medium clipper, 1372 tons OM, 188 feet, built for Zerega&Co of New York. 1856 Adriatic, medium clipper, 1327 tons OM, built for Zerega&Co of New York. She ran aground, off Whale Cove, on Digby Neck Peninsula, Nova Scotia, Canada on the 24th December 1859. 1858 Alhambra, medium clipper, 1097 tons OM 1859 Benj. S. Wright, 107 tons. 1860 Mary B. Dyer, schooner. 1860 H. & R. Atwood, schooner. 1861–1862 General Putnam, ship. 1864–1865 Trefoil, wooden screw propeller ship, 370 tons. 1864–1865 Yucca, wooden screw propeller ship, 373 tons. 1864–1865 Nausett, iron clad monitor. 1864–1865 Ashuelot, iron side-wheel double ended ship, 1030 tons. 1866 Geo. B. Upton, wooden screw propeller ship, 604 tons. 1866 Theodore D. Wagner, wooden screw propeller ship, 607 tons. 1867 North Star, brig, 410 tons. 1867 Helen Morris, medium clipper, 1285 tons OM 1868 Sovereign of the Seas, 1502 tons 1868 R.R. Higgins, schooner, 96 tons. 1869 Glory of the Seas, medium clipper, 2102 tons OM, scrapped for her metal at Brace Point, West Seattle on the 13th of May 1923. Her figurehead is preserved at the India House, New York. 1869 Frank Atwood, schooner, 107 tons. 1874–1875 Adams, sloop of war, 615 tons. 1874–1875 Essex, sloop of war. 1875 America, originally built by William H. Brown in 1851 this famous schooner yacht, was rebuilt by McKay in 1875. Records set Lightning set multiple records 436 miles in a 24-hour period in 1854 430 miles in 24 hours while bound for Australia 63 days and 3 hours from Melbourne, Australia, to Liverpool, England Sovereign of the Seas posted the fastest speed ever by a sailing ship – 22 kts. in 1854. Champion of the Seas set the record of 465 miles in 24 hours in December 1854; this record stood until 1984. James Baines logged a speed of 21 knots (June 18, 1856) Flying Cloud made two 89-day passages New York to San Francisco Bald Eagle set the record of 78 days 22 hours for a fully laden ship from San Francisco to New York. Late life In 1869, under financial pressure from previous losses, McKay sold his shipyard and worked for some time in other shipyards. He retired to his farm near Hamilton, Massachusetts, spending the rest of his life there. He died in 1880 in relative poverty and was buried in Newburyport. Design practices McKay's designs were characterized by a long fine bow with increasing