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The Lynx in the picture above was designed by the naval architect Melbourne Smith, the President of the International Historical Watercraft Society, who wants to build a new historic authentic replica of the clipper ship Sea Witch.

As a maritime historian and member of the McKay Clan who has observed the sad demise of our clipper fleet for 60 years now, I should simply comment that building the Sea Witch is the most logical place to start reclaiming our long-lost clipper ship maritime heritage. The International Historical Watercraft Society is uniquely qualified to accomplish this task.

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International Historical Watercraft Society

P.O. Box 54

Annapolis, Maryland 21404-0054

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We will keep you all posted as to how this latest effort is going on this page over the coming days.

 

 

2/21/05 ~ Ahoy everyone

Hopefully 2005 will be the year that someone in the United States of America will begin to claim our long lost clipper ship maritime heritage.

For we ask you all to take a long, hard look upon any ocean near you and realize that an American clipper ship is not about to appear out of the ocean mists anytime soon.

Over the past four years we have done all we could with this Web site to bring the matter of our long-lost clipper ship maritime heritage to the attention of the rest of the world. So it's time to move on with the launching of this book, The Era of the Clipper Ships: The Legacy of Donald McKay.

The McKay family continues to support all efforts to build clipper ships, but we are growing rather bored just waiting around our whole lifetimes for someone to come along and do it, and we now want to build and launch an American clipper ship "on spec," , gather up a hearty crew, hoist sails to the highest of places, and run for the open sea.

So we are changing tack right now and focus on the launching "on spec," of The Era of the Clipper Ships: The Legacy of Donald McKay.

You can read all about it on the new Minnehaha Press Page just posted.

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All that is left of our clipper ship heritage.

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You can get in touch with our Senators and House Representatives and let them know how you feel about supporting efforts to reclaim our long-lost clipper ship maritime heritage:

www.senate.gov / www.house.gov

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www.seawitchrediviva.com

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