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It was the shortest run on the 15,000-mile (24,000 km) San Francisco-to-Boston passage on record. [4] [5] It also beat previous around-Cape-Horn speed records of 84 days and 85 days held by the New York-based Comet and Flying Dutchman respectively. The Boston Post noted that Northern Light carried no cargo during the passage. [6]
Herald of the Morning made the fastest passage of the year from New York City to San Francisco, arriving May 16, 1855 100 days, 6 hours, anchor to anchor 99 days, 12 hours, pilot to pilot Best day's run, 340 mi. [1] After this passage, she took a load of guano to Mauritius, arriving Dec. 7 1855, under Captain Otis Baker Jr. [4]
Feb. 23, 1860, she is back with another eastern cargo, reporting a trip of 114 days. Was the crack ship of the Brewer line of Boston packets several years. In 1868 she made the run in 105 days, and in 1872 it was 109. She also figured in the San Francisco-China trade later, and was finally condemned at Rio, July, 1888. [3]
Built to be the fastest sailing ship, she completed 10 voyages before running aground and being abandoned in the East Indies [5] Race Horse — 1850 United States (Boston, MA) Disappeared in 1865 128 ft (39 m) She was an 1850 clipper barque, who set a record of 109 days from New York to San Francisco during the first Clipper Race around the Horn.
HSC Villum Clausen On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.
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.
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