The Great Tea Race of 1866

Jun 14, 2010
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Seafarer 29 Oologah, OK
Enjoyed the video.

I'd like to see one featuring the great American clippers of the 1840s and 1850s, such as Flying Cloud, which set the record from NY around the Horn to San Francisco of 89 days 8 hours, which stood from 1854 to 1989, 135 years.
 
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Oct 19, 2017
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O'Day 19 Littleton, NH
Did you catch that scene of one sinking with full sails set? Frightening how fast they can go down. I once read that some have been so over powered with sail they drove themselves under.
I read Jack London's 'Mutiny on the Elsenor' when I was a kids. The rounding of the Horn is no small feat.

-Will (Dragonfly)
 

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Dec 20, 2009
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Hunter 466 Bremerton
I just can't imagine going aloft in heavy seas, snow, icy spray, raging wind and at night. Icebergs, no radar, no GPS, no chartplotter, no weather fax. Truly first class seaman and seamanship. Thanks for sharing, Will.
 
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