Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-11
ANNAPOLIS AWAITS
SPEEDBOAT RACES
TWo-Day Program of Presi'
dents Cup Regatta Opens
Tomorrow.
NNAPoLIs, Md, September IL

i A NNAPOLIS, Md, September IL
" An old city experiencing new
~ thrill. That was Annapolis as
it awoke this morning to find
itself the speedboat capital of the Nation
To realize that something unusual was
transpiring one did not have to be told
that the Presidents Cup regatta will
open here tomorrow at o'clock.
Beginning to take on a regatta at
mosphere last week, when several boats
from distant points arrived, Annapolis
suddenly discovered its water front
tesming with racing boats yesterday
and its hotel Hobbies alive with owners,
drivers and officials last night.
Speedsters ranging from tiny out
boards to the costly cup class craft were
arriving by automobile trailer, train and
water all day yesterday. From the
North, from the Middle West from the
Far South and from the Pacific Coast
they came in.
Each new arrival was directed to the
Naval Academy yacht basin near the
Reina Mercedes. The Reina will serve
as the committee boat for the racing
tomorrow and Saturday.
Capt. Giles in Charge.
There, at the foot of the wharf to
which the old Spanish War survivor is
moored, Capt. William Giles, command
ing the Reina and representing Rear
Admiral S. S. Robson in the affairs OF
the MARYLAND Yacht Racing Association,
took charge, If driver wanted to nave
his boat lifted from the. trailer and set
into the water for a tune-up run. there
was a big Grain to do the work ana
nearby feet of floats as base OF
operations. TO-.
But that wasn't all that was going
on around the harbor yesterday ana
this morning. Standing on the sea wall
beside the long shed where are housed
the more expensive boats OF the Presi-
dents Cup, the Secretary OF the NaVys
Gun and the ISL classes one could see
some new white buoyS a quarter OF
mile or so out in the direction OF the
mouth of the Severn. And "a OF mile
beyond them a tender carrying experts
from the Coast and Geodetlc survey
and the Light House Bureau was plant
ing spar buoys.
THESE buoys were being used to mark
the outer ends of the two speedboat
courses. One 212-mile course and the
other a 4-mile course. Buoys marking
the inner turn were anchored this
morning up near the bridge.
The Coast and Geodetlc experts also
surveyed the triangular sailing course
and aid out mile straight away. The
sailing course, they announced, meas
ures Z and eight-tenths miles.
Fine Field in Prospect.
Last night at Carvel Hall visiting
speedboat owners, drivers and other en-
thusiasts, including members OF the
RC-2, were complimenting the Mary
land Yacht Racing Association and
predicting one of the best fields in the
history of speedboat racing in the
United States. Several expressed the
opinion that the racing here will sur
pass that seen at the other two big
time regattas, the Gold Cup regatta at
Redbank, N. j., last month and the
Detroit event, which followed shortly
afterward.
Richard Loynes Of Long Beach, Calf,
owner and driver of the record-holding
cup boat, Californian, and the Isl class
hydroplane, Miss California, pointed out
that the race for the Presidents Cup
ought to be a much better contest.