Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson was an 1854 medium clipper in the San Francisco, India, and the guano trades. She was known for having spent an entire month attempting to round Cape Horn in bad weather. Voyages Mary Robinson made six voyages, from Boston to New York and then to San Francisco. In 1864, Mary ran her fastest run in 115 days. She was accompanied by Carrier Dove off Cape Horn on this trip, and beat Carrier Dove to San Francisco by 18 days. On her maiden run, Mary Robinson was not as fortunate. She spent 30 days rounding Cape Horn in "heavy gales and continual snow storms". During the commercial panic of 1857, Mary Robinson was one of the many American clippers that was put into the more profitable British trade between India and England.