Evening star., 1949-05-01
Among
Us
Teens
By Vol

AfA61, 416kS6-occluk IIlcbe
warm, sunny week ends, We can't
wait to start getting our boats in
shape. And whether its q star
boat or q dinghy. 1t will be nice
getting back on the water. But
let's not let the lure Of these balmy
days ahead make us start afioat
until our boats have had a thor
ough going-over. First, we want
to be sure the rigging isn't too
worn before taking that trial spin,
because broken line in the middle
of an unexpected thunder shower
can be embarrassing as well as
dangerous. Other things to check
are: Comfy pillows that serve a
dual purpose as life-preservers in
case Of capsizing. extra line in
case Of broken rigging and sail
patches for emergency repairs. A
handy gadget for stock equipment
on any boat Is clasp knife some
times referred TO as q switch
blade"
OLD MARINER SAYS: "The
sea Is . friendly fellow, but any
body without q real respect for
him Is going to get It, sooner
or later"
"The sea is like a circus lion.
A sailor has to be q lion tanner.
Watch how you handle him, fol-
low the rules. Always be a little
afraid. 70 you'll never forget to
be careful"
GOVERNMENT STUFF on wa-
terways may be had by writing
the United States Government
Printing Once, Washington, D. C..
PRAMS FOR TEENS? O-For
teen amateur sailors there Is q
new innovation craft called q
'pram." small, safe, economical
boat. equipped with q mains'il.
The little boats gained national
attention last fall when the first
international Pram Regatta was
held at Clearwater, Fla. They are
one-man or one-gal boats and
mighty thrilling to handle in q
stiff breeze. Just for the record,
q pram originally was a Nor
wegian boat. spelled 'praam." In
this country. the word was Short
ened to pram, the English short
version for perambulator or baby
carriage. But don't be fooled,
these babies take plenty Of real
sailing ability and nautical know
how.
SNEAK BOXESHSomething to
play hooky in? Could be. It's also
a shallow draft boat rigged for
jib and mainsail. Teens are ready
ing sneak boxes and catboats
for spring and summer sailing.
but the latter are rigged for main
sail only.
BARNACLE- BUSTERS - Teens
should know-there's an especial
ly good bottom paint. originally
developed for the navy, which
sluffs off gradually keeping bot
toms free of salt water marine
growth.
KNOTTY PROBLEM That
"Windsor knot" for the spring
tie Is always a toughy, but here
are q few pointers which might
prove helpful. First. start the
knot just as in the old four-in-
hand. Make the loop, bringing the
main portion of the tie down and
to the right of the knot. Bring
the main portion of the tie under
the knot and up in front, looping
it through the collar section of
the tie and down under the knot
again. Then. proceed with fin
ishing the knot in the same man.
ner as the four -in-hand. If you
haven't succeeded in strangling
yourself by that time. you should
have a passable Windsor knot.
Remember the all-important CEN
ter crease in the front portion Of
the tie just below the knot.
THAT TIE-Teen boys suffer
more from "tie presents" than
the rest of mankind. Easter
brought q flood Of them to red
den teen boys ears-some with
old castles on them, some with
atom bombs. some with gee-or-
geous flowers the like Of which
teen boy would never hope to
meet. It's generally q mistake
for q girl to give a boy a tie. If
we feel we must. we can ask Big
Brother to pick 1t out for us,
and the H. B. will stand a chance
of liking 1t. A poll reveals that
boys 60 for diagonal stripes and
will wear them no matter how
loud. Plaids also get by. A few
boys like polka dots and spirals.
but we're always safe with plain
color. especially maroons. deep
blues. Non wrinkle fabrics, lighter
materials at this time Of year,
indicate good taste. One excep-
ton to wildly repellant teen ties
was seen on a Marylander-it
showed black and white fighting
cocks on q red field. and was
much admired by his classmates.