Al Bezanson submits-
Last week the 185 ft three-masted schooner Atlantic was anchored for a spell inside the breakwater at Eastern Point. She is a 2010 replica of the schooner that held the monohull transatlantic speed record from 1905 until 1997. In Newport earlier this summer with my friend Jay Irwin, the captain invited us aboard when he learned that Jay had visited the original in 1954, and had met the first mate who sailed the 1905 race. He gave us a grand tour and this photo is one small example of her fit and finish. Atlantic sank at a dock in Norfolk in 1982 and our friend Lane Briggs (founder of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race) made a number of dives on her in an attempt to raise the old girl, but she was too far gone. He salvaged one of the masts, which was resurrected as a flagpole near downtown Norfolk.
Al Bezanson
Photo from August 2014/Celtic Music at the Stage Fort Park Bandstand/Janet Rice
Len Burgess submits-
Perfect sailing day out in Gloucester harbor Saturday. Got some photos of the ‘Thomas E. Lannon’ from Al Bezanson’s schooner ‘Green Dragon’. -Len Burgess
Good Morning Gloucester 
Atlantic at the dock in Newport. Note the man aloft. http://images46.fotki.com/v1612/photos/4/1263364/12682326/Atlantic-vi.jpg
It was quite a moment when Jay and I happened upon the new Atlantic in Newport. He had been aboard the original during his honeymoon in Wildwood in 1954. At that time she was a gift shop, In a storm not long after that she broke loose and wiped out two marinas. In 1905 in the Kaiser’s Cup Race she made a record passage from Sandy Hook to the Lizard – 12 days. The record stood until 1997. Jay recalled an old-timer aboard who claimed to have been aboard during that race.
Here’s the story of the incredible new Atlantic with history of the original.
http://www.schooner-atlantic.com/
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Oh my! Could be the most beautiful sailing ship I’ve ever seen.
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Very nice and it was good he was able to bring some of salvaged one of the masts and flying the flag in her honor thanks! 🙂 Dave
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