Atlantic Sailing Mac OS
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Starling Burgess |
| Year | 1928 |
| Design | One-Design |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 3 – 5 |
| Boat weight | 4,449 lb (2,018 kg) |
| Draft | 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | Wood or Fiberglass |
| LOA | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)[1] |
| LWL | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
| Beam | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | Fixed |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Fractional rig |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 276 sq ft (25.6 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 101 sq ft (9.4 m2) |
| Spinnaker area | 430 sq ft (40 m2) |
Atlantic Sailing Mac Os Catalina
The Atlantic is a one-design keelboat designed by Starling Burgess in 1928. It is a 30-foot open-cockpit day sailer typically used for day racing, rather than for overnight or ocean races. In the years following its design, fleets were established in several US ports along the eastern seaboard.
All about one of the most awesome classic yachts of all time, the three mast schooner Atlantic. Long time holder of the world record for the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean under sail, this one hundred and eighty-five foot schooner originally designed by William Gardner in 1903 has been relaunched and is sailing once more. The Atlantic is currently in the western Mediterranean, and available for luxury sailing. Sailing across the Atlantic in the tradewinds – or back to Europe – is one of the biggest feats and adventures in sailing. In most cases, the crossing is the culmination of years of planning. Set sail across the Atlantic with your best friend, food. Food will keep you alive and food will keep you well- you get food by throwing harpoons at fish and turtles. Then one day BAM! The RNG screws you over and throws a pirate ship at you and you're forced to fight and defend your food!
If you have the ambition to sail across the Atlantic Ocean, whether you’re a beginner or pro sailor, there are exciting options for you on board hands-on sailing vessels. Join yachts or tall ships as guest voyage crew and learn incredible new skills, as you pull together. The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the Naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade.
Today, the Atlantic is raced primarily in Long Island Sound and in Coastal Maine, and boats are distributed among five fleets,with a total of approximately 50 boats in present use.
History[edit]
In 1928, Starling Burgess, then a well-known naval architect age 50, decided to try to design and establish a one-design sailboat that would be raced in fleets along the eastern seaboard of the United States.[2] Working with German boat yardAbeking & Rasmussen, he designed a prototype which he showed to yacht clubs along the east coast. The initial cost of the boat was $1800, below that of competing boats.[2]:14
In 1930, there were 99 Atlantics, sailing in 13 fleets along Long Island Sound, the south shore of Long Island, Narragansett Bay, and Maine.[2]:13
Three Atlantic sailors went on to win as skippers on America's Cup boats: Briggs Cunningham, Bus Mosbacher, and Bob Bavier.[2]:30
In 1953, the Atlantic Class rules committee approved a rule change that allowed the reconstruction of the plank-on-frame Atlantics using fiberglass.[2]:48 The conversions were to be performedby Cape Cod Shipbuilding.[2]:47 Twenty boats were rebuilt using fiberglass between 1956 and 1958,[2]:51, and since then nearly all existing boats have been converted. In addition, fifty new Atlantics have been built using fiberglass.
The Atlantic fleet remains active; its two largest-ever Nationals (with 41 boats each) were held in 1947 and 2012.[2]:7
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, 'the original boats were built of wood during the twenties, and the boat was popular on Long Island Sound, where many famous names in sailing — Cunningham, Mosbacher, Romagna, Bavier, Shields, etc. — raced the boat. Later, the wooden hulls were replaced with FRP, with the original keels, spars, rudder and rigging transferred to the new hulls, Beginning in 1962, the boat was built totally new. A few boats have been modified for cruising and have a small deckhouse, with a Vee berth, a sink, and a head. '[3]
Fleets[edit]
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- Cedar Point YC - 18 boats[4]
- Cold Spring Harbor YC - 9 boats[5]
- Kollegewidgwok YC - 21 boats[6]
- Niantic Bay YC - 9 boats[7]
References[edit]
- ^'About The Boat'. Atlantic Class Association.
- ^ abcdefghRousmaniere, John (2014). The Great Atlantic: The First 85 Years (first ed.). Smith/Kerr Associates LLC. ISBN978-069233644-1.
- ^Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 134-135. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN0-395-65239-1
- ^'Cedar Point Yacht Club'. Cedar Point Yacht Club. Retrieved 17 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Cold Spring Harbor Yacht Club'. Atlantic Class Association. Retrieved 17 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club'. Atlantic Class Association. Retrieved 17 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Niantic Bay Yacht Club'. Atlantic Class Association. Retrieved 17 January 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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Honors Theses
Title
Author
Date of Award
Spring 5-9-2020
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
History
First Advisor
Jesse Cromwell
Second Advisor
Noell Wilson
Third Advisor
John Samonds
Relational Format
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis concerns the careers of pirates in the latest stage of that career, as pirates prepared to end their roving of the seas in order to “settle down.” Though pirates are idolized in modern fiction, their ends are often overshadowed by the highlights of their careers. Here, the goal is to find what motivated pirates to engage in a life as outlaws and then at some point choose to cast that life aside. Conclusions on this are drawn from both primary and secondary sources where pirates gave information pertaining to their view of the world and retirement in it, often without realizing it. The thesis explores the interactions pirates had with the governments acting within the Atlantic world and the natives who inhabited it. Lastly, the thesis concludes that sea rovers gained a great deal through piracy, yet to retire they surrendered at least some of what they gained. Of interest, then, is what was lost through what methods of retirement, and what was retained through others.
Recommended Citation
Henderson, Cory, 'Sunset Piracy: The Ends of Atlantic Piratical Careers in the Age of Sail' (2020). Honors Theses. 1452.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1452
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