THE CUTTY SARK IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA 1872 In Gallery / EPIC VOYAGES

THE CUTTY SARK IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA 1872

".... On her third voyage in 1872 the Cutty Sark got the long awaited chance to race the Thermopylae home in the same weather and under the same conditions. Both left the mouth of the Shanghai river on June 18th. Both were held up by fog. When the weather cleared they sped down the China Sea and exchanged the lead several...