World record voyage to San Francisco during Gold Rush Her length on the keel is 208 feet, on deck 225, and over all, from the knightheads to the taffrail, 235- extreme breadth of beam 41 feet, depth of hold 21½, including 7 feet 8 inches height of between-decks, sea-rise at half floor 20 inches, rounding of sides 6 inches, and sheer about 3 feet. While still under construction, she was purchased by Grinnell, Minturn & Co., of New York, for $90,000, which represented a huge profit for Train & Co.Ī reporter for the Boston Daily Atlas of 25 April 1851 wrote, “If great length, sharpness of ends, with proportionate breadth and depth, conduce to speed, the Flying Cloud must be uncommonly swift, for in all these she is great. It was popular to advertise clippers as “extreme” because of the popular conception of speed.įlying Cloud was built in East Boston, Massachusetts, and intended for Enoch Train of Boston, who paid $50,000 for her construction. Donald McKay built many fast clipper ships but only one, the Stag Hound was an extreme clipper, even if others may have been advertised as such. She was known for her extremely close race with the Hornet in 1853 for having a woman navigator, Eleanor Creesy, wife of Josiah Perkins Creesy who skippered the Flying Cloud on two record-setting voyages from New York to San Francisco and for sailing in the Australia and timber trades.įlying Cloud is popularly called an extreme clipper, as are many of Donald McKay’s ships, but as her dead rise was less than 40″ she was not. She held this record for over 100 years, from 1854-1989.įlying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay. The Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world’s sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours. Solid wood base and brass name plate included.Hand-painted to match the actual tall ship.Figurehead, cannons, anchors, bell, and other fitting made from brass or metal.Highly complex rigging with varied thread gauge, hundreds of blocks and deadeyes.Rosewood, mahogany, teak and other exotic woods are carefully selected to build the model.The model is 100% hand built by artisans from scratch using “plank on bulkhead” construction method.Austro-Hungarian Navy ⛵ SMS Szent István -metal SMS Szent István metal built ⛵ SMS Szent István -carton SMS Szent István carton built ⛵ SMS Viribus Unitis SMS Viribus Unitis ⛵ SMS Tiger SMS Tiger ⛵ SMTb 4 SMTb 4 ⛵ SMTb 11 SMTb 11 ex. Small boats Barges ⛵ Ulmer Schachtel Ulmer Schachtel ⛵ Desdemona Desdemona ⛵ Narrowboat Narrowboat ⛵ Bőgőshajó (1) Bőgőshajó ⛵ Bőgőshajó (2) Bőgőshajó ⛵ Magyar naszád Magyar naszád - Hungarian longboat ⛵ Sajka - Chaika Egész sajka - Whole chaika ⛵ Burchio Burchio ⛵ Chaland du Loire Chaland du Loire Motorboats Powerboats ⛵ SOPRON tugboat SOPRON tugboat ⛵ Commuter Jessica Commuter Yacht Jessica ⛵ FLYER runabout FLYER runabout ⛵ Diva cruiser Diva cruiser ⛵ Runaboat Runabout 1960's ⛵ Fritz Heckert FRITZ HECKERT ⛵ Fairey Huntsman 31 Fairey Huntsman 31 ⛵ RC Airboat RC Airboat ⛵ RC Speedboat RC Hibrid Speedboat Steamers Steamboats ⛵ RMS TITANIC Titanic ⛵ Carolina Carolina gőzös ⛵ Hableány HABLEÁNY steamer ⛵ Mészáros hadigőzös Mészáros hadigőzös ⛵ Strongbow Strongbow tug ⛵ Erzsébet Királyné Erzsébet Királyné gőzös ⛵ Petőfi Petőfi gőzös ⛵ Helka HELKA steamer ⛵ Kelén KELÉN steamer ⛵ Elidir Elidir steam boat ⛵ Syren Syren steamboat ⛵ SteamBoats Show SteamBoats Show Sail Boats ⛵ Naval cutter Naval cutter ⛵ Bermuda sloop Bermuda sloop ⛵ Dutch yacht Dutch yacht ⛵ French Nef French Nef ⛵ Carrack XV.c Carrack XV.century ⛵ Carrack venetian Carrack venetian ⛵ Santa Maria Santa Maria ⛵ Classic Sail Boat Classic Sail Boat ⛵ Salammbo yacht Salammbo yacht Tall Ships & Boats ⛵ HMY Royal Caroline Royal Caroline ⛵ HMS Pandora HMS Pandora ⛵ White Horse White Horse ⛵ HMS Victory HMS Victory ⛵ San Juan Nepomuceno San Juan Nepomuceno ⛵ Soleyl Royal Soleyl Royal ⛵ Flemish Galleon Flemish Galleon ⛵ Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde ⛵ Wappen von Hamburg Wappen von Hamburg ⛵ San Francisco San Francisco ⛵ Golden Hind Golden Hind ⛵ Derfflinger fluyt Derfflinger fluyt ⛵ Peregrine galley Peregrine galley ⛵ HMS Mordaunt HMS Mordaunt ⛵ HMS Bellona HMS Bellona ⛵ Cutty Sark Cutty Sark ⛵ Preussen Preussen ⛵ Kruzenshtern Kruzenshtern
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