sentences:  After winning or placing second in 13 of 15 Scottish regattas in her first year afloat, "Thistle" sailed to New York as the challenger in the 1887 America's Cup against the US defender, "Volunteer".Skippered by John Barr, she lost both Cup races, and returned to Scotland in September 1887.John Barr's younger brother Charlie Barr was also a crew member who, after emigrating to the United States, went on to achieve success skippering three consecutive successful America's Cup defenders.