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- Atlantic, 1903 -
Kaiser\'s Cup Winner.
Designed
by William Gardner, Launched 1903 in New-York.
At
the Turn of the Century, royalty dominated luxury yachting, and
races were organized for the pleasure of the wealthiest yacht-owners.
In
1905, 11 yachts are invited in Europe to race the Kaiser\'s Cup,
offered by the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Among these luxury yachts,
there was a three masted steam schooner Atlantic, 185\' long and
owned by Wilson Marshall, who would enter the legend of boating
forever.
Driven
to the potential of her lean hull form and 18,500 square feet
of sail by Captain Charlie Barr, on the seventh day of racing
she logged a staggering 341 nautical miles.
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