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,