Evening star., 1937-05-23
.LUB BURGESS, code flags and
gay nautical decorations will
fly from yachts holding open

~LUB BURGESS. code flags and
gay nautical decorations will
\ fly from yachts holding open
house today at the famous
annual shad bake Of Corinthian Yacht
Club between noon and o'clock.
Chiefly planned to enable boat own
ers to become better acquainted with
their yachting neighbors, open house
will give opportunity for close inspec-
ton Of fixtures and new gadgets that
boats are sporting after the Spring
overhaul. Commodore Edward C.
Baltz and his staff of officers are
going to be on hand to assist guests
in making the rounds.
Cap c. E. Ingling is in charge Of
the bake, which will be served on
club grounds. Assisting Cap and see
ing to it that every one gets plenty
to eat will be Howard Crawford, Carl
Claudy, jr.; G. P. Orme, Warren
Mitchell. John Maloney and H. w.
Smith
At the same time the double header
Of the Potomac River Sailing Associa-
ton, one race starting at IL and the
second at 2 o'clock, will be going on
Spectators at Corinthian can see both
the start and finish of events, which
are the fourth and fifth races Of the
Spring series.
Potomac Sailor Crosses Ocean.
THE Potomac River Sailing Associa-
tion flag has been carried across
the Atlantic for the first time, and on
q yacht less than 100 feet long. Phil
Rigg, well-knoWn Northern yachts
man and honorary member of the
association, took it aboard a 90-foot
Diesel yacht which was delivered to
a customer in England this Winter,
after a passage of % days. including
hove-to for a five-day gale.
And because he preferred to return
in comfort, Phil changed his plans
to sail back on the Endeavour I, T. O.
M. sopwiths original challenger fer
the Americas Cup in 1884.
Phil, brother Of Linton Rigg, New
York yacht broker, is a blue-water
sailor Of parts. Not only has he been
in three Bermuda ocean races and
sailed aboard Gerard B. Lambert's
old class sloop Vanitie, but young
Rigg brought the 54-foot ketch
Stortebeker from Athens, Greece, to
Florida in 1884. He has written q
book about it, called Southern
Crossing"
incidentally, Phil will be the skip
per of Leo Flanigan's yawl Clean
in the New London-G Gibson Island
race next month.
Gibson Island Race Il On.
SPEAKING OF Gibson Island, the
yacht squadron there Is running,
today, the eighth annual race from
Baltimore Light to Poplar Island and
return, initial long distance event
on the Chesapeake this year.
And for the first time Arthur Gle
phane, District yachtsman and ON
Ger in the sailing association, will be
at the tiiler Of his newly purchased
8-meter sloop Loke. In her all
Washington afterguard will be CAPT.
A. r. M. Allen, John Fox, Ben Guy,
jr., Hank stansbury and Miss Peter
McHarg, debutante and sailor extra
ordinary.
Also at the start tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock will be Corrin Strong In
his fast cutter Nerada for the 40
mile event.
II the number of queries is q ba-
rometer Of the interest shown in the
Presidents Cup Regatta Association
contest to find an onicial nag, there's
going to be a difficult job for judges
to pick the winner. Andrew Duffy,
chairman Of the Contest Committee,
foresees some excellent designs, one
OF which will be flown ~ the asso-
ciation's emblem during regatta week
next September.
In case there are some who haven't
heard, this contest Is open to any one
over IA years old, and to the best de-
signer goes . complete art scholar
ship worth $144 at Columbia Tech