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FLYING CLOUD
Flying Cloud was a clipper ship built
in East Boston, Massachusetts
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 100 years, from
1854 to 1989.
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In
the early days of the California Gold Rush, it took
more than 200 days for a ship to travel from New
York to San Francisco. Flying Cloud's 89-day was a
headline-grabbing world record, making the ship a
celebrity overnight.
Flying Cloud's achievement was more unusual
because her navigator was a woman, Eleanor Creesy,
who had been studying oceanic currents, weather
phenomena, and astronomy since her girlhood
in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
On June 19, 1874, Flying Cloud went ashore on the
Beacon Island bar in New Brunswick and subsequently
was sold for her scrap metal. There have been
only two vessels that could beat her record.
One was a breakthrough-designed (after 136 years!)
sailboat Thursday's Child which completed the
passage in 80 days, 20 hours. The other was the
French racing yacht Gitana 13, with a time of
43 days and 38 minutes, in 2008.
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This primarily wood Flying Cloud clipper ship model
features:
- Scratch-built from official plans
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Superior hollow hull construction
technique
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Copper-plated bottom,
with individual copper pieces. The real Flying Cloud
had copper-plated bottom and we are the only one who
stick to this fact regardless of cost (Placing
hundreds of
individual copper piece on the hull is a tedious
process yet requires very nimble fingers.)
32" long X 24"
tall x 11" wide
$3,950 Shipping
and insurance in the
contiguous US included.
The model is built per commission only. We require only a
small deposit
(not full amount,
not even half)
to start the process $500 
The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed,
in several months.
For display
case, please click here:
Model Ship Display Case
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produces the finest
and most accurate tall ship model in the world. We do not attach a name
to a ship's stern and say it is that ship. We
never cut the bowsprit and masts short in order to save shipping
cost. We refuse to paint copper color onto a wooden hull
to make a false appearance of a copper plated bottom.
Our guns under the main deck are 'real' and our
boats are real wood, not plastic casting. Ask stephensandkenau.com to confirm those features
and you'll be surprised they won't. If you
happen to see somewhere one or two photos
containing some features that you like, let us know
and will add them to your model-- no additional
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Learn more
about the Flying Cloud here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Cloud_(clipper)
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