Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

Fleet of Washington Boats
Entered-FIying Cloud
Meets Tradition.
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
An all-sailing event, the combined
regattas Of the Tired Avon Yacht Club
of Oxford and the Chesapeake Bay
Yacht Club of Easton. scheduled for
next week end, will afford windjam-
mer enthusiasts one of the major
yachting carnivals Of the season.
On the waters of the Tired Avon and
Choptank Rivers. considered the finest
racing grounds on the Eastern Shore
of Maryland as well as the Chesa-
peake, sailors of craft from little
moths to Larchmont O-boats will I'M
stop canvas, beginning Friday morn
Ing and continue until Sunday after
noon. Competition on opening day
alone in events of Tired Avon Y. c.
will carry into evening as shippers of
the scrappy cat class stage a night
event.
Opening on widely scattered start
ing lines, the Chesapeake Bay Y. C..
begins its portion of the show IN
sponsoring a 36-mile race from Glib
son Island to Town Point, off oxford,
for cruising and racing divisions. The
majority of the large feet racing back
from ST. Michaels regatta today TO
Baltimore Light is expected to begin
the long haul back next Friday morn
Ing thereby proving the racing fra
ternity never can get its fill.
Washington Fleet Towed.
That portion of the regatta Of c. B..
Y. c., which, with its SO years, is one
of the oldest clubs in the East, is
devoted exclusively to stars, comets,
log canoes and motor boats. A fleet
of Washington comets, concluding
their series at Miles River yesterday,
will be towed around to oxford this
week in time for the feature race Of
the class on Chesapeake Bay, a 10
mile event for the Gaetina Bowl. Last
years winner, Sassy Too Of Werner
Smythe, will lead the Capital comet
GERS.
Queen of the small boat classes, the
stars will compete for a cup presented
by the late Sir Thomas Upton. Young
Mason Shehan, fresh from winning,
for the fifth time. the J. Roulon Miller
Memorial Trophy series at Gibson Is
land recently. stands out as top star
sailor among more than IS entries.
But of all the events, attracting
somewhere around $50 entries none
stands out as much in the eyes Of
yachtsnen, work boatmen and natives
from the shores of Both Maryland and
Virginia as race between two
thoroughbred sailing craft seen only
on the bay. 1t is the challenge match
between the log canoe Flying Cloud of
johnson Grymes of Easton, Md, and
the canoe Tradition. owned by Gar
land Miller Of Norfolk, Va.
Focuses on One Event.
Tradition, sailing into the nearby
scene last year like the startled dark
horse that she was, caused such COM
ment and fuss among veteran canoe
sailors that only match against the
pride of the Eastern Shore, the Flying
Cloud, would settle the many argu-
ments. Grymes has commissioned the
Those who followed closely Tradi-
tion's performance last season know
there is something more to Grymes'
interest. The Virginia canoe, among
other feats, made monkeys Of the fast
e-meter fleet. And bay champion Of
the Fights, Conewago, was being sailed
that day by Owner Grymes.
NJ lyxy 60 y, or
new boat, is rugged in the old manner
carrying an awesome spread of canvas
pivot jb, spirit fore and mainsail.
eouaresails, staysails and kites. While
Traditions 32-year-old hand-hewn
hull is pushed along under the mod
ern and conventional sloop rig with
. large overlapping jib.
Thirty Races for Comets.
Tired Avon Y. G. has scheduled a
total of 80 races for comets. stars,
ecrappies, snipes, moths, 16-footers.
2O-footers, 6-meters, canoes, Hampton
one-designs, racing and cruising
divisions and free-for-all handicap.
The traditional feud between engine
room and deck on big ships will be
renewed with the staging of a special
rowing race between crews of each
department from the Coast Guard
cutter Calypso acting as committee
boat.
And in the crew race for stars,
racing for the J. Graham johnson
Memorial Trophy, hard-working and
often-harassed crews will be given an
opportunity to below at their shippers
for q change as the former take over
the tiller.
A series Of receptions and dinners
in the best Eastern Shore manner will
be headlined by the annual rendezvous
dinner Saturday night of the Chesa-
peake Bay Yacht Racing Associa-
. ton. ruling body for bay sailors. The
Talbot fleet of the Comet Class Y. r..
A. plays host to shippers at supper
at Chesapeake Bay Y. c. in Easton
Friday evening. Prizes from the
latter club will be presented Sunday
afternoon at Canterbury Manor, home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot Wheeler, amid
old world surroundings.