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The first large clipper ship was the "Ann McKim," which was 43 ft. THE FIRST LARGE CLIPPER SHIP WAS THE ANN MC KIM WHICH WAS FORTY THREE FE
astwise steamers. In the old days, sailing clipper ships made the trip from New York to San Francisco in one hundred days, while the voyage of ordinary ships was two or three times as long. The old ship "Lightning" sailed from Boston to Liverpool at a greater speed than that obtained by any steamship of its day, the vessel often logging over 500 miles in 24 hours, and it made the trip in a little less than 14 days. The "James Baines" sailed from Boston to Liverpool in 12 days and 6 hours, and broke the sailing record between these two ports. The same vessel made the trip from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia, in 63 days and returned in 69 days. The "Red Jacket" sailed from New York to Liverpool in 13 days, 1 hour, and 25 minutes. The "Flying Cloud" and "Andrew Jackson" sailed from New York to San Francisco in 89 days, and the "Sea Witch" made the trip from Canton, China, to New York in 74 days, 14 hours. These early clipper ships were quite small, many of them not being over 200 tons.  TRIP FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO IN ONE HUNDRED DAYS WHILE THE VOYAGE OF ORDINARY SHIPS WAS TWO OR THREE TIMES AS LONG THE OLD SHIP LIGHTNING SAILED FROM BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL AT A GREATER SPEED THAN THAT OBTAINED BY ANY STEAMSHIP OF ITS DAY THE VESSEL OFTEN LOGGING OVER FIVE HUNDRED MILES IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS AND IT MADE THE TRIP IN A LITTLE LESS THAN FOURTEEN DAYS THE JAMES BAINES SAILED FROM BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL IN TWELVE DAYS AND SIX HOURS AND BROKE THE SAILING RECORD BETWEEN THESE TWO PORTS THE SAME VESSEL MADE THE TRIP FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA IN SIXTY THREE DAYS AND RETURNED IN SIXTY NINE DAYS THE RED JACKET SAILED FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL IN THIRTEEN DAYS ONE HOUR AND TWENTY FIVE MINUTES THE FLYING CLOUD AND ANDREW JACKSON SAILED FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO IN EIGHTY NINE DAYS AND THE SEA WITCH MADE THE TRIP FROM CANTON CHINA TO NEW YORK IN SEVENTY FOUR DAYS FOURTEEN HOURS THESE EARLY CLIPPER SHIPS WERE QUITE SMALL MANY OF THEM NOT BEING OVER TWO HUNDRED TONS
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