Cutty Sark's salute to John DeLorean

historical side note,
the Cutty Sark was built in Scotland in 1869, and originally designed to carry tea from China to England as fast as possible. It's the world’s only surviving tea clipper, and has a recorded speed of 17.5 knots

This record-breaking ship travelled the globe and visited every major world port throughout its varied history.

Cutty-sark, the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee who chases Tam o' Shanter, snatching his horse's tail before he escapes by crossing water, because she wore a sark, and it was short (cutty). This ship was named for her because it was based on the previous ship, which had a figurehead of Tam o' Shanter. So, chronologically, it followed / chased Tam o'Shanter.

Cutty Sark was destined for the tea trade, then an intensely competitive race across the globe from China to London. Though the "premium" or bonus paid to the ship that arrived with the first tea of the year was abandoned after The Great Tea Race of 1866, faster ships could usually obtain a higher freight (the price paid to transport the cargo) than others.

 Her first round trip voyage under captain George Moodie began 16 February 1870 from London with a cargo of wine, spirits and beer bound for Shanghai. The return journey, carrying 1,305,812 lbs of tea from Shanghai, began 25 June, arriving 13 October in London via the Cape of Good Hope.

 Cutty Sark sailed in eight "tea seasons", from London to China and back

When the tea clippers arrived in China in 1870, they found a big increase in the number of steamers, which were in high demand, got twice the amount of freight, and half the insurance premium, plus they could use the 3000 mils shorter Suez Canal route.

Why the ship history lesson? Ummm, the ad, plus I'm a 1/4 Scottish, and was a Navy guy, and it's a Scottish built ship that set a world speed record