Complex sentence: In 1891 Matthew Turner, an American shipbuilder from San Francisco, who had been seeking a fast passage between the city and Tahiti built the "Papeete", a two-masted schooner that made the trip in seventeen days.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1891 Matthew Turner, an American shipbuilder from San Francisco, who had been looking for a fast passage between the city and Tahiti built the Papeete. The Papeete, a two-masted schooner, made the trip in seventeen days.