31. Detail of Donald McKay’s inaugural 1850 Extreme Clipper Stag Hound lines.
32. Reconstructed clipper Stag Hound bow, depicting accurate navel hood, cutwater, stem and hound fi gurehead to scale. Author’s work.
bearing winged angel fi gurehead were all still visible on the ship in 1871, twenty years later, captured by artist John Scott. (Figure 27)
I believe one of the challenges which have complicated modern ship modeling of McKay clippers is a basic misunderstanding of the old practice of publishing a ship’s lines. Builder’s hull models usually only