Back in 2016 if you had heard of the limited edition Speake-Marin Velsheda boasting a drop of the world’s oldest rum in a capsule on the dial but you were too slow to secure one of the 100 pieces in ...

Velsheda’s refit was completed in August 2016. She then left Cornwall to head straight down to Sardinia to compete against Lionheart in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. The last time these two spectacular ...

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A highlight of The Marine Sale is an exceptional oil painting, Velsheda just ahead of Astra with Candida Trailing, by John Steven Dews (British, born 1949), with an estimate of £40,000-60,000. In this ...

More Lots by Richard M. Firth in This Sale Britannia, Cambria, Lulworth and Candida racing on the Clyde Britannia leading Astra and Candida as they pass the Royal Yacht Squadron, 1928; and Endeavour ...