Evening star., 1930-06-22

able to run from Quantico Dock into
the channel in a peaSoup fog. We might
have campaign bars for those whose
practice is TO go aground frequently
a different ribbon for each creek, with
appropriate clasps palms, etc, for ex
ceptional cases, and q bronze medal to
the seasons high-point man.
champion anchor dragger and chief
dock bumper could be installed and
well-shellacked Gordian knot be given
to the boatiac most proficient at tying
"grannies." And we nearly forgot to
mention that q Champ Nuisance Cup
should be awarded, the winner being
adjudged by the wake OF his craft Is
he sweeps through the anchorage.
IF you contemplate racing this Sum-
i mer we advise a trip up the Branch
as an economy measure. You may
have your hull coated free with either
Navy Yard river lubricant or gas works
racing compound or combination OF
the two. Guaranteed not to wash on.
The odd part of this oil affair Is that
the gas works accuses the Navy Yard,
and vice versa-a Latin phrase, Ossip,
that means both are right.
MO more may we rhapSodize or wax
IN sentimental over the old Flora FL
sic, once proud mistress Of the bay
(there We go again) she now Is
just another rotting hulk on the fats
of BuzZards Point, disflguring the river,
adding her debris to every tide, some
time to be blown up and removed by the
Government.
If all old boats and barges were re-
moved from the water and burned when
their period of usefulness came to an
end much useless labor and expense
might be saved the Government and our
shores saved their litter Of decay. AS 1t
stands now, they are merely abandoned
wherever their last owner sees Mt.
THE new aquarium in Chicago is to
i be supplied with water hauled all
the way from Palm Beach Fla.
Can 1t possibly be that our Lower Po-
tomac is so polluted that 1t should be
sighted in this way9
THE Washington Clubs Spring cruise
i came off nicely, with large num-
ber of boats making the trip
to Mattawoman. Commodore johnson
managed to overrun some debris in the
river near Jones Point, bending the
rudder on Elvejay and making Guns
ston with difnculty, where the damage
was repaired-the versatile commodore
taking the rudder ashore and doing his
Doc Norton and Lyle Pursel had great
sport with their sailing dinghies and
successfully wet down those bold enough
to sail with them, At night the prom
ised bonfire was built on Deep Point,
and all hands enjoyed a baked potato
a la ashes, though the party broke up
early, the crews breaking away for bed
about n1oon-up.
TAP'N CYRIL SMITH has the Sea
~ Horse out on Ragan's ways for
paint up and overhaul Our own
good Swan occupies the ways with her
and Sam Virgins mueh-improved Effle
roosts ashore also, having q new rail
and bowsprit fitted
TvHIRTY-TWo years ago at Lawley's
i yard in South Boston a cutter
named Chenoden took the water.
Thirty-two years of salt and fresh
water, of cold and heat. OF neglectful
owners and careful owners. racing,
cruising, grounding-aye, even q sink
ing-and the old boat, now ours, Is just
about as good as the day built. A bit
OF repair here and there, and she will
probably be good for another 81. The
boat Is now named the Swan, though 1t
Is soon to be renamed Chenoden (mean-
ing Sou'West Wind)-when the sails
are again upon her--her mastS having
been out of her for about IA years, as
nearly as We can ascertain. When
she was built, they not only knew how
TO build them, but did just that.
We cite this example for the benefit
Of those new TO the sport who are likely
to look aSkance at craft two or three
years old--a boat Is never really ancient
until the half-eentury mark Is passed.
and many render good service long
after. " Is expected that a e7-year-old
yacht will participate in the Bermuda
race this year, and II 50. she viii surely
give q good account Of herself And
some one has started wild Fnmor that
the old America, winner of the Ameri-
cas- Cup, viii be again raced aftczA her
reeondieioning u completed. When Is
. boat oldt