Staghound 1850 by rwiederrich - 1/96 - Extreme Clipper

[rwiederrich]

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Rob

[Sailor1234567890]

Rob,

In your view, which is his best clipper? By best clipper, I mean the one that best exemplifies the type. To me that rules out medium shapes and places us squarely in the extreme clipper domaine. Pretty, fast, carrying capacity etc. are all qualities to consider. 

 

I'm more a fan of the British "little toy clippers" and of course, Cutty Sark exemplifies the type and is still around to be able to refer to. What's the American "ultimate" clipper similar to how CS is (to me) the ultimate tea clipper.  If Warren Buffet has me in his will, I'll replicate CS. What McKay ship would you replicate 1:1 given the chance?

[Sailor1234567890]

I'm presuming of course, that you don't feel another builder built a better extreme clipper than McKay did. 

[ClipperFan]

1 hour ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

Rob,

In your view, which is his best clipper? By best clipper, I mean the one that best exemplifies the type. To me that rules out medium shapes and places us squarely in the extreme clipper domaine. Pretty, fast, carrying capacity etc. are all qualities to consider. 

 

I'm more a fan of the British "little toy clippers" and of course, Cutty Sark exemplifies the type and is still around to be able to refer to. What's the American "ultimate" clipper similar to how CS is (to me) the ultimate tea clipper.  If Warren Buffet has me in his will, I'll replicate CS. What McKay ship would you replicate 1:1 given the chance?

@Sailor1234567890 Rob may not agree with my recommendation but here's my answer and why. Based on her two record 89 day performances, anchor to anchor from New York to San Francisco, CA there was no other extreme California clipper that could match the inimitable Boston built 1851 Flying Cloud. Her records stood for over a century and when it was finally beaten, it was done by a racing yacht and not a fully laden merchant sailing ship. To that I say "Apples and oranges." Only one other clipper, Mystic built Andrew Jackson matched her time from New York to the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay. But due to inability to get a Pilot, she waited another day before she could dock. 

 

1 hour ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

Rob,

In your view, which is his best clipper? By best clipper, I mean the one that best exemplifies the type. To me that rules out medium shapes and places us squarely in the extreme clipper domaine. Pretty, fast, carrying capacity etc. are all qualities to consider. 

 

I'm more a fan of the British "little toy clippers" and of course, Cutty Sark exemplifies the type and is still around to be able to refer to. What's the American "ultimate" clipper similar to how CS is (to me) the ultimate tea clipper.  If Warren Buffet has me in his will, I'll replicate CS. What McKay ship would you replicate 1:1 given the chance?

 

Edited 5 hours ago by ClipperFan
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