Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
MODEL YACHT CLUB
PLANS 1881 SEASON
Opening Regatta at Lincoln
Memorial Pool Set Next
Sunday-Cup Offered.

With the first touch of Spring paw
ing the way for the renewal of COM
petitive water sports, the Washington
Model Yacht Club Is preparing to open
| it's 1881 sailing season next Sunday,
| followed by succession of weekly re-
gattas that will continue through Octo-
| Der on the Tidal Basin and the Reflect
ing Pool of the Lincoln Memorial.
At a meeting of the club Friday eve
| ming at the home Of Clinton r. Thomp-
son, 1884 Farragut street, with Com
modore Joseph r. Branham presiding,
it was decided to encourage junior
yachtsmen by offering a silver cup as
a prize to which the owners of the
smaller yachts may aspire. During the
Winter the club added a number of new
members, and the 1881 season promises
more competition than any other.
Several new boats will make their
first appearance at the regatta on the
Lincoln Memorial Rejecting Pool next
Sunday. These include some class A
models, about 70 inches over all and
averaging 1000 square inches of sail
area. which have just been constructed.
Other model yachts now building will
enter the races on succeeding Sundays
as rapidly as their owners put them in
commission.
Smaller Craft Sponsored.
A special effort is being made this
year to interest owners of models
smaller than those of the international
class A type sailed by club members.
Every Summer numbers of junior craft
make their appearance on the pool,
sailed by individual shippers, but with
no leadership to arrange and instill a
spirit of rivalry among them. So to
encourage these youthful shippers, the
Washington Model Yacht Club will put
I'D a CIln as a DriZe.
There will be a meeting of the club
at the Tidal Basin boat house on May
2 at pm. to discuss racing rules and
schedules and to make plans for a
junior cup regatta. Owners of model
sailing yachts, measuring 18 inches or
more, will attend.
Announcement has been made that
the elimination contests for all member
clubs of the national Model Yacht
Racing Association to select chal-
lenger to go abroad this year will be
held at the Larchmont Yacht Club,
New York City, in July. Washington
boats to enter the New York elimina-
ton will be selected in local contests to
be held during the first two weeks in
June.
international Trophy.
Local members are determined to
make a good showing as the winner In
the national eliminations will go to
Gosport, England, in August to COM
pete for the international trophy pro-
vided by Yachting Monthly, an English
sport magazine.
From April to October there will be
a succession of model yacht regattas on
the Tidal Basin and the Rejecting Pool
for the various trophy cups that have
been placed in competition. Model
yacht racing has become a regular Sun
day feature during the Summer Some
remarkably built boats are to be seen.
The boats sailed by the Washington
club are designed and built with a
fidelity to detail comparable to the
largest yachts afioat Their sailing
qualities and the accuracy with which
they are automatically controlled on
their courses are a source Of surprise to
the gallery which is always on hand to
follow the races.