At the 25th annual Atlantic meeting in the fall of 1953, 12-meter skipper Briggs Cunningham offered to put up $5,000 to help the class build a mold and a demonstration fiberglass boat.
Read the links below for more information:
http://www.atlanticclass.org/boat/what-is-it
http://www.atlanticclass.org/images/Champions2.pdf
http://www.atlanticclass.org/boat/about-the-boat
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