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Donald McKay (September 4, 1810 – September 20, 1880) was a Nova Scotian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships, famed for his record-setting extreme clippers. Early life [ edit ]
The Donald McKay House is a privately owned historic ... including sailing 436 miles in a 24-hour ... a public hearing was held at Boston City Hall to consider ...
The last merchant sailing vessel built by Donald McKay Miako — 1869 United Kingdom (Sunderland) Unlisted in 1912 160.1 ft (48.8 m) Norman Court: 1869 United Kingdom (Glasgow) Sank in 1883 197.4 ft (60.2 m) Osaka: 1869 United Kingdom (Sunderland) Wrecked in 1904 195 ft (59 m) Wylo [20] 1869 United Kingdom (Greenock) Broken up in 1886
Donald McKay was launched on Donald McKay's shipyard in East Boston, USA, in January 1855.Newspapers reported that she had "all the airy beauty of a clipper combined with the stately outline of a ship of war and, though not sharp, yet her great length, buoyancy, and stability, indicate[d] that she [would] sail very fast, and be an excellent sea boat". [2]
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 Francisco; and for sailing in the Australia and timber ...
Built by Donald McKay of East Boston, Massachusetts, Sovereign of the Seas was the first ship to travel more than 400 nautical miles (740 kilometres) in 24 hours. [3] On the second leg of her maiden voyage, she made a record passage from Honolulu , Hawaii, to New York City in 82 days.
On her maiden voyage, Glory of the Seas sailed from New York in February 1870 under the command of Captain Donald McKay, according to Custom House records. Donald McKay hired Capt.John Geit as sailing master per McKay family correspondence. She anchored at San Francisco on June 13 after a passage of 120 days.
Lubbock describes this fuller style of hull, which created an appearance of "strength and power" rather than "grace and beauty," as being characteristic of ships designed by Donald McKay. [4] The frame of Blue Jacket was white oak, with planking and ceiling of hard pine. She was diagonally braced with iron, and square-fastened throughout.