Evening star., 1954-09-26
Regatta
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Lekson in Sleipnir II of Colum-
bia Yacht Club. Comets; Jim
Carson in Sparks from Phila-
delphia, Lightnings: George
Vogel of Collingswood. N. j., in
Sparks. Busters. and Harry Lev
inson of Washington in Blue
devil, Snipes.
In two classes top positions
were tied-Charlie Smith of An
napolis and Bobby Harrell of
Norfolk in the Hamptons, and
John Dodge and George Collins
of George Washington Univer-
sity, Tempests.
| Other leaders after two races
were Frank Marquardt's White
Shadow of Alexandria, Thistles;
and Charlie Ills Iggy of Arling-
ton. Penguins.
One more race is scheduled
today. s..
For the morning races, there
was a IL to 15-mile; wind blowing
up from Alexandria. It was just
right for most of the classes, and
the fleet made very fast time
Marquardt in the morning race
for instance. was clocked at 47:45
for the Smile, 2-lap course. Bob
Harwood, winner Of the after
noon race for the fast Thistles
did even better-45:03. That fig
ures to better than 8 miles an
hour.
The lone capsizing in the
morning race was the Penguin
Jigger. The two girls, members
of the Montgomery County Girl
Mariners. at first declined rescue
but the Coast Guard stood by
and eventually they accepted a
tow to the seawall.
BY noon the river was clear
Of boats as all hands completed
the race and headed for the sea-
wall at Hains Point for lunch.
During this period the wind
stepped up and the Potomac
started to churn up whitecaps.
The tide was running out, making
the going rough. Later, the tide
turned and things smoothed out
a little
The fleet of 10 boats made
even better time in the after
noon race. and the race commit
tee. headed by Dr.. Warren He'd
man on board the 63-foot Coast
Guard yard tug No. 633O1. had
finished clocking in the flee.
well before 4 pm.
One of the surprise winners
OF the day was Ill, who is sailing
a Penguin for the first time in
an open regatta. But he is nc
newcomer to racing. He was
runnerup in the North American
Sailing Championships in 1852
and 1858 and is a former dinghy
champion from Brown Univer-
sity.
Competition was keen in nearly
all classes. The Lightnings drew
the largest fleet, 81 boats. and
the Comets were a close second
/ with 10 starters
Today's program winds up the
1854 regatta which started a
month ago with rowing races.
Thistle Glass.
MaraSards iTss 5ace A,f.angh,s White Shadow Eranl
Woman, Jack Fordyce. Fails church rell
,Washinston: white shadoW: Se ~2oo s@
Chesapeake eos Class.
-, First race: America. Karl Statter
West River; .2-1strutaway. Tony Wells
Aallexandria; ale; 3-Rainbow. Morton Knight
was Second ads Fsds donlsry Gond7 ps;
Lightning Class.
PgnI}SaSelohis gnsS.I ssossh' Miss i ssRl ensl!
Richard ciSSes. Forest Hills. N. p
mse Second ne race; Hol. l-spsTks n.,a ss1tct
Hampton One-desiEns.
smith nfs' Annapois infs a,ndr,dsf IL GhaTls Ti
Sotel Bobert Harrell, Norfolk; 3-No. Asa
Raee Second sdfmss rsee WinaFpdar T. Ha@ptSn' NJ Ea un
Oh II; 3--No 4S4.
r--, Come. 3.s'gl.,sir Class; II yarve,
Lekson. wheaton. Md: aGTerrapin
Hof1ner Ter wayne. '1ii. Pa. 'AHso's'' Iaif'
Second race: Sleipnir II: 2-Ronnis
II. Bob McGurk, Phiiadelphia; 3-Hang
over
Snipe Class.
First. race: 1-Bluedevil, Harry Levin
| son, Washington; 2-Malabar, Don S
Wilson, Washington; 3-Pursuit. Bill
Rushlow.. Arlington.
First race: 1-Hocus Pocus. George
Vogel. Collingswood, N j.: 2-slo- Mo
saSssa RoSeTs RSea
Second race: 1-Hocus Pocus; g.
Fraudulent; 3-Slo-Mo.Sh
- Tempest Glass.
First race: NO 3. John Dodge, Ar
lington: NO q, George Collins. wash
ington: 3-No. Z, Loren Schrenk. Wash
second race: collins; a-Dodse; j
Penguin Class.
lington; s-Trinket, Len Penso. Chevy
Chase, Nd; Std Bit, Charles straus-
Second race: 1-Fram. Ronald T.
Never. Bronx. N. T.; 2-Igsy: B.