Evening star., 1911-06-11
commission. The Lady Maud will attend
the races at Oxford In July.

are quite shipshape and natty. The roster
of members, both active and associate,
shows an increase that has never been
equaled during any one year since the
club was founded. One feature OF the
book is tide table which enables man
10 tell the exact time of high tide here,
anywhere down stream or on the bay.
months in advance.
To confine boating items strictly to
local happenings would deprive readers
of this section of great many interest
ing notes concerning power boating in
other cities. so the following excerpt from
the Motor Boat is published:
What to all appearances will be
crazy motor boat in charge of hoodooed
crew will go into commission on the
North river about June 10. The boat,
with crew of about eight or ten men,
will go through all sorts of erratic ma
neuvering. and will do many things that
to the casual observer will appear foolish
Leaving her float, the craft will head
out into the North river, then SUDDENLY put
about and make a wild dash for her float
again. When the boat Is running full
speed ahead. in the middle of the river.
with not another craft in sight. she will
emit danger blasts from her whistle or
put suddenly about as though big steam
er were bearing down on her. Then
again. the boat will put about from her
port to starboard and back again with
out any apparent cause.
when the sky Is clear and the water
calm, the crew will suddenly resort to
strenuous activities. such as putting on
storm covers and making other prepara-
tfons to meet a heavy gaze. But the motor
boat. in spite of her erratic movements,
is not hoodooed ship. Instead, all this
the West Side Y. M. c. A. Of New York
city to train men in the navigation of
motor boats, and the West Side Will be
used for instruction purposes. She is q
FOE n length and
was built by the students. who took a
course in motor boat construction given
by the association three years ago. After
being laid up all winter the boat is now
being put in commission. From stem to
stern she is equipped with all the acces-
sories Of navigation from compass to
sounding leads.
instructions will consist OF ten lessons
on the river, and the students VIII be
taught the proper way Of making land
ings according to the different tides with
which they will have to contend. and the
casting OF mooring lines.
This course in practical boat handling
will teach how to operate the steering
gear. how to meet storm conditions how
to detect engine trouble. the use OF the
compass. cruising at night. navigation
signals and, in fact. everything the motor
boat owner must know in order to operate
his craft properly under all circum-
stances"
Vernon S. Bradley secretary Of the
Cambridge Yacht Club located at Cam
bridge, Nd, has rendered an invitation to
the Capital Yacht Club. through DIR. w.
w Grier, to participate in races which
will be held at that place Tuesday, June
20. The invitation does not mention any
particular form Of racing. but IT Is under
stood that motor boat events Will NIL the
card. as the new club Is almost entireiy
a power craft affair.
Mr. Bradley says that ten prizes are to
be offered, and that the regatta. although
the first the organization has ever man
aged, will equal anything Of its kind ever
held on Chesapeake bay.
The power yacht Iona, Messrs. Portner
owners, arrived from Baltimore last
Tuesday night, having had very pleas
ant cruise with the exception OF the run
Monday and Tuesday, when the northeast
weather was encountered.
The fourth annual regatta Of the Missis-
sippi Valley Power Boat Association will
be held at Dubuque, Iowa, under the aus
pices Of the Dubuque Motor Boat Cluo.
July to 6 inclusive. and promises to be
the biggest event in the west. There
probably will be more high powered boats
entered there than at any event or Its
kind this year.
Some of the boats that have entered are
Commodore James Pugh's hfty-nve-mile-
plane, Of which the same speed Is expect
ed Whitlocks's Old Hoosier Boy: the new
Dixie, property of Commodore Frederick
K. Burnham; Albert =. Smiths kankee,
five-hundred-horsepOwe plane: vita,
q Ave hundred horsepower plane. belong
ing to ]. Stuart Blackton (credited with a
speed of sixty miles an hour. and Eph,
belonging to Car c. Fisher.
planning to attend this record buster
carnival and they will probably see
some racing.
Why and Because.
In making a coasting trip from Della
ware Breakwater to the Capes OF the
Chesapeake, what navigating instruments
would be necessary? CRUISER.
A patent taffrail log, charts, dividers,
parallel rule, liquid compass. deep sea
lead and line, barometer and chronom-
eter. Also knowledge OF use OF each
article mentioned.
Last Sunday my engine stopped and re-
fused all attempts at resuscitation.
though sparkling apparatus was working
fine, was getting plenty Of oil and gaso-
line tank was full. Please offer sugges-
ton. z. N. c.
BY this time you must certainly have
discovered that your carburet was dry.
owing either to clogged strainer or feed
pipe. No other suggestion would fit the
case.
Is there any patrol on the river to ap-
prehend motor boat operators not prop
rly equipped with lights and gear? The
lumber that cruise at night below the
ity with absolutely no lights in view is
bsolutely appalling. Something should
,e done to enforce the law.
CORINTHIAN YACHTSMAN
A patrol boat to cover the river
between Washington and Marshall
Hall will be put in operation this month.
There are several places on the river
between Maryland point and this city
that should be lighted at night by some
sort of a gas beacon. l have been told
that the lighthouse service Is very liberal
in responding to requests for such guild
ances and wish to ask that The Star sug-
gest reach needing such a light.
Your idea is the best yet, for although
there is but one place between this city
and the mouth of the Potomac that
should be lighted at night by some sort
of gas beacon. that place is the bug
bear of every man bound either up or
down stream. The mouth of Broad
down from Fort Foote. there is nothing
to steer a course by at night SO that
proper berth can be given Broad creek
shoal and the mud flats on the Virginia
side of the river. A gas buoy placed
where the present red spar is located
city to bay. AS 1t is. one has to make
a wild guess as to how far to hold off in
order to clear the fats. and unless the
spar is picked up, which Is practically
impossible on black night. does not
know when to haul for River View. If
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