Evening star., 1939-07-30
Miles River Regatta,
Opening on Friday,
Mecca for Many
Washington to Be Well
Represented by Sail
And Power Croft
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

by MALCOLM LAMbOhNE, JT.
Chesapeake Bays Larchmont, the
annual Miles River Yacht Club re-
gatta, next week end opens one Of
the busiest racing months in these
waters for several years.
With regattas and special events
scheduled each week from now until
Labor Day, sail and power enthu-
siasts who make a point of not letting
single race 60 by are in for tough
month. In some instances as many
as three events are slated at one time
at yachting centers on the sprawl
ing Chesapeake.
If you except Long Island Sound S
race week at Larchme-t, the Miles
River regatta at st. Mic aels rightly
can boast the largest turnout of
racing craft in the East. When you
consider that practically everything
on the Bay rigged with sail or
equipped with a racing motor will
be out for the three days starting
next Friday, a record entry list is a
cinch.
There is even a special race for
cabin cruisers participating in the
tri-squadron rendezvous Of the
United States Power Squadrons.
Event 18 Years Old.
It Is 18 years now since boatmen
Of the Eastern Shore crab town
staged their first event, races for
local fishing craft and the colorful
log canoes. The regatta first gained
recognition when the Governor OF
Maryland years ago presented tro-
ply for those sailing canoes. Today,
1t is still is one of the feature races
of the three days. And since that
time, with few exceptions, the chief
executive Of the State has been on
hand for the festivities.
A large number of Washington
sailors, speedboatmen and just cruis-
ing shippers will join with yachts
men from all sections of the bay and
as far north as Philadelphia. Many
Capital devotees already have left
their moorings here and nearby for
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Scheduled last year for the first
time, race for miniature square
riggers attracted much interest
among yachtsmen whose only sight
of those great sailing ships of other
days had been in books and motion
pictures.
Won Zielinski Enters Isobel.
Carl Won Zielinski, New Yorker
who spends his summers on Chesa-
peake Bay and ranks as an outstand-
ing authority on old sailing ships,
again will enter his little ship, Iso-
bel, Sd, a miniature of the great
Baltimore clippers. Winner of the
Ann McKim Trophy at Miles River
last season, the Isobel, Sd, will race
her sister ship, Isobel, I'd, now owned
by Capt. William H. Yost of Balti-
more. If plans go through, the con-
tender will race as a pirate ship,
with jet black hull, skull and cross
bones flag flying and small guns
mounted on her forepeak.
The ghost of Capt. Edward Teach.
alias Blackboard, promises to sail
again, this time on the Miles River.
The power portion of the regatta
opens Friday morning, with the run
about championship of Chesapeake
Bay the featured event. That aft
ernoon windjammers ranging from
moths and dinghies to log canoes
race over two courses. All sailing
classes with the exception of comets,
stars and large cruising and racing
yachts compete over an inside course
opposite st. Michaels. The latter
divisions race further downstream.
Hydro Contests Headline.
All sailing events have been sane
toned by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht
Racing Association.
Following American Power Boat
Association mile trials Saturday
total of nine events will be run,
highlighted by the 135 and 225 cubic
inch hydroplane events. Second and
third heats for sailing classes are
slated Saturday morning and aft
ernoon. The regatta closes Sunday
morning, when the large boats hold
their traditional race-back to Bal
timore Light.
Power squadron units from Wash
ington. Baltimore and Philadelphia
again make St. Michaels their mecca
A parade led by Chief Comdr. Ar
thur Middleton of New York will be
staged Saturday afternoon. The
yachts will anchor for the week end
in nearby Tilghman Creek, where a
dinner has been ARRANGED ashore