The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16

new nome Al the former Marfino-
Itch plant on The City waterway
Taking over hare. Strom il nov.
ing in his own lumber. machinery
and stock during the current boat.
building holiday following compile
ton Of the present construction
season.
Dwight Long and his noted
globe-girdling sailboat Idle Hour
have been unreported for two
weeks and posted as missing"
The 32-foot ketch with 2e-year-
old Dwight and two friends left
Catalina island for San Francisco
some IA days ago. and the passage
normally requires not more than
four days.
The trip was part Of the final
lap to Puget Sound to complete
the round-the-world voyage which
commenced six years ago.
However, during the long junket
he was dismasted In the South Sea,
his mate died at sea off ceylon.
he was becalmed six weeks and
attacked by pirates in the Red Sea,
his mascot dog was swept over
board and lost. off Spain he was
seized and jailed as a Loyalist spy,
in England he lectured and wrote
a book. his boat was tossed on the
beach and wrecked during the hur-
ricane which swept the Atlantic
seaboard. he was long overdue be-
cause of violent weather on the
passage from the Panama Canal
to California.
So he may be most anywhere
doing most anything at the pres
ent, regardless of his avowed
schedule and fears for his safety.
United States Power Squadrons,
which through its free classes an
nually instructs thousands of rec
reational boat owners in the sci
ence Of handling and navigating
small craft, has offered its services
to the government as a training
organization.
Formed during World War l,
U.S.P.S. trained some 5000 men
who later went into the navy
most of them as officers and
petty officers.
Now there are So units Of US.
p. s. throughout the nation.
Presently enrolled are 325
yachtsmen members rated as
Navigator after four years inten-
sive study; 600 Junior Navigators,
the next lower rank; and 1000
Advanced Pilots, who've completed
two years study Of seamanship
and elementary navigation-all of
whom are qualified to teach rudi-
ments OF the profession.
New to the Pacific Coast, where
Tacoma last winter organized the
first of half-dozen units, U.S.P.S.
has more than 5000 small-craft
owners enrolled as student-mem-
pers
Two new anchorages for ships /
handling explosives have been es-
tablished on Puget Sound.
So stand clear of vessels anchor
ed off Blake island and off Kings
ton.
Which reminds us-why il Ia
coma the only port on the Pacific
Coast where ii Is permissible to
handle explosives alongside a
wharf?
Officers of the Tacoma Yacht /
club, We note, have severely ad-
monished the membership about |
exceeding the Smile speed limit
in the club basin.
Now what about a little less
sprinting, youse guys. when you
pass the boathouse at the Point |
Dciioiict pdNlilOn
We're too much of a gentleman
TO name names. but after all we've /
witnessed several occasions when
T.Y.C. boats have made a wash big
enough to toss the rowboats out |
Of the water onto the float.
Seascout officers of the North
west region will practice what
they've been preaching to their lads
and really go sesfaring.
They'll make a weekend cruise
aboard the naval reserves famous
pickle boat" Eagle 81.
Date is Sept. rs. and there's a
Tacoma quota of only 30-with ~