I recall being told by my grandfer about the magnificent tea clipper the Cutty Sark, she was anchored in the Carrick Roads in Falmouth from 1923-1936 , she was bought by a sailing enthusiast when her sailing days we over.
She was the fastest tea clipper at that time and her most famous master was Captain Woodget, a good captain and fearless commander.
In order to catch the Roaring Forties Trade winds encountering some of the most violent gales and seas, Woodget would travel further than any of her other masters.
Cutty Sark in 1889 was involved in a famous incident with the crack PO steamship Britannia.
Britannia was doing 14.5 to 16 knots and was overhauled by the Cutty Sark doing a good 17 knots, this was recorded in the Britannia's log 'sailing ship overhauled and passed us.!!
An apprentice (aged 15) wrote to his mother that 'Captain Woodget kept vicious collie dogs' and they ate such food as' Salt Tram Horse' 'Leu pies' and 'Junk and Spuds'.
She was taken to Greenhithe where she was a training ship before being taken over in 1954 by the Cutty Sark Society who restored her and she was transferred to Greenwich.
Unfortunately she was badly damaged by fire in 2007 , but has been fully restored, although there is still no access to the ship yet.
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Here is an old photo I came across taken while she was in Falmouth, she certainly was a beauty. CG

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