PICTURES OF YESTERYEAR managed by PPL PHOTO AGENCY - copyright reserved PHOTO CREDIT: Ian Dear Archive/PPL Tel: +44(0)7768 395719 : ppl@mistr
PICTURES OF YESTERYEAR managed by PPL PHOTO AGENCY - copyright reserved PHOTO CREDIT: Ian Dear Archive/PPL Tel: +44(0)7768 395719 : web: ***Circa 1905: Onboard the 187ft American schooner ATLANTIC at the start for the fourth Transatlantic yacht race from New York to the Lizard Point, Cornwall. ATLANTIC’s Scottish professional skipper, Charlie Barr is at the helm, while the owner, Wilson Marshall, and navigator and tactician Frederick Maxfield Hoyt pose for the camera. She won the race and established a race record of 12 days, 4 hours, 1 minute and 19 second that stood for 75 years until broken in1980 by Eric Tabarly sailing the 60ft French trimaran PAUL RICARD. However Atlantic's monohull record stood for nearly 100 years until was broken in 1997 by the 80ft yacht NICORETTE which completed the crossing in 11 days 13 hours 22 minutes.
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Keywords: &, barr, black, captain, charles, cup, historic, history, kaisers, ocean, race, sail, sailing, transatlantic, west-east, white, yachting
