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CUTTY SARK MODEL

The Cutty Sark was one of the last clippers built for the China tea trade by Scott, Linton & Company, Dumbarton, Scotland. She was launched in 1869 with a complement of 28.

She was built for John Willis who wanted the Cutty Sark to be the fastest ship in the annual race to bring home the first of the new seasons tea from China.

Only the finest materials were used to build her. Willis, however, was very disappointed in the Cutty Sark’s early performance, as she never beat her rival the Thermopylae, on her passage home from China.

There was a great rivalry between clippers and steamships as the steamships were faster and cheaper to carry cargo from the East. In 1878 the Clippers, as a result of this, were out of the tea trade. The Cutty Sark was used to cargo coal, jute, hemp, wool or whatever cargoes were available. Unfortunately, her cargo capacity was much smaller than the full-bodied sailing ships of the period and she was barely profitable.

In 1883 she was under command of Captain W. Moore, carrying a cargo of wool from Newcastle, Australia in a splendid time of 79 days to England. Richard Woodget became her celebrated master and the Cutty Sark remained in the wool trade through 1893. She completed her last voyage to Australia in 1895.

In 1916 the Cutty Sark was dismasted in a hurricane and re-rigged as a barkentine.

In 1922, Captain W. Dowman purchased her and restored her as a training ship at Falmouth. In 1938, Cutty Sark was donated to Thames Nautical Training College where she was used as a training vessel. In 1954 she was placed in a specially constructed dry dock in Greenwich. After much restoration work Cutty Sark was opened to the public in 1957. More than thirteen million people have visited the glorious clipper ship.

About the construction of the Cutty Sark model:
- Copper-plated bottom
- Genuine tall ship look, not shiny and pristine like a plastic toy
- Authentic extensive rigging system comprised of many different sizes of rope and features numerous blocks and deadeyes

We build this primarily wood Cutty Sark model the following sizes:

48" long  $5,275 Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $700 flat rate.
34" long $3,990 Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $450 flat rate.

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