Flying Cloud (clipper)
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. She held this record for over 100 years, from 1854-1989.
Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay. 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.
Read more about Flying Cloud (clipper): Construction, World Record Voyage To San Francisco During Gold Rush, Woman Navigator, Race With Clipper Hornet in 1853, British Clipper To Australia and New Zealand, New Brunswick Timber Trade, Loss of The Ship, Ballad, Novels and Books
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