Steven Priske Quotations

I thought she was referring to a box of paper photographs. I cracked open this box, and there were just stacks and stacks of glass plate negatives.

It was the unique hull and rigging design of the Western Shore that gave her such fast sailing qualities. Those records have not been surpassed to this day by commercial sailing vessels.

The Western Shore turns out to be the last clipper ship built anywhere in the world.

I'm committed to seeing this history preserved. I don't want to see this history relegated to the back of a garage for the next 100 years. ... A new chapter will have to be added to the history of the clipper ships.

The history that's going to be revealed when this book is published is going to shake up the maritime world. I've discovered several West-Coast-built ships that were the first of their kind to be built anywhere in the world. I've also discovered the last clipper ship built in the United States, and possibly the fastest clipper ship ever built.