Evening star., 1947-06-20
Chesapeake Bay Graft
InNeWport-A
Race Attracting 38
By Malcolm Lomborne, j
s,ur s,oH CORRESPONDENT

NEWPORT, r. T.. June 20.-An
estimated SO yachts. including at
least eight Chesapeake Bay racers.
gathered here today for the longest
race on the East Coast-the 1856
mile Newport-Annapolis event which
gets under way tomorrow on Bren-
ton Reef light vessel.
The New York Yacht Race Com
mittee continued their inspection of
blue-water yachts today after check
ing in a total of Is boats yesterday.
Only one Chesapeake racer had
yet to arrive. She is Walter Browe's
3o-year-old yawl Memory of Ann
apolis Yacht Club.
First Bay entrants to drop anchors
In Brenton Cove were the Naval
Academy's cutter Highland Light,
ketch Vamarie and yawls Alert and
Resolute. Manned by newly COM
nissioned ensigns, Academy profess
sors, Naval reservists and regular
Naval officers, they were all set to
try for one or more Of many prizes
Offered this year.
Frank Greenmanis 44-foot sloop
Alsumar and Charles Dell's 41-foot
cutter Gaetina, both of Annapolis
Y. C. were next in. Greenman is from
Arlington, Va. Alsumar won the
1888 race from New London, Conn,
to Gibson Island.
Elda Nearly Misses Race.
They were followed by the A.
foot sloop Katinka, skippered by
Rear Admiral w. L. Ainsworth, who
is commandant of the Fifth Naval
District at Norfolk, Va.
Eighth Bay yacht checking In was
the 45-foot cutter Elda, sailed by
Donald Patterson Of Baltimore and
Gibson Island Yacht Squadron. Elda
arrived yesterday afternoon, after
an all-night sail from City Island
N. Y.
Elda, smart Rhodes-designed
racer, almost didn't make it. She
was badly damaged off City Island
last Sunday when rammed by the
50-foot yawl Steel Slyph, another
entry in the race, from Brooklyn,
N. Y. The latter racer got out of
control while preparing to get under
way and struck Elda amidships,
breaking her boom and tearing iher
rail and tops1aes.
Men worked feverishly at nearby
shipyard to get Elda repaired and
on her way to this salty New Eng
land town.
The race is sponsored by the New
York Y. c., Naval Academy Yacht
Squadron and Annapolis Y. G. It's
top prize is the $400 Blue Water
Bowl a beautiful sterling silver
trophy donated by the Academy.
Gov. Lane of Maryland has do
mated a prize for the Chesapeake
yacht making the best corrected
time.
Sailors From Capital Area.
Sailing with Greenman are these
men from the Washington area
Gordon Corkum, Arlington; William
Gibson, Washington, and William
Lilley, Parkfairfax. Va. Four of
Patterson's brothers, ranging In age
from 80 to 10, sail on Elda.
This is the lineup of shippers for
the four Navy yachts: Highland
Light, 1t. Comdr. Jack Riggin, U. 8.
N. r.; Vamarie, 1t Comdr. Alex
ander Troonin, U. S. N. r., Alert,
Comdr. Dick Latham, U. s. N, and
Resolute. 1t. Frank Siatkowski. u.
s. N, retired.
The big feet includes last years
winner of the Newport t-Bermuda
race, Howard Fuller's beautiful S.
foot sloop Gesture from New London.
Shippers gather at the Viking
Hotel this afternoon for final in
structions before getting the starting
gun from the big destroyer Power
In command of Comdr. r. 8. Bur-
dick of Norfolk. Power will escort
the racers down to the Virginia
Capes and sup the bay to a finish of
the mouth of Seven River some time
next week, depending on the wind
and weather.