Atlantic
The Last Great Race of Princes
Chapter One
The Great Ocean Race
It was the final, privileged tournament of a gilded age: the last great race of princes, whether titled by birth in the Old World or minted by money in the New.
It pitted the emperor of Germany, two British lords, and eight American millionaires against one another in a winner-take-all yacht race, without handicaps or time allowances, across the breadth of the North Atlantic—considered by mariners as "the vilest ocean for weather on the planet." Money was no obstacle or incentive. Prestige—winning the solid gold German Kaiser's Cup for nautical supremacy on the high seas—was all that mattered.
Eleven of the fastest, most opulent yachts ever built participated—including masterpieces by leg ... read full excerpt from Atlantic: The Last Great Race of Princes ebook
