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The 2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge was celebrated at the 100th anniversary of the 1905 race for the Kaiser's Cup also known as "The Great Ocean Race". In this race, there was a skipper named Charlie Barr who raced the 3-masted schooner called ''''Atlantic'' across the Ocean for nearly of the North Atlantic to set a monohull unbeaten record for the 1905 course of exactly only 12 days, 4 hours, 1 minute and 19 seconds. In the years that followed, other yachts made the same west-east Atlantic crossing in much faster times but not, however, in any official race, this was not to happen until the 2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge. The ''Atlantic'' held her title for 100 years, making it the oldest record recognized by the World Sailing Speed Record Council of the ISAF. ==Four records were up for grabs in the 2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge== *The ''''Atlantic''s record, for yachts which do not use a powered sailing system. *The NYYC organised Ambrose Tower to The Needles Race, open to all entrants. *The monohull transatlantic passage record. *The transatlantic powered sailing systems record . In addition to some official records, there were also a number of impressive silver cups to be passed along for various titles and classes, and some major pre- and post-race festivities held respectively by the New York Yacht Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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