b'SY Nahlin - the launchesThe 300ft steam yacht Nahlin was designed by James Rennie Barnett of G.L. Watson & Co and launched on the Clyde in 1930 for Lady Yule. The Nahlin is certainly one of the most beautiful of G.L.Watsons steam yacht designs and her survival and subsequent rebuild is a remarkable story.Our involvement began in 2005 at a tatty dock in Liverpool where the yacht was berthed after a long and complicated journey from the Danube in Romania, via Istanbul. She was just an empty hulk with no machinery or significant interior fitout, but her exterior was largely intact and the sweeping lines and beautiful proportions were still there.The project managers were G.L. Watson & Co, an organisation reformed from the original dormant company. They had amassed a huge archive of Nahlin material and had even tracked down the original crew launch built by Robertsons of Sandbank.Commissions to provide two launches, one new build and one rebuild, as part of a far larger project are rare indeed.60'