Photo credit: Kees Stuip
In 1905, the three masted schooner yacht Atlantic sailed 3006 miles in twelve days, four hours, one minute and nine seconds; winning the Kaiser’s Cup from New York to the Lizard and setting the record for the fastest transatlantic passage by a monohull, during a race. The record stood for over a century and the Atlantic became a legend.
In 2007, Dutch entrepreneur, Ed Kastelein, commissioned the building of a new Atlantic, based on original plans of the William Gardner design. Now three years after her keel was laid, she sailed for the first time at the end of June. The schooner is 185 feet (56 metres) on deck, with a waterline length of 138 feet (42 meters) and a bowsprit to boom length of 227 feet (69 metres).
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In 2004, at least 170 people died when a tsunami hit the fishing village of Poompuhar, in India on the Bay of Bengal. According to legend, this was not the first time. As described in ancient Tamil texts and by Ptolemy and Pliny, Poompuhar was once a major port city which traded with the Roman Empire and China, until it was “swallowed by the sea,” over two thousand years ago in what in modern terms must have been a tsunami. Now an expedition is being launched to explore the sea bottom off Poompuhar for evidence of the ancient city.
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Inspectors have identified traces of homemade explosives on the hull of the MOL tanker M. Star, confirming that it was the target of a terrorist attack. The ship was struck by an explosion just after midnight on July 28, as the vessel was traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. A group with ties to Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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