Period Ship Sailed: 1903 – 1982

Type of Model: Scratch built using the bread and butter lift method

Build Time: One year

Scale: 3”/32’

Description of build: The plans for the model were from Bluejacket’s kit of the Atlantic. The hull is popular, the rigging is black for the standing rigging and tan for the running rigging. The sails are hand made from a light muslin material.

Ship’s History: The Atlantic was a luxury yacht built for the millionaire Wilson Marshall. Marshall raced her under the auspices of the New York Yacht club. She was the largest private yacht of her day with an overall length of 227’ 8” displacing 303 tonnes. She was launched in 1903 and scrapped in 1982. She set a record for the transatlantic race in 1905 sailing 3,006 miles in 4 hours, 1 minute, and 19 seconds which lasted until 1988. She served in both World War 1, in the US Navy and World War 2 in the Coast Guard.