Piel Craftsmen Cutty Sark Clipper Wooden Ship Model Hand Made New England VGC

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Piel Craftsmen Cutty Sark Clipper Wooden Ship Model Hand Made New England VGC
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For sale is the Cutty Sark Clipper Wooden Model Ship by Piel Craftsmen of Newburyport, Mass. Due to the fragility of the model, I can deliver the item within a
125 mile radius
.
It measures 28 1/2" long x 18 1/2" tall x 7 3/4" wide and is in a very good condition. Only 2 loose lines with one at the bow and one at the aft. No chips or cracks. Hand made by the skilled artisans of Piel Craftsmen.
The
Cutty Sark
has been built based on scaled down plans based on the original ship. The hull is carved from select basswood and finished with dull black topsides and white whale. The bottom is
antiqued copper-green to simulate the corrosive effect the salt seas had on the original copper bottom. Masts are painted black and white with black spars. All deck fittings are carefully reproduced in detail and include mahogany deck houses, hatches, ship boats, and many brass fittings.
The rigging of the Cutty Sark is very detailed and intricate. Many miniature blocks are used in the running rigging and tiny chain is used at points of stress, at the braces, and on the bowsprit. The model is mounted on a mahogany base on two brass pedestals. It has brass finished nameplates on each side of the name block. This model is one of the finest pieces of workmanship to come out of the Piel Craftsmen shop.
Cutty Sark History:
It has been said that there was never so fine a clipper hull designed as that of the
Cutty Sark
. The
Cutty Sark
first felt the water of the River Clyde on her keel on November 23,1869. The little clipper was built by the Scottish shipbuilders, Scott & Linton, in Dumbarton, for John Willis. Only the best materials were to go into her. The
Cutty Sark
was 280' long and had a beam of 36'. From her concept, she was designed to beat "
Thermopylae
," and no ends were to be spared to achieve this. Scotland is also responsible for her name, cutty sark being the wee shirt or short chemise worn by Nannie the witch in Bobby Burn's immortal poem, Tam o'Shanter.
The
Cutty Sark
made her maiden voyage, from London to Shanghai, on February 16, 1870. Her first captain was George Moodie. In 1872, the first show-down race with
Thermopylae
took place. Both ships had loaded at Shanghai and sailed from Woosung on the same day. However, twenty-six days later, with the
Cutty Sark
400 miles ahead disaster struck. Her rudder was carried away in a heavy gale. A jury rudder was rigged, no small task on the high seas, and carrying easy sail, she made port a week behind
Thermopylae
.
In 1885
Cutty Sark
met Captain Richard Woodget, who stood out among sea characters as an individualist. He raised Sable Collies aboard the
Cutty Sark
. Under his command the
Cutty Sark
took measure of the
Thermopylae
, on the return trip of his first voyage. In 1885 both ships left Port Jackson, Australia together, and 73 days later the
Cutty Sark
arrived in England, one week ahead of
Thermopylae
. John Willis had waited fifteen years for the victory and presented the ship with a golden shirt to be flown from her main truck. Captain Woodget skippered her until 1895 when she was sold.
From 1938 until 1953,
Cutty Sark
was part of the Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College, and then was turned over to the Cutty Sark Preservation Society. Today the
Cutty Sark
is restored in a specially built drydock at Greenwich Pier in London where visitors may go aboard her.
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