Igenlode Wordsmith’s Reviews > The Colonial Clippers > Status Update

Sadly the "Turakina"/"City of Perth", named as being a survivor in 1912 along with the "Cutty Sark" as "two of the fastest and most beautiful ships ever built", was according to the records broken up shortly afterwards, in 1914 :-(

We have now had 12 years of outward tables, and space and, no doubt, the patience of the reader are both growing exhausted...
:-D

"Like all converted steamers she was a very fast sailer" - odd, I should have expected the opposite to be the case!

An interesting observation that the 'colonial clippers' carrying emigrants to the Gold Rush, despite the astonishing speeds logged (up to 20 knots), were built to go fast by keeping up as much sail as possible in the strong winds of the southern oceans, and were hopeless at ghosting along under a cloud of canvas in light airs as the tea-clippers did.

An interesting observation that the 'colonial clippers' carrying emigrants to the Gold Rush, despite the astonishing speeds logged (up to 20 knots), were built to go fast by keeping up as much sail as possible in the strong winds of the southern oceans, and were hopeless at ghosting along under a cloud of canvas in light airs as the tea-clippers did.