POPULAR SHIP - STREET NAMES
In part 4 of our series Plett - street names in areas we sell properties, we want to focus on famous ships and in particular, clipper ships. Clippers were fast, yacht like vessels, with three masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length and could carry limited bulk freight. The term "clipper" most likely derives from the verb "clip", which in former times meant, among other things, to run or fly swiftly. The ships appeared to clip along the ocean water. The term "clip" became synonymous with "speed" and was also applied to fast horses and sailing ships. Clippers sailed all over the world, primarily on the trade routes.
Here are some of our street names that carry a Clipper name:
- Ariel
- Cuthbert
- Cutty Sark
- Estrella
- Fiery Cross
- Sea witch
- Lookout
- Mimosa
- Serica
- Lightning
The meaning of coastal town becomes so much more real when you find that most of the street names in Plettenberg Bay are not involved in historical politics, but rather caries a history of the ocean.
