All of this primarily occurred in just two places: Boston and New York. The owners delayed Rainbow’s completion for more than a year, beleiving it would be a disaster. It was Griffiths next design, Sea Witch, that cemented his reputation. Designed to carry porcelain and tea, Sea Witch was 192 feet LOA with a 43-foot beam and a main mast 140 feet tall. In March of 1849 Sea Witch, with Capt. Robert Waterman in command, sailed into New York from Hong Kong two weeks before it was expected. A 14,000-nautical mile passage in 74 days and 14 hours, a record so substantial it was only eclipsed by a multihull sailboat in 2003. It was just one of many fast passages. Sea Witch went on to earn its owners substantial profit. When gold was discovered in California, Sea Witch established the short-lived record from New York to San Francisco of 97 days, the first vessel to do so in less than 100 days. In 1854, that record was beaten by Flying Cloud, which made the passage in 89 days, 8 hours. By the end of the 1850s, Sea Witch was consigned to carrying steerage passengers from China to Cuba. The clipper ran aground off Havana in 1856. This model kit is complete and unstarted. The box containing the small metal parts is still factory sealed. Everything is here, four pages of blueprints, color suggestion chart for painting, instructions and various inserts. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Boats & Ships”. The seller is “sroedel” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam.
- Unit of Sale: Single Unit
- Assembly Status: Unassembled Kit
- Custom Bundle: No
- Set Includes: Ship, Blueprints
- Material: Wood
- Scale: 1:8
- MPN: 1079
- Year Manufactured: 1958
- Item Length: 34\
- Franchise: Marine Model Co
- Subject: Sea Witch
- Vintage: Yes
- Brand: Marine Model Company
- Type: Ship Kit
- Customized: No
- Skill Level: 4 – Advanced
- Item Height: 21\
- Model: Sea Witch
- Theme: Nautical
- Style: Canton Clipper Ship
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Item Weight: 9 lb
- Item Width: 5\