Evening star., 1940-08-16
Dedication Of Lofty
Club Flag Mast Will
|naugurate Event
Gov. O'Conof and Naval
Academy Head Among
Those to Officiute
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, J
Star Staff Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. 16-The
ghosts of by-gone sailormen will
mingle with sailors of the present
here this week end as the 5th
annual Annapolis Yacht Club
Regatta promised to turn out the
largest feet of sailing yachts on
Chesapeake Bay this year.
With the Colonial port Of
Annapolis as its theme. the all-sail
regatta will open at pm, today
when Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor, Of
Maryland; Admiral Wilson Brown,
superintendent of the Naval Acad-
envy. and other national and State
leaders join in dedicating a new
club flag mast.
Claimed to be the tallest, single
stick mast on the Atlantic coast,
the l23-foot staff will be dedicated
to this historic harbor into which
Capt. John Smith sailed 332 years
ago to be the first white man to
touch the shores of the Severn
River.
While the entry deadline had
passed two days ago, late arrivals
continued to pour into town today
leading club officials to forecast
total of better than 200 starters.
If this is the case, the III starters
at the recent Miles River regatta
will fall as the years record.
Race Over Four Courses.
Racing will begin at 10 am.
which will take large ocean-racing
craft as far south as the mouth of
West River. Competition will con-
tinue through the day and resume
again Sunday morning
Annapolis Y. c. trophies will be
presented by Commodore Pete
H. Magruder at the clubhouse Sun
day afternoon.
The District of Columbia. records
showed here. will provide large
portion of entries for four 81 classes.
They include two divisions of 20
footers, comets and the little pen
guin dinghies.
Provisions were being made by
the Navy and Coast Guard to set
aside a portion of the harbor for
yacht anchorage as the spectator
feet grew with each arrival today.
Some of the bays largest craft
will converge here with announce
nent Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing
Assocla ton, ruling body for %
clubs of this area. will make Annap-
oils its annual rendezvous site. A
rendezvous dinner will be held at
Carvel Hall here tomorrow eve
ming, following party in honor
of association members at the yacht
club.
Shows Film of British Yachting.
Interest in the Saturday night
affair was heightened with dis
closure that ALI Loomis of Yacht
ing Magazine and one of the Ma
tions best-known blue water sailors
will be present and will show mo-
ton pictures of the 1889 Fastnet
race. which high lights the British
yachting year.
The showing took on an added
interest with word of impending in
vasion of England, some yachtsmen
believing it marked the last Eng
lish yachting event for many years.
Commodore Magruder, a native of
Annapolis and self-styled historian
of this colorful capital, will Off
ciate at today's dedication. The
national and State flags and the
burgee of the club will be unfurled
from the new mast.
The Naval Academy, which has
shown unparalleled interest in sail
ing this year, will enter the ma
jority of its fleet, including whale
boats. knOckabouts, half raterS, IA
foot International dinghies, stars
and its four-ocean racing yachts
the big ketch Vamar and the yaWls
Intrepid. Resolute and Alert.
Other events are on the program
for albatrosses, Hampton one
designs, snipes, Severn one-designs,
moths. national one-designs, class D
dinghies and the delta cruising
yachts
William H. Labrot, owner of the
famous yawl Stormy Weather, is
chairman of the Race Committee.
which includes several prominent
naval officers.
All events have been sanctioned
by the C. B. Y. r. A.