Evening star., 1938-05-08
Potomac, Chesapeake Navigation Aids Yachnen
FORE AND AFT

! ORE AND
He's here again, that marine road
hog who is as dangerous as the hit
and-run driver ashore. Like the hay
fever, he puts in an appearance when
he Is least wanted.
The first warm days Of spring will
find him tearing through anchorages.
by club moorings and across race
courses with wide-open throttle and
a wake of tidal wave proportions.
Boats at anchor, unprepared for q
cruise on the Atlantic, will toss dishes
and equipment into bilges. Craft at
docks will bang into pilings and ad-
jacent yachts with probability Of
splintered railing the least misfortune.
Small sailboats will take beating as
spars slat and sails lose their wind.
Paddlers flnd themselves swimmers as
canoe, cushions and paddles drift of
with the tide.
And equatic enemy No. goes
Gus to damage astern.
Yachts are coming and going to
their favorite stations in preparation
for summer activities, while increased
numbers slip of local and nearby
railways.
The schooner Rumpus of DR.. FL
lott Campbell has left with a party.
including Commodore Frank Schnei-
der Of Capital Yacht Club, for Gibson
Island and Chesapeake Bay ports.
The Rumpus begins early an exten-
sive cruise that eventually Will in
clude the New England coast.
The motor sailer Ben Allen of Art
Hathaway, commander of the Po-
tomac River power squadron, has re-
turned to Washington from Coan
River.
Just by way of supplementing the
increased entries In Potomac River
Sailing Association races, figures just
released show a total membership Of
108, active and associate. Twenty
four new members have joined this
spring Executive Committee Of the
association meets with Presidents
Cup Regatta representatives tomorrow
night to lay plans for sailing events
of the regatta next September.
Announcement of dates for their
rendezvous have been made by the
power squadron The first is June IS
and rs at Gunston Cove and the Sec
ond at Occoquan for September 3
and 4.
Col. John Potts Is in charge
Of the June event and has
promised real surprises for
shippers.
Daniel Fowler heads a committee to
form new squadron by-lays. Others
working with him are J. E. Lawton.
Carl Claudy, jr; A. J. Schafhirt, E. G.
Kaiser. Charles Peters, jr., and w. J.
Barnes.
First of a fleet of 28-foot auxiliary
sloops under construction by oxford
Ship Yards on the Eastern Shore has
been sold to Milton S. Daniels, COM
mandant of the Curtis Bay depot Of
the Coast Guard The class is a neat
cruising sailing boat with accommo-
dations for four
A marine pest Of another genus has
made its appearance along the North
Atlantic Coast within the last few
years, according to warning issued by
Prof. William F. Clapp Of Duxbury.
Mass. Particularly fond Of hulls with
little paint. the teredo worm has in
vaded northern climates Although
majority OF damage to craft has been
reported north Of Connecticut. there
is no reason why the local yachtsman
shouldn't take precautions by using
paints especially prepared for borers
Bottoms scraped over shallow water
often open the way for an attack.
Tom Stokes from Georgetown Uni
versity Sailing Club promises to give
the local moth fleet something to
really go after.
Sailing in the class since he
was 13 years old. Tom held the
Southeastern States champion
ship for moths in 1888.
His latest boat, Rush Too, was built
by Harry Gates. another crack sailor
on Biscayne Bay in Miami, where
Stokes makes his home.
Although no driver ever has been
able to score twice in the Hudson
River Marathon which officially opens
the power boat season in the North
next Sunday. four previous winners
are likely starters. In addition to
last years champ. Marshal Edredge,
there are Clayton Bishop, deputy fire
chief, who triumphed in 1896; Fred
Jacoby, jr.. the 1885 winner. and
Chart johnson, who beat the field in
1894.
There have been rumors OF FROST
bite league starting on the Potomac