Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

- BROTHERHOOD OF the seas! Fell
~ lowship among boatmen and those
who follow the water! Old stuff that
is familiar to all-and here Is chance
to prove that It isn't old stuff. The
whole story has already been in print
| so that we won't rehaSh it any more
than is necessary to remind you of the
| circumstances. The story is of the good
ship Anna Of Panama, Capt. Frank
Giannoni in command, now lying of
| the War College dock in the lower
| anchorage. Seized by the Coast Guard,
| stranded, forgotten for IA long months
under pile of red tape, sailed under a
jury rig by her gallant skipper from
Morehead City, S. c., to Fort Wash
ington in the Potomac, finally towed to
washington by the humane courtesy of
the commandment at that post.
Now for the captain. His money is
gone. he can no longer pay crew, gas
| supplies are gone, provisions finished,
and he, too, is swathed in red tape.
His case against the Government is
one that will probably require months
to clear up If past performance may
be considered guide
Rally round brotherhood! There are
among you competent laWyerS-need
NO. /: butchers, bakers, grocerS-red
tape is not listed among edibleS-and
the gas that you drain from your
motors and tanks as you lay up for the
Winter will run his engines-those odds
and ends of provisions you have aboard
would also be welcome.
Don't wait for the other fellow to
do n-he may be waiting for you-and
II you haven't time to take them your
selves, leave what you have with me at
f1oodgate, I'll take it to him.
HAVE you seen Trinket? She's at the
4 foodgate boathouse and is all that
her name implies, and, withal, sea-
worthy and strong little craft. Dimen-
sions-18 feet over all, Z feet beam, draft
312 feet. Designed by Rabl of Baltimore
and built by Robert Pagan of Belts
vile, her owner. Powered with a g.
horse Universal, she does about six
miles per hour. Skipper Pagan has
been three years building her at his
home, but informs us that the boat
bug nipped him so long ago that he
cannot recall just when he began think
ing about her. The boat is intended
to be an auxiliary sailing craft, through
no rig has been placed on her as yet.
Sailboat men in these parts have great
difficulty In procuring suitable Spars
for their craft, this being her chief
reason for not being completed. Wei
come aboard. Capt Pagan.
WHO says the spirit of adventure has
Wv died? Down at the f1oodgate boat
house, aboard the yawl Explorer, lives
Carl Justice and Mrs. Justice. The
ship is almost replica of the famous
globe Islander, owned and
built by Harry Pidgeon, and the purpose
of her building is somewhat similar.
Toe De CT.
navigation and to her will fall the
plotting of courses and finding of posi-
lions when the Explorer goes to sea.
Carl is an enthusiastic cameramsn.
and a writer of no mean ability and
both are "Boatiacs" of the first water
as YOU may have judged The shin
is being equipped for sea ard is prac-
tically ready. No date has been set
FOR their departure, but we suspect
the Explorer in these waters, and she
will be away for the far lands,
It is a curious fact that this craft.
though a replica of vessel that sailed
round the world, has come in for
much criticism from local experts"
none of them agreeing that She is
seaworthy, each having his pet type
of hull and rig that is considered (by
the expert) to be the only correct
people laughed at Columbus and his
tiny fleet, and 1t is supposed that
the rocking chair experts had their
saw about the seagoing qualities of
the Santa Maria.
If skipper Justice sends us a picture
of a coral strand overhung with cocoa
palms and writes on the back of it
"Wish you we're here"-we are going
Shopping for a long-range gun.