The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-03
Nemesis Wins Annual Surf Boat
Race Today At Submarine Basin
Second; Pandora,
Dix, Tie; Time 20 Min
utes 20 Seconds; Win
ming Beat 1882


the whistle of the Nemesis locked
at the Yacht Basin this morning
whereupon the Nemesis Surfboat
racing crew stepped up their
stroke from % to 80 a minute at
the three-quarter post and spurted
into a lead they held in the an
nual Coast Guard patrol boat
surfboat race held in Key West.
Second was the Vigilant with
the Dix and Pandora in an alb
Solute tie at the finish buoy.
Judges were Lieut.. F. H. Gala
han, lieutenant in charge of the
Key West Naval Station and 1t.
w. B. Scheibel of the Miami air
station. There was three-quarters
of length between the Nemesis
and Vigilant and length be-
tween the Vigilant and Pandora
and Dix.
The time over the two-mile
course from a position off Flem-
ing Key TO the red buoy off Fort
Taylor was 20 minutes and 20
seconds. The Nemesis was win
ner last year.
Crew of the winning boat are
M. Anderson, Chm. coxswain; c.
Pearson, ON. Sc stroke; Z. Cole,
ON. &c No. 2 oar; r. d. Folds,
Seaman 1c No. 3 oar; ]. Hewette
F. &c bow oar.
The Vigilant and Pandora
were racing for the lead at the
hallmark with the Nemesis
trailing. The Dir was Ear be-
hind. Then the Nemesis began
to pick up the yards The blast
from the mother boat came. The
stroke was picked up and the
crowd along the breakwater was
thrilled as the little surfboat,
bobbing high out of water at each
stroke in the swells, pushed
ahead of the mob. The Pandora
was then in second place with the
Vigilant close behind The Wigs
| liant then began to pick up. II
surged ahead of the Pandora and
threatened the Nemesis. But the
Nemesis fast, heavy stroke was
too much.
Then from way back the Dix
began to pickup. Closer and clos
er il came until il oyerhauled the
Pandora at the finish line for the
dead heat.
In the cutter coast guard class
the Tallapoosa defeated the Tam
pa in a recent surfboat race. The
Nemcssi i'm the patrol boat class
and the Tallapoosa in the cutter
class will represent the Eastern
Division which is from Charles
! ton. S. C.. to Panama City. Flor
/ ida. in an inter-division conpeti~a
ton with the New Orleans DiVi.
! SION at Tampa Bay the week of
Nov. u.
/ Crews Of the other three yes
sells follow:
/ Dix: A. j. Brown. coxswain: L.
p. Ward No. | oar: r c. Williams
/ No. oar; r J. Msgro No. 3 oar.
Harlie Fleming No. 1 oar.
I Vfgiiant: II. j. Garter. cox
swain: II. E Queen No oar: J.
w. Bourn No. oar: ID. W. Orr
10. 3 oar: NJ. Z. Mathews no. 1
oar.
Pandora: A. CurIee. cosswain:
+. J. Matthews No. oar. j. II.
Betingfield No. ? oar: W. Z. Al
deman No. ; oar: J. T. Burton
No. ( oar
Commanding the four vessels
in port arc the vigilsnt, Chief
Boaiswain c. W. Whitney PAN
dora. 1t. Commander {. H. Hi
ton: Nemesis. 1t. Commander T.
7. Await; Dix, Chief Bos'm
Charles Lucas.
Officers said they would leave
about 2 o'clock this afternoon.
They were guests al the Rotary
luncheon this noon. Coast Guard
patrol boat is5. August Bradley,
officer IN charge. vas at the fin
+ ish line with the Judges aboard.
Two small gig boats patFolied
alongside the racra and also tffE-
ID them % the starring point.