Flying Cloud (clipper)
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flying-cloud-clipper-227-2580013
title:
Flying Cloud (clipper)
text:
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. The ship held this record for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989. Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay. She was known for her extremely close race with Hornet in 1853; for having a woman navigator, Eleanor Creesy, wife of Josiah Perkins Creesy who skippered Flying Cloud on two record-setting voyages from New York to San
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Clipper
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Cloud_(clipper)
date created:
2003-11-26T19:42:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T02:26:06Z
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