New Cutty Sark's Salute To Lavatory Delorean

historical side note,
the Cutty Sark was built inward Scotland inward 1869, together with originally designed to bear tea from Cathay to England every bit fast every bit possible. It's the world’s entirely surviving tea clipper, together with has a recorded speed of 17.5 knots

This record-breaking shipping travelled the globe together with visited every major footing port throughout its varied history.

Cutty-sark, the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee who chases Tam o' Shanter, snatching his horse's tail earlier he escapes past times crossing water, because she wore a sark, together with it was brusk (cutty). This shipping was named for her because it was based on the previous ship, which had a figurehead of Tam o' Shanter. So, chronologically, it followed / chased Tam o'Shanter.

Cutty Sark was destined for the tea trade, together with thus an intensely competitive race across the globe from Cathay to London. Though the "premium" or bonus paid to the shipping that arrived amongst the outset tea of the twelvemonth was abandoned later The Great Tea Race of 1866, faster ships could commonly obtain a higher freight (the cost paid to carry the cargo) than others.

 Her outset circular trip voyage nether captain George Moodie began xvi Feb 1870 from London amongst a cargo of wine, spirits together with beer leap for Shanghai. The provide journey, carrying 1,305,812 lbs of tea from Shanghai, began 25 June, arriving xiii Oct inward London via the Cape of Good Hope.

 Cutty Sark sailed inward viii "tea seasons", from London to Cathay together with back

When the tea clippers arrived inward Cathay inward 1870, they constitute a big increase inward the release of steamers, which were inward high demand, got twice the total of freight, together with one-half the insurance premium, summation they could purpose the 3000 mils shorter Suez Canal route.

Why the shipping history lesson? Ummm, the ad, summation I'm a 1/4 Scottish, together with was a Navy guy, together with it's a Scottish built shipping that ready a footing speed record

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