Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-02
DC. WaferfrontAstir
With Plans
For Coming Season

The Washington waterfront is
beginning to stir at an increasing
rate as yachtsmen, boat yard OPP
orators and marine supply out
fits take stock of the coming
boating season. What they see
at this juncture pleases.
Clubs and other yachting
groups have ambitious plans
afoot that promise to make it
busy year for both the racing
and the cruising type of skipper.
And this includes both sail and
power.
Within the industry here, there
Is plenty of optimism over pro-
Spective sales. They still recall
the record-breaking sales and
unbounded enthusiasm at the
New York boat show this past
winter.
One dealer put it this way:
"Give us a couple of real nice
Saturdays and we are under
way"
For many early birds at Capt.
tai Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht
Club. Columbia, Old Dominion,
Potomac. Washington, Buzzards
Point and points north and
south, the fitting out season
began the first pleasant day in
March. These are the fellows
who will be cruising the river
when some boatmen are Just
throwing off winter covers.
Lots Of Toll on Tap.
For the next several weeks,
there will be feverish activity
among shippers preparing their
boats for the spring series of
Potomac River Sailing Associa-
ton. There is a warmup race
on tap April Is, which doesn't
give too much time for shippers
to get their boats in racing trim.
The PRSA series formally
opens April Is with a double
header each Sunday off Hams
Paint through June 6. There is
one exception. The Memorial Day
week end will find the fleet en-
gagged in the annual Gunston
Cove races.
Capital Power Boat Associa-
ton will stage its first two-day
regatta this year. The event,
previously a one-day affair, is
slated for July "a and Is. Events
are planned for both inboards
and outboards.
Only this week the Presidents
Cup Regatta Association came
out of Information to elect officers
and map plans for sail and power
events on two successive week
ends, September 1919 for power
and 1926 for sail.
Bay Program Heavy.
Over on the Chesapeake the
regatta schedules for both sail
and power are the heaviest on
record. Starting. next month,
there is something on tap for
both racing groups each week
end. Later in the season there
will be two or more sailing events
going on simultaneously.
Potomac River Power Squadron
members have plans for cruises.
practice plotting tests and finally
the district-Wide plotting con-
test in late summer. There might
be another type of contest for
cruising yachtSmen this season
if the Skipper magazine in An
napolis receives enough re-
Spouse. It announces intentions
in the April issue to sponsor a
predicted log contest for power
boat owners.
Local units of the Coast Guard
Auxiliary are now engaged in
training classes for select group
of inspectors who will be avail
able in a few weeks to give
pleasure craft owners their an
nual safety inspection. This
service is offered yachtsmen
without charge and is considered
a must by those shippers who
like to do their cruising free of
the concern over something going
wrong when they least expect it.
For rowing fans, the big event
over the horizon is the inter-
collegiate heavyweight sprints off
Hams Point on May Is. This is
the second straight year the
races, which rival the so-called
Poughkeepsie regatta in specta-
tor interest, have been assigned
here. IN. L., Jr.