The Hall brothers tested various hull shapes in a water test tank before settling of the design that would revolutionise fast sailing ships for decades ... This waterline model of "Scottish ...

In this programme I am with an elaborately crafted model of a sailing ship, made of gilded copper and iron, which stands about three feet (90 cm) high. It was designed not to sail the seas ...

The rebuild of the model boat led to a wilder idea: the construction of a second Independence; a full-size, operational replica of the sailing ship. "When we finished putting it [the model boat ...