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* The ''[http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/cuttysarkG2105_468x372.jpg Cutty Sark]'', a tea clipper so fast it remained profitable to run well into the age of steam-powered boats. |
* The ''[http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/cuttysarkG2105_468x372.jpg Cutty Sark]'', a tea clipper so fast it remained profitable to run well into the age of steam-powered boats. |
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* The [[wikipedia:SMS Seeadler (Windjammer)|Seeadler]] ought to qualify. I mean seriously, a sailing warship in ''1916''? |
* The [[wikipedia:SMS Seeadler (Windjammer)|Seeadler]] ought to qualify. I mean seriously, a sailing warship in ''1916''? |
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* There are still cool sailboats in the modern world; witness the [http://www.symaltesefalcon.com/about.asp Maltese Falcon]. Also, it has a vintage Bentley as a coffee table decoration. |
* There are still cool sailboats in the modern world; witness the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629154056/http://www.symaltesefalcon.com/about.asp Maltese Falcon]. Also, it has a vintage Bentley as a coffee table decoration. |
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* Don't forget the [[wikipedia:America (yacht)|America]], a schooner so fast that after starting a 53 mile race with a fouled anchor, she won the race by ''18 minutes''. For the non sailing types, that's so far ahead of the pack that when the Queen of England asked who was in second place, the response was "There is no second, Your Majesty" |
* Don't forget the [[wikipedia:America (yacht)|America]], a schooner so fast that after starting a 53 mile race with a fouled anchor, she won the race by ''18 minutes''. For the non sailing types, that's so far ahead of the pack that when the Queen of England asked who was in second place, the response was "There is no second, Your Majesty" |
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