$1,998
Diorama of the Schooner Yacht Atlantic at the Kaiser Cup Challenge 1905, by Erik A. R. Ronnberg, Jr., Massachusetts, 1997, signed l.r., titled "First Across the Atlantic," overall ht. 24, lg. 38, dp. 5 1/4 in., in a glazed molded oak frame. Note: In the spring of 1905 at the invitation of Kaiser Wilhelm II, eleven vessels, including eight schooners, one yawl, and two square-rigged barques, crossed a starting line off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, on a race for England. The three-masted schooner Atlantic , measuring 185 feet in length and weighing 206 tons, won the race. She finished the race in 12 days, four hours, one minute, and 19 seconds, indicating an average of well over 200 miles per day for the entire trip. It is a record that has stood 100 years with only multi-hulled vessels managing to clock a better time. The Atlantic was designed by William Gardner and built in steel by Townsend and Downey, and carried 18,500 square feet of sail. It was owned by Wilson Marshall and skippered by Charlie Barr.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-06-03
