[b]Velsheda[/b] seen at [b]Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez[/b] regatta on 30.09.2008

Name: Velsheda
Flag : United Kingdom
Sail No. : J K7
Length : 129.25 ft / 39.40 m
Beam : 21.65 ft / 6.60 m
Draught : 15.75 ft / 4.80 m
Year : 1933
Shipyard : Camper & Nicholsons, GBR
Naval Architect : Charles E. Nicholson
Refit : 1984 / 1997
Naval Architect (refit) : Gerard Dijkstra
Engine : 1x 309kW MTU 183TE72 diesel
Hull / Superstr. : steel / teak

During the 1930s America\'s Cup. Only 10 were ever built as they were extremely expensive to build and maintain. The J-class yacht Velsheda was designed by Charles Nicholson and built in 1933 by Camper and Nicholsons at Gosport, Hampshire. She was named after first owner W.L. Stevenson\'s (Woolworth) three daughters Velma, Sheila and Daphne, Velsheda was the second of four legendary UK J-class yachts

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