Restoration has been carried out alongside ambitious exhibition design by Designmap and Barry Mazur. The hulk of the ship has been hoisted 3.3m off of the ground, taking any stress away from her keel, ...
When the sleek, beautiful tea clipper Cutty Sark was launched in 1869, built for speed to beat the competition and get the precious early tea harvest back to the European market, she was named for the ...
A bracing westerly is shaking the rigging and I am feeling distinctly wobbly way up high on the yard arm of what was once the fastest ship in the world. Given that I'm feeling nervous, what on earth ...