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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Owner | Wilson Marshall |
| Builder | Townsend & Downey |
| Launched | 1903-07-28 |
| Honours and awards | Kaiser's Cup, 1905 |
| Fate | Scrapped (1982-01-30) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | three mast gaff-rigged schooner |
| Displacement | 303 tonnes |
| Length | 69.40 m (227.7 ft) |
| Beam | 8.85 m (29.0 ft) |
| Draught | 4.90 m (16.1 ft) |
| Installed power | steam and sail |
| Sail plan | 1,720 m2 (18,500 sq ft) |
The Atlantic was a three-masted schooner built in 1903 by Townsend and Downey shipyard on Shooters Island, New Jersey. She was designed by William Gardner, and Frederick Maxfield Hoyt[1] for Wilson Marshall.
Atlantic was skippered by Charlie Barr, accompanied by navigator and tactician Frederick Maxfield Hoyt,[1] when she set the record for fastest transatlantic sail passage in the 1905 Kaiser's Cup race. The monohull record remained unbroken for nearly 100 years.[2][3]
Her speed and elegance have made her the subject of a book.[4]
- ^ a b "Quindecennial record of the class of 1895 Sheffield scientific school of Yale University". www.archive.org. Yale University. 1912. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Atlantic reincarnated". Yachting World. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31.
- ^ Ramsey, Nancy (2005-06-02). "YACHT RACING; Schooner Breaks Century-Old Record for Crossing the Atlantic". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ Cookman, Scott (2002). Atlantic: The Last Great Race of Princes. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-41076-4.