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Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours. The ship held this record for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989. Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay.
South America. Cape Horn. Distance from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn: 13,328 Nautical Miles. Map of the Magellan Straits, Patagonia. Cape Horn is the southernmost point of South America and is the steep headland on Horn Island, part of Tierra del Fuego, in southern Chile.
7 lut 2022 · “Hi, I am Ryan Finn and I recently attempted to set the first nonstop singlehanded sailing record from New York to San Francisco, via Cape Horn, based on the 14,000 mile Clipper Ship records established during the Gold Rush.
23 kwi 2022 · American solo sailor Ryan Finn has become the first ever to sail around Cape Horn in a proa, completing a New York to San Francisco solo record attempt on the 36ft proa Jzerro after 93...
In 1851, Boston-built Flying Cloud sailed from New York to San Francisco in an astonishing 89 days, 21 hours. Three years later, the same vessel set a new record—89 days, 8 hours—that stood for 135 years.
4 lut 2022 · Three years later, with the Creesys again in command, the Flying Cloud broke its own record, sailing from New York to San Francisco in 89 days, eight hours.
21 kwi 2022 · After 92 days at sea, Ryan Finn is expected to arrive in San Francisco on April 20th, 2022 at Richmond Yacht Club on his 36' Proa design sailboat. He will complete his attempt to create the first-ever record for a non-stop singlehanded sail from New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn on the smallest boat to ever attempt this route.
