[1][2] The design was conceived by Loren and Lani Hart for their import company, Admiralty Ltd, which was incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware.
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.
[1] The boat is fitted with a German BMW D50 diesel engine of 50 hp (37 kW) for docking and maneuvering.
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.
"[2] Marine surveyor Richard 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.