Evening star., 1939-07-16
Fast Capital Comets
Vie With jersey,
Maryland Craft
Snipes, Homptons, Moths.
As Well as Big Stors,
In Boy Meet Races
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.


A score of local sailors, represent
ing nearly half the normal fleet that
races each spring and fall on the
Potomac, will compete in the small
boat regatta sponsored for the first
time by one of Chesapeake Bays
outstanding clubs, Gibson Island
Yacht Squadron, next week end.
That the event is attracting such
a large number of Capital shippers
Is indicative of the popularity and
growth of one-deSign craft here
The three-day affair marks the first
regatta held in this area devoted
exclusively to international or ma
tional classes. Races have been
scheduled for stars, comets, snipes,
Hamptons and moths.
1t also will mark the first invasion
of GibsoI Island by other than the
popular stars, the club normally
being the stronghold of large cruis-
ing and racing yachts.
First Race for Miller Cup.
Sanctioned by the Chesapeake Bay
Yacht Racing Association, the re-
gatta opens Friday with the first
race of the j. Rulon Miller Memorial
trophy for stars. According to early
entries upward of 25 stars from the
island, the Eastern Shore and Bar
negat Bay. N. j., will be out off
Mountain Bar Point.
The opening events for other
classes and second heat of the Miller
series will begin Saturday afternoon.
Second and third events are Sched-
uled for Sunday morning and after
noon. Trophies will be presented
that evening at a party given by
L. Corrin Strong, commodore of the
club
Maybe the comets will not muster
as many entries as their big brothers.
the stars, but there is assurance of
one of the biggest turnoutS of the
year in this division. Washington
boats entering are Ernie Covert's
Scandal. Les Wright's Pan Tan III,
Clark Daniels Robert E. Lee (the
boat that flies a Confederate flag,
Col. Jack Jacobs Litl. Mac Lam
bornes Arcoiris, Clyde Cruit's So
White and his Frolic.
Brisk Comet Event Looms.
With the entry of the Eastern
Shores leading comet sailor, Jim
Speer of Oxford, Md, plenty of stiff
competition is expected. Speer won
his feet eliminations recently in
swamping a feet of II boats by a
margin of five minutes in each of .
five races.
The popular SnipeS should come .
close to equalling the comet entry /
list. A large feet of snipes COM
peting this week end at Sparrows .
Point, Md, in the Porter Houston !
trophy series to select their bay |
champion will send a number of ,
representatives down to the island. /
DR.. Evart Warren's High Lama is
carrying the torch for local snlpers
In the Houston event and will be
entered next week end Weston .
Valentines Eleanor and Tom Ire !
mearnes Ho-Hum also are expected. /
Coming down to the moths We
have Lee Harrison's Gypsy, Daniel
Ayres' Fancy Pants and Jack Bab-
cocks Indigo-Under as possible
starters. Harrison, incidentally, is
leading bay moths in the C. B. Y.
R. A. high-point series for that
class
Big Spectator Fleet Due.
Other WaShingtonianS, racing eX-
cluSively at the island in the star
class. entered are Melville Gros-
venor in his Escape, Dave DUNCAN
with Wave and young Henry Strong
and his Pitsa. Should Grosvenor
place well in the final elimination
race today he will have earned the
right to represent the fleet in the
star internationals to be held this
summer at Kiel, Germany. He also
will retain permanent possession of
the G. I. Y. S. trophy, already hav-
Ing won two legs on the cup.
A large and colorful spectator
fleet will be out. too. as C. B. Y.
r. A. holds its annual rendezvous
the same week end at Gibson Island.
In addition to the presentation
party, shippers and their crews have
been invited to attend a rendezvous
dinner and dance at the clubhouse
Saturday night. Between races on
Sunday lunches will be served at
Mountain Bar Point pavilion.
First, second and third place
prizes for series winners will be
awarded, as we'll as trophies for daily
firsts. Andy Trippe is chairman of
the regatta committee.