Charlie Barr

See also: Barr

Charlie Barr (1864 - 1911) is a Scottish navigator , then naturalized American in 1899.

In 1903, he is the cox of the mythical sailing ship Reliance with which he gains the trophy of this 12th edition of the Coupe of America. It had already gained the trophy by twice in 1899 and 1901, establishing the first record, had equalized since by Harold Vanderbilt and recently Russell Coutts.

But Charlie Barr remains also the navigator who, in 1905, with 50 men of crew on board the Goélette of 185 foot S Atlantic , established the record crossing of the Atlantique in 12 days and 4 hours, is an average of 10 node S. This record remained unconquered during seventy-five years. It is Eric Tabarly, on his Trimaran Paul-Ricard , which will establish a new record in 10 days and 5 hours in 1980. Eleven years later, in October 2001, Playstation , the maximum Catamaran of Steve Fossett achieves the exploit to swallow the Atlantic in 4 days and 17 hours and 28 minutes.

This crossing is carried out of West in Is, between New York and the Cape Lizard. On June 1st 2005 will have to be awaited so that the record centenary of Charlie Barr is beaten by traditional a Monocoque, the Husband-Cha IV , a sailing ship of 43m length barred by Robert Miller. It carries out the crossing in 9j 15:55 m 23s, that is to say an average of 12,61 nodes and 2j 12:5 min of less than Atlantic .

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