Key details

Current boat name
Zelva
Function
Sports and Leisure
Type

Dimensions and specifications

Length (m / ft)
10.11 / 33ft2in
Beam (m / ft)
2.31 / 7ft7in

Design and build

Date of build
1907
Place of build
Southampton

Current status

Present use
Swansea Museum

History

Boat, wood. Eight metre international sailing racing yacht 'Zelva', built in 1907. Originally called 'Julnar' her name was changed almost immediately to 'Joan', until 1912 when she was renamed the 'Zelva'. Towards the end of her sailing life she became the 'Angeline', Designed by Arthur Edward Philip Payne (aka A.E. Payne Jnr) and built to IRC rules by Summers and Payne of Southampton. Scaled down replica of J class cutter rigged yachts of the same period as raced by Thomas Lipton and King George etc. The mast is outside the bottom doors of the YIM. Commissioned by Sir Maurice Fitzgerald Bart of 31, Grosvenor Square, London. Registered in Dartmouth,