Evening star., 1934-07-15

handsome halls of the academy fas
Cinating exhibits of the Navy flags
taken in battle by American vessels,
ship models naval arms and other
objects that breathe sea spume and
battle smoke Two old vessels that
now are training ships also are OF
interest moored down there in the
Severn.
And speaking Of vessels: In this
year of another Americas Cup race
between crack American and British
yachts, don't fail to visit the grand
old America, herself. She's the
schooner-yacht which was sailed to
Britain by intrepid Yankee yachtmen
and put across the finish line first
to win the trophy for which Britishers
notably the late Sir Thomas Upton
have struggled sportingly to recover.
T. o. M. Sopwith is the current chaI-
lenger, and he's bringing his lovely
new yacht Endeavour across the At
lantic this Summer for his own try
at The Old Mug"
The old America lies peacefully in
basin at the academy and she
may be boarded by visitors. Her whole
history. from her launching on
through her racing and subsequent
sailing under foreign flags. as well as
the flag of the American Confeder-
acy in the Civil War, and her service
as a training ship for the academy
may be read in a weather case at
her rail.
The subject of yachting sounds
responsive note in any discussion OF
Annapolis-or the Chesapeake Bay
itself, for that matter. Time was
when the Chesapeake was world re-
nowned as the home of the famous
Baltimore clippers-the tall ships
which raced the worlds commerce
to place the United States at the
head of maritime nations. That era
passed with the coming of steam,
however, and now the Chesapeake is
coming into a new renown as
yecht- building center. Small-boat
building is one of Annapolis leading
industries, in fact, and tour OF the
city would not be complete with
out a visit TO one of the many boat
yards there.
Standardized Boats Built.
Most of these businesses thrive on
Spa Greek, and you reach the majority
of them by going down the Duke OF
Gloucester street and across the bridge
to Eastport. One of the most pro-
gressive of these boat builders is the
Owens establishment, which this
season alone shipped its stock motor
cruisers to Bermuda, Mexico, Canada,
Chicago and most of the States along
the Atlantic seaboard. This firm is
the only plant in Annapolis specializ-
ing in standardized boats, a field
heretofore monopohzed almost solely
by the big-city centers. With the ex-
ception of the mahogany" which
comes from the Philippines. the
lumber used at this plant is almost
entirely local: The oak is from Mary
land and the cedar is from Virginia
and North or South Carolina. Sixty
men are employed at the shop.
After such sightseeing as this at
Annapolis, the average tourist should
be quite ready to turn southwark for
more rural fields to explore. So re-
trace miles of the road over which
you travelled into Annapolis and turn
left at Parole, the crossroads settle
ment of the intersection of United
States Highway No. so and the State
Highway No. 2. If a swim in Chesa-
peake Bay seems appealing, make
another left turn miles down route
No. 2 and drive 6 miles more to
Beverly Beach.
The entrance to Beverly Beach lies
around a steeply banked curve in the
road. A man, nodding in the tiny
patch of shade a colorful umbrella
/ affords him, will climb to a standing