Talk:Flying Cloud (clipper)

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I believe the record was broken in 1989. (Anonymous observation moved here from article --Wetman 06:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC))

Spelling
I'm pretty sure that 'Grinell' is spelled with 2 n's

I just consulted the Shaw book, he spells it Grinnell too; it was Moses H. Grinnell, head of the New York office of Grinnell, Minturn & Company.

--AJim 02:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Andrew Jackson?
In Andrew_Jackson_(clipper), it is stated that this ship beat the record of the Flying Cloud by four hours. Even if the record is disputed (see ref. article), shouldn't it at least be mentioned here? -- DevSolar (talk) 07:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Added a section to address this. Cutler includes the logbooks and several citations to explain the competing claims to the record. Djembayz (talk) 14:14, 11 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Excellently done! -- DevSolar (talk) 15:08, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Clarification needed
In the section: Race with clipper Hornet in 1853, it says that the Flying Cloud left two days after the Hornet, but "both ships arrived in San Francisco harbor 106 days later at almost the same time" which means that Hornet actually took 108 days. Is that worth a fix? I leave it to someone with more editing savvy than I have, or I'll do it later once I learn the editing ropes. Photobones (talk) 18:33, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Speed of Flying Cloud
The article states that Flying Cloud covered 374 miles in 3 days, this is incorrect. The ship's logs states on the northbound leg in the South Pacific Flying Cloud covered 374 from noon till noon, a 24 hour period. Flying Cloud was about 800 miles west of Chile from noon on July 30, 1851 until noon on July 31, 1851 traveling north in front of a developing storm. Her log reads, on July 30-31, 1851: "Fresh breezes with fine weather all sails set At 2 P.M. wind South east at 6 squally (took) in lower and Top Gallant studding sails 7 (took) in Royals At 2 A.M. (took) in fore Top Mast Studding Sail Latter part strong Gales & high seas running Ship very wet fore & aft. Distance run this day by observation is 374 miles an average of 15 14/24th Knots...During the squalls 18 Knots of line was not sufficient to measure her rate of speed. Top gallant sails set." Flying Cloud over 3 days ran the following nautical mileage, 284, 374 and 334 for 992 nautical miles which converts to 1144 statute miles.

Source: The book "Flying Cloud" by David W. Shaw

Clipper1854 (talk) 18:52, 18 October 2013 (UTC)Harvey

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