Historic Transatlantic Challenge headed for stormy weather

May 24, 2005 24 hours into the Rolex Transatlantic Race, the leaders in the Grand Prix class have found breeze while those astern continue to wallow in light air, making five knots or less. The Rolex Transatlantic Challenge is the 100th anniversary of the New York Yacht Club's race for the Kaiser's Cup, which was won by Atlantic with America's Cup legend Charlie Barr at the helm in a race record time that has stood for a century – and with horrendous weather on the way, the record looks set to stand. Just as the 1905 race was delayed by a day due to dense fog in the start area, 100 years later the start also was postponed by one day, on this occasion due to a forecast of potential gale-force headwinds.

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