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The Lord Nelson 41 is an American
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that was designed by Loren Hart as a cruiser and first built in 1982.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 356-357. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.


Production

The design was conceived by Loren and Lani Hart for their import company, Admiralty Ltd, which was incorporated in
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. The boats were actually built by the Ocean Eagle Yacht Building Corporation in
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under contract and sold by Admiralty's subsidiary, Lord Nelson Yachts in the
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. The first boat was built in 1982, but it is now out of production.


Design

The Lord Nelson 41 is a recreational
keelboat A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...
, built predominantly of
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, with wood trim. It has a
cutter rig A cutter is a type of watercraft. The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig (or sailplan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition), to a governmental enforcement agency vessel (such as a coast guard or bor ...
with a
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and painted
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spars, a spooned
raked stem The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively. Description The stem is the curved edge stretching from the keel below, up to ...
, pronounced curve to the sheer-line, a rounded canoe transom, a keel-mounted
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controlled by a wheel and a long fin
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. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a German BMW D50
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of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a double side-entry berth on the port side of the bow cabin, an "U"-shaped settee that converts to a double berth and a straight settee in the main cabin, plus an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side and a quarter berth on the port side. Both cabins have built-in bookcases. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the
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ladder. The galley is "L"-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner propane-fired stove and oven, plus a sink with hot and cold pressurized water. A navigation station is aft of the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower. There is also a sink in the aft cabin. Ventilation is provided by 14 bronze portlights and three hatches that open. For sailing the boat is equipped with three
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winches, a
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winch, two staysail winches and two
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winches. The large cockpit may be used for sleeping out. The
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includes two storage areas, one of which is a cockpit
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.


Operational history

In a 1994 review, Richard Sherwood wrote, "the designer must be a navigator, as he has his own berth at the navigation station. This is a big cutter intended for cruising. Hull design is traditional, as are the finishing touches, such as actual belaying pins and a Samson post." Marine surveyor Richard Jordan reviewed the boat in 2010, writing, "The 41 Lord Nelson is a medieval styled cruiser. From the bulwarks to the bowsprit, she is lined with fine Burmese teak … It is an old fashioned look with bronze fastenings and the old world wood. Her extreme sheer is like that of the tug boats that they went on to build. The beam is amidships with moderate freeboard. The spoon bow with bobstay broadly expands for a spacious foredeck. The look exudes character." He concludes, "the Lord Nelson has medieval torture room flair. You cannot find teak like the Burmese that lines these classic yachts. On the used market, these sell for around $100,000 and are beautiful when maintained with an open checkbook."


See also

* List of sailing boat types Similar sailboats * Baltic 40 * Bayfield 40 * Bristol 40 *
Bermuda 40 The Bermuda 40 is an American sailboat that was designed by William Tripp, Jr. in 1958 as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1959.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 352-353. Houghton M ...
* Caliber 40 * Dickerson 41 * Endeavour 40 *
Irwin 41 The Irwin 41 is an American sailboat that was designed by Ted Irwin as a cruiser and first built in 1982.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 364-365. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. The ...
*
Irwin 41 Citation The Irwin 41 Citation is an American sailboat that was designed by Ted Irwin as a racer and first built in 1982. The design was bases on a custom boat designed by Irwin, named ''Razzle Dazzle'', which won the Southern Ocean Racing Conference ( ...
* Islander 40 * Morgan Out Island 41 * Newport 41 *
Nimbus 42 The Nimbus 42 is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Americans F. Michael Kaufman and Robert Ladd as a cruiser- racer and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 362 ...
*
Nordic 40 The Nordic 40 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert Perry as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1978.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 342-343. Houghton Mifflin Company, ...


References

{{Reflist Keelboats 1980s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Loren Hart Sailboat types built by Ocean Eagle Yacht Building Corporation