"Although American clippers took the lead initially, the British later gained the upper hand." Captain Waite stresses that because British seafaring already had a history of many centuries, by the mid-19th century the country faced a severe shortage of timber for shipbuilding.
「美國飛翦雖然拔得頭籌，英國卻後來居上」，韋特船長強調，因為英國的航海世紀已有數百年歷史，到了十九世紀中期面臨木料嚴重短缺。