She was Nicholson’s second design for a J Class and Stephenson’s second big yacht.
“Velsheda” was named after Stephenson’s three daughters, Velma, Sheila and Daphne. She raced with the greatest names in classic yachting including Britannia, Endeavour and Shamrock V between 1933 and 1936.
She was laid up in 1937 and was relaunched after a complete rebuild in 1997-97.
In 2010 she is owned by the Dutch business man Ronald de Waal, from European retail fashion chain WE (formerly HIJ/HEY/ZIJ).
Overall winner of the 2009 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.
From Wikipedia.
Thomas Zauber –
The model of the Velsheda is absolutely magnificent, great model making art, I am absolutely thrilled. Unfortunately, the model delivered does not exactly match the picture on the website (the rear flag is missing, for example), hence 4.5 stars out of 5.
Unfortunately my model (I live in Europe) arrived with damage during transport. Abordage can’t do anything about that, so no criticism. However, the repair process took months and involved enormous effort. In the end, there was small residual damage left, which somewhat clouded my experience with the model. And then the communication stopped.
Therefore only 1 star out of 5, overall 3. Abordage, there is room for improvement.