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Iron clipper
English coast
Logger and coastal steamer
Lateen sails and steam
Iron clipper
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Iron clipper

Speed is something relative, once the mail coach and the clipper ships were truly fast - but of course that was relative to the competition. I've read that 18 knots was the maximum, even though some Americans claimed 25 for their ships.
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Oh, what a splendid, steady, controlled heave to port...I'm there, feeling the sensation...I think I must be a 'sail man' at heart....so real. No wonder I am hooked on Masefield. You are another Masefield - but in paint this time. Donald.
 
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Thanks Donald. There is a literary connection here, it's the Loch Etive and a former second mate onboard her, Joseph Conrad, penned the following words: ''She was built for hard driving, and undoubtedly she received all the hard driving she could stand.''
 
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Conrad is another of my favourite authors, Stein. I thought there was a literary connection here somewhere. Aye, Conrad put it well. Still another of my favourite authors is Captain Alan Villiers, and I thought of him too when I saw this picture. I so enjoy his descriptions of life aboard various windjammers. Must have another look at my Conrad books. Donald.
 

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