1946 McGruer Sloop – ‘KELANA of CLYNDER’ SOLD

Friday 15th September 2023

Mark Cameron Yachts are delighted to announce the successful sale of the James McGruer designed classic ‘KELANA of CLYNDER’.

KELANA of CLYNDER is famously the first pleasure yacht to slide down the rails of the highly respected McGruer yard in Clynder following the end of World War II. Commissioned by her owner in 1939 just prior to the onset of war the timber for her construction lay at the yard patiently waiting on peace to resume.

Unlike her meter-rated sisterships she was built primarily as a fast cruiser with no compromise in design to influence her RORC rating. At the time her builders noted ‘in the main it is the fast boats which win rather than those with particularly low ratings’. With the James McGruer designed 6m racers dominating events following the war the launch of KELANA of CLYNDER was much anticipated by the yachting press. In the seasons which followed she proved to be every bit as capable as the performance-orientated McGruer designs. Since her build KELANA of CLYNDER has become a familiar sight on Scotland’s west coast with the unmistakable silhouette of McGruer designed classic.

Lovingly cared for KELANA of CLYNDER benefits from significant upgrading in recent years; her inventory highlights including:

• Topsides fully repainted for 2021 season
• Brightwork freshly coated for 2021 season
• Mahogany planking on grown oak frames
• Galvanised strap floors, majority re-galnvanised in last 20 years.
• Strap floors in way of engine replaced with stainless steel items in last 20 years.
• Replacement laid teak deck.
• Yanmar 3YM30AE, professionally installed April 2019.
• Engine driven hydraulic system for windlass, re-piped in 2019.
• New batteries installed in 2020
• Bainbridge Neptune 4500 gas cooker
• Blakes marine toilet.
• Eberspacher cabin heating
• Anodised alloy mast and spars
• Harken, two-speed, self-tailing primary winches
• Custom-built clinker dinghy

KELANA OF CLYNDER will winter on the banks of the Clyde this winter before heading south with her new owners in the spring of 2023. With plans to enjoy the classic regatta circuit on the South Coast of the UK and venturing to the South of France eventually, we wish her new owners the very best of luck.