On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:49:07 GMT, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

I suspect the 14-knot average (achieved by the Pruessen) was "ground
speed," since it probably was calculated from the amount of travel between
the master's noon navigational fixes.

During it's inaugaral voyage, the "extreme" clipper ship "Flying
Cloud" managed one stretch of it's Sandy Hook to San Francisco of 375
miles in 24 hours.

Corky Scott