The popular image of a cruise ship captain is of Capt. Merrill Stubing, skipper of the wackiest star-studded ship on the seas in The Love Boat. But a beaming smile and pat one-liners didn’t g… ...

The term "clipper" had become loose and generic, referring to any fast sailing ship, but Krafft's study went back to analyze the sources of that speed in the American ships built by Donald McKay ...

The American clipper ship “Sovereign of the Seas,” built by Donald McKay, and commanded by his brother, made the passage from this City, which she left on the 18th of June last, to Liverpool ...

View The American clipper Sovereign of the Seas in heavy weather on her record-breaking passage from Honolulu to New York by Derek G.M. Gardner on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Unequalled Sailing—Short Passage ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 35 (May 1853), p. 274 doi:10.1038 ...

NEWBURYPORT — A ship model in need of a new home is making its next voyage to the Custom House Maritime Museum. The model is of the famous Boston clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, built in ...