Cutty Sark (whisky) the famous poem by Robert Burns, "Tam o' Shanter". The drawing of the clipper ship "Cutty Sark" on the label of the whisky bottles is a work of the Swedish artist Carl Georg August Wallin. He was a mariner painter, and this is probably his most famous ship painting. This drawing has been on the whisky bottles since 1955. The Tall Ships' Races for large sailing ships were originally known as The Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races, under the terms of sponsorship by the whisky brand. Cutty Sark was originally distributed in the United States by Buckingham Co., which was
Clipper route "Cutty Sark" made the fastest passage on this route by a clipper, in 72 days. "Thermopylae" made the slightly shorter passage from London to Melbourne, , in just 61 days in 1868–69. The following map traces the outbound route of the 1874 voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia, of the clipper ship "City of Adelaide", which today is the world's oldest surviving clipper ship. The latitudes and longitudes are obtained from the surviving diary of 21-year-old passenger James McLauchlan. The return passage continued east from Australia; ships stopping at Wellington would pass through the Cook Strait, but otherwise this