New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-23
OCEAN RACERS REPORTED
The atlantic Yell ON Her Way
The Thistle Far Behind.

Wilson MarshalPs yacht Atlantic, sailed by Can
tam Charles Barr, and one of the contestants IN
the transatlantic race for the German Emperor't
up was sighted at 555 2. m on Saturday. 6st
miles east of Sandy Hook She was heading east
and with fine weather and a fresh southwest wind
was making little better than seven and halt
KNOTS an hour. The Atlantic also sighted by
the steamers Cedric in latitude 40 north, longitude
" west; by the Mnnetonka, in latitude 404s north.
longitude SO west, and by the Noordam. in latitude
4V'oS north. longitude SIS west Marconi wireless
messages were sent from all these steamers to The
associated Press. To have reached the point at
"iNch she was sighted. the Atlantic must have
averaged more than two hundred miles a day, or
more than eight knots an hour.
G"plalh Layland said there moderate sea-
~ al OF his passengers deck and cheered
Io Sacht7 which passed about three-quarters of a
80 away. She was splendid sight, ne said. She
-eAaneo her code letters and asked the steamer
~ report that all well on board.
captain Walker Of the British steamer Gorse-
werp staas arrived at Boston yesterday from Ant
CLOSE ~ 40 north and longitude g. west he passed
f eme contestants in the transatlantic breeze
The ans West-northwest prevailed at the time and
of about Ave and half knots ot an hour ad-iS
C,orserP point where the Thistle was sighted by the
SIoioeiIore Is about four hundred and fifty miles
rom sandy Hook The Thistle, therefore had
afternoon
!, The accompanying chart shows the positions of
also the sq posUns by Of ne the en-
day. N '-'0 ~-@ ~ ~ "
Of Crossing a the Western quickly in the month
" may Is a riddle to the navigator not easily
s4oEeo, as the shippers of the eleven yachts that
S S ed from Sandy Hook Lightshp last Wednes-
icy nave probably asCertained by this time, AS
S9Iu IN the Tribune some time ago. the force and
tuI.Iecllon or the wind is such uncertain guam
tlt9 at this time Of the year that what may appear
70 oe excellent Judgment on the part of a navi-
Eat t one day may prove to have been all wrong
N othe next twenty-four hours.
r,SaptalnS OF ocean liners, whose vessels have left
Ehusiand on the same day, and have crossed the
Atlantic IN May, just barely out of sight Of each
oiiIer, nave frequently reported winds and weather
Almost am dramatically opposite the same days.
tor TINS reason, more than any other, 1t is almost
impossible to predict with any degree Of certainty
sage in a sailing vessel
If one may judge by the latest reports Of in
coming steamers, the wind, having been from the
northwest, west and southwest, and of good
strength, for the last forty-eght hours the lead
ing yachts-presumably the Endymion, ,he Ham
burg and the Atlantic-are making good tins under
all canvas, while the division, including the
square rugged craft-the Valhala, the Apache and
the Sunbeam-haytng the wind fair enough to
carry studding sails at times, are also doing their
best and likely, If the breeze continues strong
and in that quarter, to close the gap made by
their unfortunate experience with light head winds
at the start. Steamships equipped with wireless
telegraph arriving at Liverpool and Southampton
this week as likely to have news Of the DOM
petfng yachts as those arriving this side, and
from this we may also expect some definite IN
formation.