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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.
"Sovereign of the Seas", 1852, 258 ft, the fastest and longest ship yet built when she was launched in New York, designed and built by Donald Mackay, America's foremost clipper designer. On her maiden voyage, she sailed New York to San Francisco in 103 days. This ship achieved the fastest ever recorded speed of a sailing vessel (22 knots).
Sovereign of the Seas was the fastest and longest ship yet built when she was launched in New York. She was designed and built by Donald Mackay for her owners Funke & Meinke of New York. She sailed from New York to San Francisco on her maiden voyage in 103 days, and achieved the fastest ever recorded speed of a sailing vessel at 22 knots ...
Sovereign of the Seas posted the fastest speed ever by a sailing ship – 22 kts. in 1854. Champion of the Seas set the record of 465 miles in 24 hours in December 1854; this record stood until 1984. [25] James Baines logged a speed of 21 knots (June 18, 1856) Flying Cloud made two 89-day passages New York to San Francisco [26]
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Has held the record for the fastest speed ever for a sailing ship, 22 kn (41 km/h), since 1854 Sovereign of the Seas , a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the world record for the fastest sailing ship, with a speed of 22 knots (41 km/h).
Speed sailing is the art of sailing a craft as fast as possible over a predetermined route, and having its overall or peak speed recorded and accredited by a regulatory body. The term usually refers to sailing on water, even though sailing on land and ice is progressively faster because of the lower friction involved.
Paola Gianotti set a record for the fastest cycling circumnavigation by a female cyclist in 2014. She began her attempt on 8 March and finished on 30 November 2014—including four months of recovery after an accident that broke a vertebra —riding for 144 days over 18,389 mi (29,594 km), averaging about 128 mi (206 km) a day.