Thanks for the Cutty Sark picture!
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As for the hull, the Cutty Sark hull was still made of wood. Have visited her in Greenwich, though long before the fire, and built three models of it. It has been rebuilt since then.
The name is interesting, "Cutty Sark" is a witch from a scottish tale i think (the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee), and it also (or: of course) is the "gallion figure" (figurehead?) of the ship.
I think a "cutty sark" is also a short (cut-off?) shirt from ye olde english language, and the witch is expected to have worn such a garment, thus her name.
The man who rode through an english forest, at night, saw some light and sound, in a nearby derelict chapel. So he wanted to find out what was going on.. unfortunately it was a witches' meeting, and they soon detected him. He quickly mounted his horse and went off as fast as it would gallop, but they were close after him.
Then there was a stream before him (as everyone knows ghosts and witches cannot pass running water) and he spurred his horse to make a giant leap .. and so got off by a hair, or better by some hairs of his brave horse's tail, the leading witch (Mrs Cutty Sark) managed to grab, before both crossed the water.
So he survived and lived to tell the tale..
And, before the next journey, the sailors of the "Cutty Sark" always put some horses' hairs in the hand of the wooden Mrs Sark, just to make sure..
All the best,
Catfish