prepared for a delivery passage to the south of France in spring. Tere the finishing off work is expected to take another year. Te schooner measures 56.43m over the bows, excluding bowsprit


and mizzen boom outboard of respectively 8.76m and 4.05m. With her beam of 8.85m and draſt of 5.00m her displacement is 395tons. From the different sail plans of the original, the record setting 1905 rig of 1720m2 has been chosen for the recreated yacht. Te building takes place under Bureau Veritas classification for charter yachts and the yacht will be MCA certified. Te original Atlantic, was commissioned by New York Yacht


Club member Wilson Marshall, designed by William Gardner, one of America’s foremost designers of the period, built by Townsend & Downey, Shooter Island, New York and was launched on 28 July 1903. Te schooner gain enduring fame in 1905 under command of the renowned captain Charlie Barr, setting the record for a transatlantic crossing from New York to Te Lizard on the south coast of England at 12 days, 4 hours and 1 minute. A record for a mono-hull that stood for 100 years. SBI


TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Atlantic


Design ..............................................................Gardner & Cox, NY, 1903 Consulting naval architect ..............Doug Peterson, San Diego, 2006 Construction material .......................................................................Steel Length overall. ...............................................................................69.24m Length of hull ..................................................................................56.43m Length of waterline .......................................................................41.18m Beam .................................................................................................8.85m Draught.............................................................................................5.00m Main mast above waterline ..........................................................44.00m Bowsprit outboard ............................................................................8.76m Mizzen boom outboard ...................................................................4.05m Displacement ................................................................................395tons Ballast .............................................................................................120tons Sail area ..........................................................................................1721m2 Fuel ............................................................................................17,000litres Water .........................................................................................15,000litres Sewage .....................................................................................12,000litres Service power ..................................................................24V/230V/400V Engine...............................................Yanmar 6 AYM-ETE, 829 HP/610kW Generators ..........................................Yanmar 6 CYL 100kWe/1500rpm Yanmar 6 CYL 45kWe/1500rpm


Lower masts .............................................Custom Nedal alloy extrusion Top masts ................................................................Custom formed alloy Gaffs and poles............................... Touchwood, Alaskan Sitka Spruce Winch pack ........................Harken, all bronze, custom manufactured Deck fittings ..............................................Absolute Restorations, Lisbon Bowthruster ...............................................................................Veth 75kW Air-conditioning...................................... MAR-IX by Mavé, Netherlands Classification ......................................Bureau Veritas for charter yachts Certification .......................................................................................MCA Yard .............................................................Van der Graaf, Netherlands


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Atlantic’s revised accommodation plan.


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