Notes on Passages to Australia in 1876.
The only new ship to make a name for herself this year was Aristides, but I do not think she was as fast as Thompson’s earlier ships, and I much doubt if she were capable of the following week’s run, made by Samuel Plimsoll whilst running her easting down this year in 41° S., viz., 348, 330, 301, 342, 320, 264, and 340 = total 2245 miles.
Hardly any of the cracks are missing from the “under 80 day” list. The Tweed, with eight fine stallions on board, ran from the Start to King’s Island in 77 days on her way to Sydney, but was then held up three more days by calms.