The Lord Nelson 41 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig with a bowsprit and painted aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, pronounced curve to the sheer-line, a rounded canoe transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a long fin keel. 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 diesel engine 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 in 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 companionway 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 halyard winches, a mainsheet winch, two staysail winches and two jib winches. The large cockpit may be used for sleeping out. The lazarette includes two storage areas, one of which is a cockpit icebox.
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 surveyorRichard 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 the 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 looks 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."
