Evening star., 1941-09-29
Kanode Defeats u. ).
Penguin Champ in
Potomac Race
Finishes 20 Seconds
In Front Of Lawson;
Covert Is Winner
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE. Jr.

BY MALCOLM LAtIBORNE, Jr.
This years national title holder
of the penguin dinghies took his
first beating since he won the cham
pionship at Annapolis. Md, when
Don Kanode, local skipper, nosed
out Walter Lawson, Corinthian
Yacht Club Sea Scout, in the OPEN
ing race of Potomac River Sailing
Associations fall series off Hains
Point yesterday.
Kanode's Anneke Jan. covering a
one-lap course in 40 minutes and
20 seconds. slipped in ahead of
LawSon'S champion penguin Pot
latch with 20 seconds to spare.
Combat Trying Winds.
One of the largest fleets ever to
compete in the fall opening of the
association-a total of 40 boats in
six classes-raced over the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta course in
Georgetown Channel under trying
wind conditions. 1t was the sort of
day which gave both shippers and
crews a workout But fortunately
most of them have, been sailing
through the Summer-many of
them since last spring-and there
were few instances of tender hands.
The breeze ranged from fat calm
at times to a full-sail wind of 10
miles. On top of that. it shifted
without the slightest warning from
south to west and then back again,
Ernie Covert. Presidents Cup VIM
ner two weeks ago in his class. again
scored in the comet division. This
class turned out the largest single
f1eet. II boats. CoVert's blue -hulled
Scandal was minutes and 49 Sec
onds ahead of Les Wright. we'll
known local and bay skipper. who
has chartered Bill Hanson's Fleet
wing for the fall series.
Clarke Daniel. usually Covert S
hottest competitor. was third in the
Robert E. Lee. This was the same
comet in which he tied with Covert
in the cup regatta.
More Keen Competition.
Keen competition also marked the
20-foot division of round and chine
bottom boats Prentice Burlington S
Lady Avon, an old favorite or
the Potomac. scored in this class
He covered the smile course in the
fast time of SO minutes and 10
seconds. A minute and 10 seconds
astern of Lady Avon was Midge
Philips Rainbow, from Annapolis
Yacht Club.
Philips, only out-of town skip
per in the race. plans to race the
fall series here in place of the An
napolls series on the Severn River
Another minute and 10 seconds back
of Rainbow was the Nolle Prose- II
skippered by Commodore Charles
Trammell of the P. R. S. A.
The snipe class supplied the clos
est finish of the day when George
Wilcoxs Hardtack nosed out Weston
Valentines Eleanor by two seconds
The summaries:
ps1tss 9t9o Fd4i5gor s2iS Won BY Lady
Midge Philips third GiU Noie Prose- Ssse0oM II
Wina;a. NfI@5z af5h bs oRsn Oakley
Comet clsSS-Won by Scandal Ernes
Covert. second, Fleetwing. Leslie Wright
third Robert z Lee Clarke Daniel: fourth
NmbuS Alan Brylawski: fifth, British, Jacl
Snipe class-Won by Hardtack, Geors,
! wilcox; second, Eleanor. Weston Vslen.
tine: third, Wlllet, W. W. Feight: fourth
Miss Epps Osborne; fifth, No. 4510. no
listed. Time. III "a
Penguin class-Won by Anneke Jan. Dor
i kaQ0Ge. second, POtlatrh. Walter la
/ -hird, SEeptic, Writ Gill fourth. Judy
/ Dick Wallace: NTH, Putzi, Alan Woodle
! Time 0;40:20 zone lap
A handicap class-Won by Wildcat
| Corinthian Sea Scouts second. Bobcat
Sea Scouts; third. No 81, not listed
fourth. Peed-m-Pish, Arthur Carnduf
NTH. No Q, not listed. Time, 1924
handicap class-Won by Guttersnipe
/ Bus knight: second, Gypsy. F. w. Weiser
( third, Frances. Howard Brent: fourth
/ Swan. Louise Kline: fifth, not listed lime
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