Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

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hopes to install the new outfit so that
ner tendency to settle will be overcome.
The power boat Arnlida was the VIC
1 tim OF peculiar accident last week.
| While lying at the Capital Yacht Club
was caught beneath an adjacent wharf
str!nger on an extremely low tide, ana
before the flood set in enough ice to hold
her listed side down froze to the boat.
She now has bad list to port and Is in
danger of being sunk In event OF an ex-
| tremely high tide.
The steam yacht Cloelia, though locked
| and practically laid up for the winter. is
| nevertheless ready for service at any
! gineer expresses it. is kept in the boilers
| all the time to prevent rusting Of tubes.
She is owned by one of the pioneer
yachtsmen on the river, Capt. Gus Fors-
| berg.
It is reported that Mr.. Forsberg will
build commodious house on the hull OF
the old steamer River Queen. which he
| purchased last fall, and anchor the craft
| IN one OF the down-river creeks for the
use OF hunting club he is organizing.
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Capital Yacht Club, Otto f. Braitmayer,
is reported to be dickering for an aux
| Hilary yawl.
The Eastern Yacht Club is one Of the
hrst large yachting organizations to ar
coming season.
1t Is understood from the best of au-
thoritfes that the Eastern Yacht Club
squadron will rendezvous at Newport, R.
l., on Saturday. June %, and from there
race across the shoals to Marblehead, the
CLUBS nome station, where an important
regatta will be held. and then proceed to
Bar Harbor. making the usual squadron
runs and over night stops. On Thursday,
july IL, the squadron will dishand at Ba r
Harbor, when any or all of the New York
vessels taking part in the cruise will be
at liberty to lay their courses westward
and have ample time to prepare for the
Larchmont Yacht Clubs race week" and
ron in August. The Eastern Yacht Club 8
season bids fair to be very attrac i've
one, as its officers are very alert and pro-
| gressive Viewpoints yachting months
should be something like the olden days.
The Eastern Yacht Clubs squadron will
give it an early start, and from then or
,, to the aYival of the New York Yacht
Clubs squadron in August the harbor
should be well filled with representative
yachts.
Commodore Arthur Curtiss James first
Aloha, which was built in South Brook
Ign. N. Y. in 1899 and used by him until
the construction Of the present bark rig
gad Aloha, in 1910, has passed from the
pleasure fleet list and is destined for COM
mercial use in the future. Last season
the Aloha was chartered to Sherwood
Aldrich n. Y. Y. c.. and her name chang
ed to Heroine. Recently she was sold to
a syndicate and when the necessary al
feratfons are completed she will be
placed upon the route of her future serv-
ice. along the Atlantic coast All her in
terror and deck equipment and lead bal
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many changes that will be made in her
will greatly alter her appearance. The
auxil airy br gantine rugged Aloha l is
leo feet over all, 100 feet on the water
depth of hold and Il feet draft She is
fitted with compound engines and Amy
boilers supply necessary steam.
She was the flagship of the New York
Yacht Club in 1909. but the second year.
1910, that Commodore James held this
Office his new Aloha was ready. AS in
the latter, the commodore. made effshore
cruises IN Aloha and he sited Euro
pean waters with her, making trips OF
months duration.
At a meeting of the officials of the Po-
tomac Boat Club last Wednesday night
regattas and various club activities for
the season were discussed. During the
course of the meeting the subject of in
it Is hoped to again encourage the sport
among students of the local high schools
1t was suggested that the aggregate stu
dent body of Western, Central. Tech and
Eastern should, with little difficulty. pro-
duce a host of men well adapted for the
sport. and as a business proposition to
the rowing clubs the formation of high
schol crews should result in recruiting en-
thusiastic oarsmen upon the close of the
school year.
A letter was drafted to the board of ed
ucation by the Potomac Boat Club. in
which the formation of high school crews
was heartily Endorsed and any help or
support the club could give the project
faithfully assured. The Potomac Club
was entirely responsible for the forma-
ton of a highly successful crew at Tech
meal few years ago, and interscholastic
rowing would have come to stay at that
time had the other high schools entered
into the game.
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The board of supervising inspectors of
the steamboat inspection service met
last Tuesday, but as yet their invitation
recently issued to yachtsmen to attend
and present suggestions in regard to
making changes or notifications in the
rules and regu ations governing inland
water navigation has not been acted
upon. The board will be in session for