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Foreword by the author:
“This is the record of an Atlantic passage in a ship that had an interesting and romantic career. She was a survivor of the London-Australia iron clipper fleet of the ‘seventies and one of the finest of her class. The story is largely a transcription of a diary kept during the passage. It is being published fifteen years afterwards because of the general interest that is now being taken in the old-time sailing ships, and because the ship I had the privilege of sailing in had many claims to fame, not alone in her design and construction but also in her record of service afloat. Since there are many lovers of the sea and the fast vanishing windships who must do their voyaging vicariously through the medium of books, this account has been written particularly with them in mind. Thus, I have translated my notes into more explanatory detail than would be found in a seaman’s log book, and have elaborated upon the daily routine, the vagaries of the weather as it affected the ship’s progress from hour to hour, the construction and fittings, as well as giving some idea of the working of the ship. The photographs taken on the passage will serve to show how such ships were fitted and how they appeared under sail.”
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