The Ariel, which missed winning the 1866 race by 20 minutes, was named after a sprite in Shakespeare's play The Tempest, while the Cutty Sark's name came from an ancient Scottish legend recounted in Robert Burns 'poem Tam O'Shanter.
僅差二十分鐘而失標的名船「愛酈兒」，是莎翁名劇暴風雨中的精靈；「卡蒂薩克」則源自蘇格蘭詩中的古代傳說。