The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . e example of the other to send his shipalong at her best speed—they had been doing thatfor ninety-eight days and nights. When their sig-nals could be made out these ships proved to bethe Ariel and the Taeping. After passing theLizard the wind moderated, and they raced upchannel almost side by side, now one and then theother gaining a slight advantage, but never farapart, and as they passed the various headlandsalong the coast they presented a spirited marine
The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . e example of the other to send his shipalong at her best speed—they had been doing thatfor ninety-eight days and nights. When their sig-nals could be made out these ships proved to bethe Ariel and the Taeping. After passing theLizard the wind moderated, and they raced upchannel almost side by side, now one and then theother gaining a slight advantage, but never farapart, and as they passed the various headlandsalong the coast they presented a spirited marinepicture. They were off the pilot station at Dunge-ness at three oclock the next morning and burnedtbeir blue lights for pilots, who boarded both shipsat the same time. With a moderate wind they werenow making not more than five or six knots throughthe water, but the tide was sweeping them alongfast. Off the South Foreland the wind slackenedagain with the rising sun. Here the Ariel held aslight lead and she passed Deal at 8 oclock, fol-lowed by the Taeping eight minutes later, but asthe latter vessel had sailed from the Pagoda An-. Later British Tea Clippers 329 chorage twenty minutes after the Ariel, ninety-ninedays before, she had won the race by twelve ships had sailed 16,000 miles. The Serica passed Deal four hours later; all threeships went up the Thames on the same tide, andafter the usual tugboat race, the Taeping arrivedin the London Docks at 9:45, the Ariel in the EastIndia Docks at 10:15, and the Serica in the WestIndia Docks at 11:30 on September 6th. TheFiery Cross passed Deal on the 7th and the Taitsingon the 9th, each 101 days from the PagodaAnchorage. The following is an abstract of their logs: FieryAriel Taeping Serica Cross TaitsingFrom the PagodaAnchorage toAnjer 21 days 21 days 23 days 21 days 26 days. From Anjer to the Cape of Good Hope 25 26 27 25 28 From the Cape of Good Hope to the equator 20 19 18 20 19 From the equator to Deal 33 33 3
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