Evening star., 1911-08-27

dore Hewins will bring their yachtS'
Grace and Nenemoosha, around to WASH
ington on Labor day.
They have both planned to stay in An
napolis until late In October. and take a
weeks cruise on the way home, possibly
bagging a few ducks en- route.
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DR. L. F. Rauterburg one of the old
est members of the Capital YACHT Ciuo'
has put his launch Greyhound. in com
mission and intends taking month S
cruise down the river.
Dr. Emory A. Bryant. owner of the
sloop George E. is cruising on the rag
ing canal" between Seneca and Cumber-
land. DIR. Bryant removed the mast OF
his boat before taking the trip and made
other alterations necessary for canal
work. With him are his WIFE daughter
and son.
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DIR. w W. Grier was last reported off
Bristol. r. L, in his auxiliary bugeye
yacht Javalin.
The auxiliary yawl Seabelle, Henry \.
Seymour owner is accompanying the
New York Yacht Club on its annual
cruise along the New England coast. Mr..
Seymour will return to this city before
the middle of September.
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in the Lizzie c.. a thirty -seven-foot aux
Hilary schooner. was made from Atlantic
City. August 23, by Charles A. Allen, a
New York broker. He expects to COM
provisions for fifty days, along with the
necessary fuel The Lizzie G. is not the
smallest boat by any means to attempt
this little cruise the Seabird being a
much smaller craft. and it should prove
a simple undertaking, in spite of the fact
that the enterprisine reporter who passed
in the original of the above story opened
it with THE Start of a Daring Cruise.
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The latest addition to the Capital Yacht
Club fleet is the thfrty-foot trunk cabin
cruising launch Mermaid, owned by
She was brought down from Rhode Is
land by her owner, who is a new MEM
ber of the club The boat is equipped
with twin screws driven by two seven
horsepower engines.
The yaWl Grace X defeated the yawl
Freya handily last Sunday on run from
Gunston cove to Washington. The two
WindjammerS started homeWard about
1880 am. with a very fitful breeze blow
ing from the northeast. The Grace n
was worked hard all the time and being
that the Freya didn't smell, succeeded in
increasing her lead by almost a mile by
the time the forks of the channel We're
reached. This is only the second time
the Grace *. has ever beaten the Bright
yawl in at least fifty brushes. and the
crew of the former boat cannot keep quiet
about It. Next Friday the Grace k. will
sail for Colonial Beach, returning Labor
day.
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The power yacht Iona. Alvin o. Portner
owner. is at Deans, Alexandria. receiv-
ing an overhauling preparatory to sailing
on several fall shooting trips.
Breaking the worlds record for speed
of sailing yachts, Phryne of the White
Bear, Mimi. Yacht Club. sailed In
class B by Joseph c. Mckibben of ST
Paul August Il. completed a twelvemle
course in the remarkable time of 81 min
utes 81 seconds at the regatta of the
Inland Lake Yacht Racing Association.
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Robert +. Todds new schooner Karina
won the Breton Reef cup race from Will
son Marshall's Atlantic, over a course of
10 miles.
The keel knockabout Orion. belonging to
W. Ashby Frankland, has been launched
at Annapolis and is being placed in COM
mission. The sloop may be sailed to
Collingwood Sanborn are sailing the
knockabout kittiwynk every Saturday
night and Sunday, and 1t is earnestly
hoped that Griffith L. Johnson. who owns
the boat. will permit its being brought
around in company with the Orion. These
two sloops will not only give the fleet
substantial appearance, but will make
possible a real race from this port to
Crab Town next Both of May. That
event is far off. to be sure but the
is making plans already and pledging his
support to next years regatta commit
tee. Bring EN- both around, boys; the
rockng-chair fleet wants few more
wndjammers to admire and a few more
shippers to criticiSe.
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Frank H. Edmonds of this city is ne
gotiating for the purchase of a thicty-
six foot Racine cruiser.