11/6/2022 0 Comments Clipper ships![]() ![]() #Clipper ships update#Progress update on the conservation projectĪt the time of the fire, the ship’s masts, gear, deckhouses and saloon, along with about half of the original main deck and 200 of her hull planks had been removed for conservation or storage. Visitors to the Trust’s web site, can follow the project’s progress on the online diary. "The Trust has secured £30 million against the projected cost of £35 million to realise this exciting and innovative project at the heart of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site." The support from the public and our other partners has also been enormously encouraging. "The Heritage Lottery Fund has been an incredible partner of the Cutty Sark Trust and we are deeply grateful for this extra support. Richard Hamilton, Chairman of the Cutty Sark Trust, said: The Cutty Sark Trust is thrilled with the decision by Heritage Lottery Fund to increase their grant to Cutty Sark by £10 million. The Cutty Sark Trust press statement: 25 January 2008 I hadn't realised that the Cutty Sark is STILL a crime scene! Good news is that the Cutty Sark Trust has been granted £10 million to restore her. Here's a good site about them: īeing an East Londoner originally, I have spent many a visit upon the Cutty Sark. I dismiss as scurrilous the rumour that he got an attack of the gods and decided that he too could walk on water.Ĭlipper speeds have been equalled by some yachts but no commercial ship has ever run as fast. My ancestors travelled to Australia this way. It must have been a most unpleasant long trip. There's a wonderful Tom Roberts painting of a group of bewildered people standing on the deck of a clipper. Most early immigrants to Australia travelled on clippers. As their business was taken from them, they were reduced to the England - Australia run and carrying wool. Sailing ships couldn't really negotiate the canal. Their decline was due in part to the introduction of steam ships which didn't depend on the wind and also the opening of the Suez Canal. ![]() A well known tourist attraction is the Polly Woodside in Melbourne. Serious efforts are being made to preserve this ship. The oldest is the City of Adelaide, it being 5 years older than Cutty Sark. One of the best surviving clippers is the Cutty Sark - assuming it has survived the fire of 2007. A design that pre-dates the American Revolution. In the USA it most likely comes from a particular type of schooner called a Baltimore clipper. The Tea Clippers often sailed for long stretches at 16 knots. Having a narrow, heavily raked bow, these ships were capable of great speed. It's probably from the word "clip", the original meaning being speed. Almost certainly it doesn't mean clipping time. The meaning of the term "clipper" is uncertain. A large number of older Australian houses have slate roofs. Then there was the problem of what to carry on the outward voyage. Whilst this meant good returns especially for the earliest into port, it also meant slack times. Firstly that the cargoes they carried were seasonal. To sail close to the wind meant sailing very close to the direction the wind is coming from.) ![]() They had to point away from the wind's direction. (This means: sailing ships couldn't sail into the wind. They were sleek designed and with a large amount of sail. Most but not all by any means were British. Tea and wheat, mail and people were the major cargoes. Ĭlippers were merchant vessels designed to travel as fast as possible, carrying trade that was of great value, hence earning good returns. The excitement of the ship skimming through the water, the sheets singing, the prow cutting through the waves, mountainous seas, the race to be first into port, the rewards, exotic travel. Oh, how I would love to have been a crew member of a Tea Clipper! What a life. #Clipper ships archive#Clipper Ships World Naval Ships Forums Archive ![]()
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