based on the same concept as the Flying Fifteen, with separate fin keel and rudder. They were very lightweight compared with other boats of the era. Huff of Arklow for Douglas Heard
144-407: The surname Mylne . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mylne&oldid=1033138384 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
162-681: The 12-metre class sailing event of the 1908 Summer Olympics , in the yachts Mouchette and Hera respectively. This was the only Olympic event ever to be held in Scotland (prior to 2012), and Hera won the gold medal. During the First World War, the Bute Slip Dock Co (Mylne's yard at Ardmaleish point on the Island of Bute) produced hulls and components for Felixstowe F.3 and Felixstowe F.5 flying boats, as well as other Naval work. This introduced
180-632: The Duke's 'Royal' Dragon " Bluebottle ". He also took the Royal children sailing at Cowes . Philip said of Fox in a foreword to his biography, “His life was one long campaign for the freedom of the human spirit and against the foolish, the stupid and the self-important, the whole conducted with a cheerful breeziness that disarmed all but the hardest of cases.” About 1943 he designed a 27-foot (8.2 m) lifeboat to be dropped from Vickers Warwick aircraft when rescuing downed aircrew or mariners; its deficiencies led to
198-523: The company to new methods of construction and experience with new materials that were later adopted for use in Mylne's post war yacht designs. The 41 ft Bermudan Cutter Medea (Ex Vladimir ), see above photo, was designed by A Mylne in 1903 and built by Alexander Robertson & Sons in 1904. The yacht was subsequently bought by A Mylne in 1930, modified extensively, and stayed in the Mylne family for over 30 years. Alfred Mylne II succeeded his uncle as
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#1733093482098216-589: The more sturdy American A-1 lifeboat . An example of this craft and of others built and/or designed by Fox are in the collections of the Classic Boat Museum at East Cowes , Isle of Wight. These boats could be released from under the aeroplane retarded by six 32-foot (9.8 m) diameter parachutes . Although initially adapted for the Warwick, the lifeboat was subsequently also carried by Air-Sea Rescue Lancasters and B-17 Flying Fortresses . The museum also holds
234-492: The racing cutter first owned by Edward, Prince of Wales . Mylne set up his own office in 1896. In 1906, Mylne was involved in establishing the International Metre Rule , a yacht-racing handicap rule. Mylne designed a number of race-winning boats, including the 19-metre class cutter Octavia in 1911. Four 15-metre class yachts and the early 12-metre class Cyra are listed as built to his designs, as well as
252-495: The racing season started, for on her passage from the Clyde to the South round the "Land" she met very bad weather... Though designed as a light-weather "12", Marina proved herself an able and seaworthy vessel, and came through that gale without damage to herself or her crew." Mylne was joined in his office by Thomas Glen-Coats , and in 1908 Mylne and his apprentice Glen-Coats competed in
270-405: The senior partner in the business in 1945. He was joined by Ian Nicolson as a partner in 1959. A.Mylne & Co continues to trade as an independent yacht design company Mylne Yacht Design, and is managed within the portfolio of Marine Design International Ltd. Uffa Fox Uffa Fox CBE (15 January 1898 – 26 October 1972) was an English boat designer and sailing enthusiast, responsible for
288-629: Was 30'-0" on the waterline and Flying Fox for Fred Brownlee was 35'-0" waterline length. Uffa Fox designed the Britannia rowing boat, used by John Fairfax for the first solo-rowing expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1969. The Britannia was described as "the Rolls-Royce of rowing boats, made of mahogany ." It was self-righting, self-bailing and partly covered. He also designed Britannia II , used by Fairfax and Sylvia Cook to row across
306-524: Was a founding participant in the 1950s annual sea-side cricket match on Bramble Bank in the central Solent . Fox died in October 1972. Fox was responsible for innovations in dinghy sailing that enhanced the popularity of the sport. His designs introduced planing hulls and trapezing to dinghy racing. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Fox became friends in 1949 and raced together frequently at Cowes Week aboard Fox's Dragon " Fresh Breeze " or
324-808: Was the subject of This Is Your Life in January 1963 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Colston Hall in Bristol. He was also among the crew of the Typhoon, an account of which was written and published by William Washburn Nutting in In the Track of Typhoon (1922). Fox joined the crew in England for her transatlantic return via France , Spain , and the Azores into New York City . He
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