The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-25

delays caused by the head seas and huge swells dogged the courses of the three entrants. Lay-over time was taken whenever the going got too strenuous.
 Fishing boats had been tied up at Pulteney near the south entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound. In spite of this, the crew aboard the Donolie voted unanimously to proceed full
 speed ahead,'' The Donolie arrived at Prince Rupert at 4 pm. We'd
 nesday, three hours behind it's pre- dicted time.
 At Prince Rupert that evening. "a reception and banquet were given
 the Skipper and crew of the Don olie. The Carmelita did. not arrive
 until Thursday morning as the
 Donolie was leaving.
 Good Racing Schedule Fair weather with the exception
 of extreme high tides from Prince
 Rupert to Juneau made for good
 racing schedules for the two crui-
 sers that finished the race. The
 Donolie crossed the finish line at
 the Douglas Bridge Saturday after
 noon two minutes and 57 seconds
 after the predicted time of o'clock
 The Carmelita crossed the finish
 line at two hours, 26 minutes and six seconds after the predicted fin-
 ish time of pm.
 Aboard the Donolie were Ray
 Hart, owner and skipper, Ted Phil lips, captain on the Bremerton po- lice force, Marx Libby, electrical engineer, Milt Benson, variety Istore operator, and Ed Shell, re- Ttired army major, who acted as ob- server. All of the crew are from
 Bremerton. Robert Cowling, Con- modore of the Juneau Yacht Club, flew to Prince Rupert to join the Donolie and made the trip from there.
 |. Aboard the 65-foot Carmelita,
 were Norton Clapp, owner of the
 cruiser, Roger and Bill Clapp. sons
 of Clapp. MT. and Mrs. Gilbert Wheat and their son Gilbert Wheat,
 Jr., of San Francisco, Tom Youell
 and Herbert Rowland, both of Se-
 attle. The Clapps are from Seattle. Rowland was observer on the Car , mehta.
 Engine Trouble Shortly after leaving Prince Ru- pert, the Carmelita developed en-
 zine trouble with one of the twin diesels overheating. The one motor
 had to be stopped and the cruiser limped into Ketchikan where the
 motor was repaired Friday. Five hours out of Bremerton. the regular 75 watt radio went out on
 the Donolie and five watt radio set had to be used until arrival at Prince Rupert. The cruisers radio
 was fixed at Prince Rupert. The limited ranges of the small com
 munications equipment on the crui-
 sers coupled with the interference by local terrain made contact diff ficult between the cruisers. Under
 Dr. Robert Crees of Bremerton, an unofficial network of radio hams was organized to monitor the ship to-ship band and to report the To- cation of boats under way. Cruiser Schedules The Carmelita left early Sunday afternoon to sail in southeast AL
 aska waters and is to make home port by next week. The Donolie leaves sometime today with fishing to be the main item before arriv- ing home. Hart expects to be home in time to enter the Twentieth h. ternational Cruiser Race to be run
 July 28 and 29 from Vancouver, B. O., to Seattle.
 At the banquet Saturday night lat the Baranof, the shippers and crews were welcomed with speeches 1 and initiation into new "I-was- there" club.
 The new club is the Ice-Berg Pilots. Association to promote the harmony and good sportsmanship of the group. Certificates of mem i Eership were awarded to all those who made the trip from Bremerton to Juneau. Ray Hart; holding a
 chunk of Mendenhall Glacier ice in his hands, accepted membership
 into the organization for the group. Initiation into the group was made by Charles w. Garter.
 Those making speeches of vel l come were Herb Rowland, president
 of the Juneau Chamber of Com merce, and Mayor Waino Hendrick- son. A presentation speech was
 made by Edward OBrien, manager 1 of the Baranof, who presented the Baranof trophy. This trophy is for the first place winner of the so- called Capital-to-Capital Cruiser Race. Also on dislay was the George Patton trophy for the second place winner. Patton is from Naniamo, lB. 0. and won the 1949 race. Both trophies are perpetual
 Hart and his crew extend their thanks for the cordial reception and hospitality shown them during their