The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-30

Idler on time allowance. She won the runs
from New London to Newport. from New.
port Of Vineyard Haven and from Vineyard
Haven back to Newport. She also cap
tured the Brenton's Reef and Cape May
challenge cups. In the Brenton's Reef cup
race, which was from Brenton's Reef light
ship to Sandy Hook lightship and back,
she sailed POS miles In 40 hours 30 minutes
rs seconds beating the Resolnte and Endy,,
mion. In the Cape May cup race, sailed
and back, she sailed PIP miles in SO hours
80 minutes 10 seconds, beating the Endyrnion
hour minutes 50 seconds and the Verge
mere. which did not finish.
The Atlantic is a big steel boat 1880 feet
on deck. 1875 feet on the waterline, 28.3 feet
She is in type a racer, being long and with
extremely fine lines. Her net tonnage is
200. She spreads about 22,0OO square feet
Of canvas on her three masts, and when all
her kites are set she is fairly smot hered
In canvas and she had these kites aloft
after end of her mizzen boom to the for
ward end Of the bowsprit she measures
227 feet. From deck to truck the mlzzen
mast is 1877 feet, he mainmast 1872 feet and
the foremost 1875 feet. The mizzen boom
is 10 feet and gatf so feet 6 inches. The
mizzen sail is 10 feet on he lutf and 100 feet
on the leach. The main and fore booms
are IS feet. the spinnaker pole 10 feet and
the bowsprit out board 81 feet. Quite some
power on these spars to drive boat in
fair wind.
When Mr.. Marshall decided to enter the
Atlantic in he ocean race he spared no ex-
pense to put his craft in the finest possible
shape and gave MIR. Gardner instruct ions
to do what he thought best to make the
boat win. 1t is said that the changes that
were made in placing the Inside lead out
side OH the keel, new spars, rigging sails
&c, cost about $35 600 Then Mr.. Marshall
secured the services Of Capt. Charles Barr
he best racing skipper on this side OF the
At lantic, and good crew of fifty men was
engaged. Capt, Pagel, good deep sea
and Capt John Barr, who sailed the Thistle
in the Cup race in 1887 against the lolun-
teer. was also engagedto assist Capt. Charles
Barr.
On the Atlantic with Mr. Marshall were
Rear Commodore Fred NJ. Hoyt of the
l.. B. Ostrander, Morton W, Smith II. A.
Bergman and DR.. +. B. Downs.
The At liant ic will now be fit ed for the race
from Dover to Heligoland. The. German
Emperor has offered special cup for auxil-
aries and the Atlantic has been entered.
The race will end her racing on the other
side. She has no racing spaIs or gear wit h
her, and Mr.. Marshall will not have them sent
over unless some match il made with an
English or German yacht and the prize Of
fered large enough for him to go to the ex-
pense Of shipping sails from mis- side. These
sails and rigging are all baled up ready
to be shipped if they are wanted; Tle
Atlant ic will cruise in German and British
waters this summer and will be laid up
on the other side. Next wint er Mr.. Marshall
intends to make long cruise. He will go
to the Medit erranean and possibly as far
east as India.
Capt Barr, who sailed the yacht Is
Scotchman by birth, but is now natural
lied citizen Of this country. He came here
frat with his brother on the Thistle, and
afterward on the little cutter Minerva.
which was big success. In 1891 he sailed
the forty-six footer Harpoon, and in 1893
went to the other side in Royal Phelps
Carroll's cutter Navahoe, He left that
boat during the season there and assisted
his brother Capt. John Barr on the Jubilee,
which was built as Cup defender for Gen.
Charles j. Paine. In 1895 he sailed the
Viglant, which was fitted out by George j.
Gould as a trial boat for the Defender. which
was selected to defend the Americas Cup
gains. Valkyrie III.
The next year he sailed the schooner
Colonia and in 1899 was the captain of the
Columbia. which was built to defend the
Americas Cup against Shamrock /. In
and managed to defeat the Constitution.
the new boat, and the Columbia was again
the Cup defender. In 1903 he was chosen
TO be the captain of the Reliance, and last
wear he sailed the Ingomar across the ocean
and in her races on the other side with
great success. After the HeIgoland race
Capt Barr is coming back and will have
charge of Mr.. Proctor's seventy footer
Mineola