Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-15

a. III Suts - anu Nar PAt1tH wi reAH
are as follows.
Bugeyes. Class ! tboats Of more
than 50 feet in length First
prize. new suit of sails and 500;
second prize, $50; third prize.
SIS.
Bugeyes. Glass IL tboats OF 80
feet and less in length First
prize. new suit OF sails and 500:
second prize. $50: third prize.
s25.
Skipjacks First prize. new
suit OF sails and SIS: second
prize. $50; third prize. SIS.
Work Canoes First prize. $50;
second prize. $25
Racing Canoes First prize,
$50 second prize. $25.
The Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club will
award To the winner of each race a
silver loving cup.
Every boat that crosses the line in
the CHESAPEAKE Bay Championship
Workboat Races will be boat that is
typical of the Chesapeake Bay boat
builders art. In the olden days these
boat builders we're so expert at their
craft that they could go into the for
est and without anything except an ak
and an ADJ hew from the solid logs OF
virgin timber the kind of craft that
have made them famous the country
ever. The first OF these boats were
known and still are known as the
Chesapeake Bay log canoe. From
this canoe was developed later its
larger sister'-the bugeye-many of
which have the log bottoms charac-
'eristic of the canoe. Another type
developed by the Chesapeake Bay
watermen is the skipjack. which is a
plank boat, with the V-shape bottom
and triangular shape mainsail and jib.
In the past these boats used TO race
each other for the oyster beds of the
Chesapeake. for the first to arrive on
the grounds were pretty apt 10 get the
pick of the oysters They used to
race. too. to get their oysters to mar
ket and likewise back to their home
ports. In times gone by the rivalry
between boats. between ports. and be-
tween different sections of the bay be-
came SO keen that wherever one of
the boats of another port or another
section met another on the bay it was
signal for the skipper to crowd on
sail, trim their sheets and try to show
clean pair of heels to their adver-
saries.
{ AT various times during the sum-
mer. principally during the ''off sea-
sons when the boats and their cap
iains had little to do In the way of
hauling oysters, crabs or market pro-
duce. it was the custom to hold great
Claiborne. or ST. Michale's to test the
speed of their craft and the skill of
the shippers. Real money fire.
'iuently changed hands, for hundreds
and even thousands OF persons from
all over the bay section used To at
tend these races. and they came filled
with pride and willing to back their
home boats to their last cent.
Gradually these races began to
iwindle. both in number and the num-
her of contestants, with the develop
ment of the gasoline engines. for
many of the famous old sailing
canoes and small bugeyes had their
tall raking masts taken out and en-
gincs installed to give them more
speed Sore of these famous boats
still are equipped with sails and will
compete in the races with the boats OF
the later generation.
1t was with the hopes OF encourag-
ing this grand old sport of sailing.
and with reviving that spirit of rivalry
among bay shippers that would result
in the actual need of annual contests.
such as the Chesapeake Bay Cham
pionship Workboat Sailing Races. to
determine the fastest bugeyes. the
fastest skipiacks and the fastest
canoes that sail the bay that The Sun
and The Evening Sun is promoting
The races and donating the prizes.
The races are entirely under the
management of the regatta committee
of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club.
which is composed OF Andrew A.
Hathaway. Easton. chairman: Major
Morton STEELE. Charles Henderson.
Graham Johnson. Lowndes Johnson.
John NJ. Barrett. Swepson Earle. and
Wallace NJ Quinn.