By 1800, even the French were building sharp, ship-rigged corvettes with modified “Baltimore Clipper” lines…also before the term was coined. The characteristics of these designs became known & spread, eventually, to the North American colonies, where both piratical & commercial applications would be realized a century before the term “Baltimore Clipper” was used. Relatively sharp & fast hulls were being designed for piracy in the Mediterranian, & to combat piracy there, by the late 1600’s or earlier, as blends of the war galley & “round ship” concepts, to carry sail at speed. To “clip along” or go “at a fast clip” is probably a turn of phrase first applied to horses, later to vessels. Mayflower II is the replica of Mayflower, the 17th-century ship famous for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World.Ĭutty Sark is one of only three remaining original composite construction (wooden hull on an iron frame) clipper ships from the nineteenth century in part or whole. And she must use that sail, day and night, fair weather and foul”. She must be tall-sparred and carry the utmost spread of canvas. She must be sharp-lined, built for speed. Cutty SarkĪlan Viliers (23 September 1903 – 3 March 1982), the Mayflower II commander, says that “to sailors, three things made a ship a clipper. Some enterprising merchants made their fortunes by shipping ice from the ponds and rivers of New England to the tropics where it was a rare and valuable luxury, but they had to get it there before it melted. Tea from China brought a good price in New York and London, but it had to be delivered before it lost its taste. The ships that brought the goods to California first could earn a fortune for the owners. Once there, the miners would pay top dollar for the goods and supplies they needed from back east. Thousands of people were eager to get to the California gold fields and would pay premium prices to get there by the fastest clipper ship. Howard Irving Chapelle, an American naval architect and curator of maritime history at the Smithsonian). The origins of the type are unknown but certainly hulls conforming to the concept were being built in Jamaica and Bermuda and by the late 18th century were popular both in Britain and the United States (cf. Their hull lines tended to be very sharp, with a “V”-shaped cross section below the waterline and strongly raked stem, stern posts, and masts. Baltimore clippers were first built as small, fast sailing vessels for trade around the coastlines of the United States and the Caribbean Islands. When this new model of vessel was built, which was intended to “clip” over the waves rather than plow through them, the improved type of boat became known as clipper because of its speed. Not everybody is certain of it as a nautical term until the end of the 18th century. Clip became synonymous with speed, hence “clipper”. The verb “clip” has been coined by the 17th century English bard John Dryden, with the sense of running or flying very quick.
You can find her sailing the Bahamian Out Islands of Eleuthera and the Exumas during her winter sailing season.After a pause posting in this category, I’m restarting with the clipper, a very quick sail boat which is not in use anymore. She is outfitted with space for 24 overnight guests in 12 bunk-style cabins. Liberty Clipper was designed not only to help sustain the tradition of tall ship sailing, but also to accommodate guests on multi-day windjammer cruises. As part of the Liberty Fleet of Tall Ships, she has been providing guests the opportunity to experience a traditional sailing vessel in Boston Harbor for the past two decades. Known to be some of the fastest sailing vessels of their day, many Baltimore Clipper schooners were used as Privateers during the War for Independence and the War of 1812, and were also utilized in many large ports as pilot ships to guide visiting vessels into the harbor. With a steel hull, she is a modern replica of a Baltimore Clipper style schooner, which were widely used during the 18th and 19th centuries. The schooner Liberty Clipper was built in 1983 at the Blount Shipyard in Rhode Island.
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