Evening star., 1940-09-13
Sail Races Tomorrow Open Variety Of Competition Presidents Cup Event
Nippefs From Near
And Far 10 Vie for
Star Trophies
Annapolis Yacht Club
Is Sending Largest
Single Contingent
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.


A fleet of white sails will blanket
the Potomac River opposite the new
National Airport tomorrow after
noon In colorful sailing races OPEN
ing the annual Presidents Cup Re-
gatta, scheduled to give Washing
ton three week ends of aquatic ac-
tivity unsurpassed in the regatta S
IA years.
The traditional curtain raiser, this
week ends events will find small
boat shippers from sailing centers
up and down the East Coast COM
peting for a large array of prizes
given by The Evening Star
1t will mark the first year the
cup regatta has been spread over
three week ends Swimming events
are slated for September q, rowing
and canoeing races the next after
noon, and the faSt-moving out
board and inboard races will take
over september ~ 10 ~.
South as far as Jacksonville. Fla,
and north as distant as Long Island
Sound will come the small sailing
craft, representing the best of
Americas one-design yachts. Twelve
classes in all have been scheduled
and they will compete in a two-day
series of three races.
Capital Club Handicapped
Capital Yacht Club, its facilities
crippled by delayed completion of
waterfront Improvements, never
theless was scene of increased ac-
ton today as shippers and crews
motored in, trailing their boats be-
hind them. Registration of boats
will continue at the club we'll into
the night and resume again in the
morning.
Registration deadline is 10 am.
tomorrow. Three and a half hours
later the first class will receive the
starting gun from the 165-foot
Coast Guard cutter Calypso. anchor
ed in Georgetown Channel Just off
East Potomac Park seawall
Then the fun begins. At five
minute intervals for the next hour,
the little yachts will be sent off over
a new triangular course of miles
AS the leaders of the first division
off return to the committee boat for
their second time around they will
sail around the far side of the
Calypso. Thus the old conflict Of
such boats interfering with the
start of the last classes will be elm
mated.
The boats 60 off in this order:
2o-foot round bottom. 20-foot chine
comet, Hampton, lightning, snipe,
sailing canoes, handicap A. handi-
cap B. penguin. moth and Glass c.
All will sail two laps. excepting the
last two classes, which will go once
around.
Entry Exceeds Hundred.
Arthur Carnduff, who will remain
on duty at the yacht club through
the day for registration, reports
an entry list we'll over a hundred.
Little moths are entered from
Elizabeth City, N. c., and Norfolk,
Va: comets from Long Island
Sound, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania snipes from Richmond and
Urbanna, Va; lightnings from the
local fleet and Long Island: penguin
dinghies from Maryland. New York
and Virginia: 20-footers from An
napolis and West River. and Hamp-
tons from Richmond, Norfolk and
Annapolis.
At least four contestants in the
comet class national championships
staged at Huntington, Long Island,
last week end will compete, accord
Ing to Carnduff. These are the
Scandal of Washingtons Ernest
Covert; the Nimbus. sailed by Henry
and Alan Brylawski, local comet
leaders; Ed Gross Suds from Hunt
ington and Charles Allaire's Spirit
OF rs, from Red Bank, N. J. The
last, which placed second among 46
boats last week, will be sailed by
young William Olsen.
Annapolis Yacht Club will send
the largest single contingent of boats
all 20-footers. Fred Carlsons
Puddles II, Vincent Kramer's Sea-
witch II, John Kramer's Stormy.
John Coughlins Riptide and Andy
Kramer's Gale all have entered.
-Four veterans of the last mid
winter regatta in San Juan, Puerto
Rico, have entered the comet races.
They are Ken Grace's Media Brez
and Ward Bright's craft, both from
Wildwood, N. j.; DR.. Tony Leitners
Belle Aire, Perth Amboy, N. j., and
Mac Lamborne's Arcoiris. to be
sailed by Nora ONeil of Washing
ton.
Sundays races are set for $50
am. and pm. The Star trophies
will be presented Sunday evening
at Capital Yacht Club