The Lord Nelson is a class A tall ship. The keel for the Lord Nelson was laid in 1984 in Wivenhoe (Essex) on behalf of the current owners, the Jubilee Sailing Trust. She was launched a year later and moved to Southampton and then to the Isle of Wight for the remaining work to be carried out. Along with her sister ship SV Tenacious, they are the only boats in the world that are designed to allow disabled and able bodied crew to sail side by side and take on an equally active role.
- Overall Length: 42.8 metres (54.7 metres incl. bowsprit)
- Beam 9 metres
- Gross tonnage 491 tonnes
- Keel to foremast height 37.7 metres
- Maximum speed under engine 8 knots
- Maximum speed under sail 10 knots
- Sail Area 1,024 sq metres (18 sails)
Lord Nelson slipped lines in Southampton on 12 October 2012 in the full knowledge that she would not return to her home port for two full years. The voyage is partnered by Norton Rose Fulbright who have been inspired by the Jubilee Sailing Trust's ethos of mixed physical ability sailing. Lord Nelson is the first accessible tall ship in the world to visit the South American, African and Asian continents and to sail around Cape Horn. By the time I had been accepted for leg 10 of this circumnavigation, Lord Nelson had already visited Brazil, South Africa, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and the Falkland Islands. We will follow her progress north via Brazil (for a second time), the Caribbean and New York before she arrives in Nova Scotia at the beginning of August 2014.
I will sail with her from Halifax on 14 August 2014 and our first short voyage to St John's (Newfoundland) will effectively be a training run for the new crew before the big ocean crossing. Sailing the North Atlantic can be challenging at any time of year and we will need to focused as we make our way to Reykjavik. From there we journey to the Faroe Islands, and London before arriving back in Southampton on 26 September.
I will sail with her from Halifax on 14 August 2014 and our first short voyage to St John's (Newfoundland) will effectively be a training run for the new crew before the big ocean crossing. Sailing the North Atlantic can be challenging at any time of year and we will need to focused as we make our way to Reykjavik. From there we journey to the Faroe Islands, and London before arriving back in Southampton on 26 September.
April 19th 2014: Special Adaptations
Lord Nelson has been specially designed to provide an all inclusive experience for crew including people with disabilities. The idea is that there is an equal number of disabled and able bodied crew so we can 'buddy up'. Each pair of buddies are responsible for looking after each other. Specific features include wide flat decks with guidance tracks, lifts to all decks, fully adjustable helmsman's seat, audio compass for visually impaired, tactile strips at the top of companionways and bright coloured edging, vibrator pads in berths connected to alarms and lights for hearing impaired and induction loops throughout.
Lord Nelson has been specially designed to provide an all inclusive experience for crew including people with disabilities. The idea is that there is an equal number of disabled and able bodied crew so we can 'buddy up'. Each pair of buddies are responsible for looking after each other. Specific features include wide flat decks with guidance tracks, lifts to all decks, fully adjustable helmsman's seat, audio compass for visually impaired, tactile strips at the top of companionways and bright coloured edging, vibrator pads in berths connected to alarms and lights for hearing impaired and induction loops throughout.