The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
REPORTS OF OCEAN RACERS.
Atlantic Sighted Three Times on Saturday
-Doings OF Other Yachts.


-Doinss OF Other Yachts.
Wilson Marshall's schooner yacht Atlantic
has been the one most reported 80 far In
the race across the ocean. On Saturday
she was sighted by the Cedric, Mnnetonka
and Noordam. The latest report was by
the Noordam, and that was at Gas +. Nj.
on Saturday. The Atlantic then showed
her night signal, red, white. red. and was
in latitude 1858. longitude IS. She was
ha wing fair west southwest wind at that
time. The yacht had then been out 81
hours 80 minutes and had sailed about
72O miles on her eastward course, 30 that
since the start on Wednesday at Sandy
Hook lightship she had averaged s.s miles
an hour on her course. That Is very good
sailing, especially when 1t is considered
that at the start the wind was ahead ana
light. SO far, according to this report
the Atlantic has made very little northing'
and it ia evidently the intention OF Capt.
Barr to hold to about longitude so before ne
begins to take the great circle.
The Cedric sighted the Atlantic earlier
in tho day. The Cedric is bound east
She sighted the Atlantic In latitude 40,
and the wind fresh from the west-south.
west. The yacht was making about 7.6+
knots an hour in a sea moderate to rough.
Previous to this the yacht had been
sighted by the Minnetonka, which weasel
arrived In port Yesterday afternoon. l to
and the wind was fresh and increasing IN
tonka's signal answered All we'll
Previous to these reports the Atlantic
had not been heard OF since the ONEIDA
left her at s o'clock on the morning after
~ otort Sho waa then about 100 miles
east-southeast from the Sandy Hook hght-
The Thistle was reported yesterday. by
the steamer Gorsemere, which arrived IN
Boston yesterday from A MY h .,s Japsj
the Thistle at 2:so o'clock on Saturday, after,
noon in latitude a 8, longitude o.. She had
all her sails set at that time and was making
about 81 knots an hour in west.northwest
wind. At that time the Thistle had sailed
$50 miles east and had made about fifty miles
of northing. The Thistle Is sailing the great
circle and will make longitude SO at about
Commodore Tod reported that the This
in latitude Ain. longitude $3.50, and the
spars Of another vessel near by showed that
there had been collision. He thought
that the second vessel had sunk. This
brgantine was probably the British vessel
Acacia.
The Fleur de Lys was seen southwest OF
Nantucket Shoals lightship on Thursday
night, and the Endymion that night was
seen about twenty miles ahead OF the Fleur
de Lys.
The Apache was sighted by the Princess
Alice at 8: 80 o'clock on Friday afternoon
sixty-fve miles east Of Nantucket Shoals
lghtship. She had been previously re-
ported and between the two eightings
had made 1920 miles in seventeen hours. She
had a twenty knot breeze from the west
northwest and was doing remarkably well,
The Valhalla was sighted of the Nan
tucket Shoals lightship at midnight on
Thursday. She was then about seventy
Ave miles ahead of the Apache, and il favored
with the same strong wind would have
made much better speed. 40 that the Val
hala BY this time is the leading boat OF the
division that is sailing an Intermediate
course. The Endymion probably !eads
Atlantic or the Hamburg is leading those
taking a southeriv course. The repor ts
received yesteday follow
as. Cedric via Noordam and Marconi
station Siasconset. Mass. May 22-May
20, Atlantic sighted latitude 49, longitude
90, heading east fresh west-southwest
winds: weather fine. clear cloudy; sea
moderate to rough; average speed 1854
knots"
ass. Minnetonka via Marconi station
Sagaponack, y. y. May % Passed yacht
Atlantic Saturday, latitude 4o.4s north,
ongitude SO west; fresh west-southwest
wind, increasing"
ass. Noordam via Marconi station, Sias
conset, Mass, May % May 20. passed
acht presumed Atlantic 9A5 P. NJ lati
tude 40.53 north, So west, heading east;
burned red, white, red, coston light, having
fair west -southwest wind"