How it all started?

This is the documentary of the whole story of the building process. How it started, who and how were involved. Every interesting details, lots of problems and solutions. This is like the Log of the Cutty Sark by Lubbock. Once upon a time we meet in...

Team meeting in Szceczin

We had a guest – a lady who worked for the local government (but now works for somewhere else, at Deutsche Bank). She showed on a map a possible building site in Szczecin, it is on an island (near the location of the Crew Party). It is close to the city, is easily accessible, at the moment it is a bit difficult to reach by car, but there is going to be a bridge (for people and light vehicle). A maritime museum will also be built. Heavy things are not a problem, because not far from the site there are possibilities for cargo storage. Election – who is going to be the major? The local government will not enter into any discussion until the foundation is established. Questions: Is the site big enough for our purpose? Infrastructure? Where to put up the volunteers/workers? Maybe on a floating...
Cutty Sark 2: Ship-lovers plan seaworthy replica of iconic 19th-century vessel

Cutty Sark 2: Ship-lovers plan seaworthy replica of iconic 19th-century vessel

Cutty Sark 2 would sail the globe as a training vessel-cum-living museum, while carrying symbolic cargoes of tea and wool Susie Mesure @susiemesure Sunday 22 November 2015 00:13        The Cutty Sark clipper in 1890 ( Getty ) When Cutty Sark first hoisted her sails on the River Clyde in 1869, the Suez Canal had just opened and the British Raj was still in its infancy. The nippy tea clipper quickly became one of the world’s fastest ships, and has remained an object of universal fascination ever since.  Now, nearly 150 years later, a group of ship-lovers wants to recapture her glory days by building a replica. Cutty Sark 2 would sail the globe as a training vessel-cum-living museum, while carrying symbolic cargoes of tea and wool like her namesake, according to Vladimir Martus, a sailor and naval architect who is spearheading the project.  A campaign to crowdfund an initial $120,000 (£79,000), to cover detailed up-to-date designs, runs until 24 December. The eventual cost is estimated at between £19m and £24m, which compares with the £50m it cost to restore the original ship after the world’s last remaining tea clipper was nearly destroyed by a fire in 2007.  Mr Martus, 49, who was born in St Petersburg, Russia, said the devastating fire inspired him to launch the project. “I thought it such a pity that they didn’t use the restoration opportunity to build a sailing ship.”    Shtandart, a replica of Peter the Great’s flagship If Cutty Sark 2 is successful, she would be the second vessel Mr Martus has helped bring back to life. He was speaking to The Independent on Sunday from Shtandart, a...