Jim Backus, Naval Architect designed the LNVT 37 and 49. New York Harbor's Moran tug was his inspiration for the LNVT.
The Moran tug was Jim Backus' inspiration for the LNVT
Tommie Chen, who built all the LNVTs, and Loren Hart, President of Lord Nelson Yachts, in Taiwan with Teak Logs
Mill in Taiwan where the teak logs were sawed into boards for Lord Nelson Yachts
Tommie chen inspects some teak logs
Loren Hart and teak logs
Loren Hart and big teak log
Teak log and sawyer
Building the LNVT 37 buck.
Making the LNVT 37 buck
LNVT 37 plug
LNVT 37 hull and topsides molds after being transported to the new OEY yard.
LNVT 37 coming out of the mold.
Tommie Chen, below, speaking to yard workers sitting on top of the LNVT 37 mold
Tommie Chen on left
LNVT 37 hull#1 being built in the Hai O Yachts Corporation yard in Taiwan
After outgrowing the HAO yard, in 1984 Tommie Chen moved his company to this facility and called it Ocean Eagle Yachts (OEY). LNVT 37 Hulls #19 and up were built here as were all the LNVT49s
New OEY Facilities 1984
New OEY facilities 1984
Hull #24
Tommie Chen
September 1983, Hull #2 is being trucked from the HAO yard in Pa-Li to the port of Keelung, Taiwan where she'll be shipped aboard the M.V. "Seian". She'll arrive in Seattle on October 16, 1983.
LNVT 37 coming out of the mold
The blue striped tarp on top of the companion way will wrap around the entire boat to protect it while in transit on the freighter.
Back side of picture where Loren Hart is standing in front of the 49' wood molds
Lofting for the 49 LNVT, l-r OEY yard manager, Tommie Chen, and Loren Hart (from the library of Lani and Loren Hart)
Building the LNVT 49 starts with lofting (making 2D plans into 3D parts). OEY yard manager, foreground, and Tommie Chen, background (from the library of Lani and Loren Hart)
Lani Hart and Tommie Chen, lofting the LNVT 49s lines (from the library of Lani and Loren Hart)
Loren Hart stands in front of the beginnings of the LNVT 49' hull molds at Ocean Eagle Yachts, Taiwan (1986?)
Loren Hart on the 49's topsides plug with the buck at right
LNVT 49 topside plug and hull plug
LNVT 49 topsides plug
LNVT 49 Hull #4 being built in the Ocean Eagle Yard, fall of 1987
LNVT 49-4 being moved out of the Ocean Eagle Yacht (OEY) yard
LNVT 49-4
Advertising photo for the LNVT49 (in Pilothouse)
Advertising photo for the LNVT 49 (in master stateroom)
Advertising photo for the LNVT 49 (in engine room)
Meeting with the Yard (l-r) Loren Hart, Lani Hart, rest unknown
Layout for a proposed LNVT 44--none were never built
Postcard invitation by Sextant Yachts to see the LNVT 37 at the Annapolis Boat Show
Opposite side of Sextant Yachts invitation
Post card sent out to celebrate the first LNVT 37 delivery
Backside of post card sent out after first LNVT 37 delivery
Drilling through the length of a cherry wood compression post (from the library of Lani and Loren Hart)
Drilling a hole through the length of a cherry compression post. These posts were used on all the Lord Nelson sailboats and one tug, 49-#6 (from the library of Lani and Loren Hart)
Jack Walls, Lord Nelson's National Sales Manager, on a visit to the OEY yard, tries out a new tool to drill a hole in the length of a cherry wood compression post. A whole tree was used in the making of the post (from the library of Lani and Loren Hart)
Lord Nelson sailboat (35' or 41') coming out of the mold
LN 35 or 41 sailboat mold
Inside a Lord Nelson sail boat
headliner of a Lord Nelson sailboat being installed
