Named for their speed (they could cross the Atlantic in less than two weeks), clippers could "clip" the time taken to bring highly prized cargoes to Britain. The famous Red Jacket was built in 1853 in Maine from a Samuel H. Polk design. On her maiden voyage to Liverpool, Capt. Asa Eldridge in command, she logged 413 sea miles in one day, becoming one of the seven fastest sailing ships in all history. The beauty of the original Red Jacket is repeated in this sleek and graceful model-every line suggests speed and seaworthiness.