Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-08
BY WHEELER JOHNSON

PCdAC Day RICE Will NC well rep
resented June Is when the goth
running Of the sailing race from
Newport, r. J., to st. David's
Head, Bermuda gets underway.
Among the entrants will be
the Lapwing. Harold M. Will
cox's 35-foot sloop, which was
built for the Washington attor-
ney in Hamburg, Germany and
delivered there last summer.
Two other craft which have
the interest Of sailing enthusi-
aSts in this section WILDE q vet
eran Of this blue water classic,
the Finisterre, Carlton Mitchell's
38-foot yawl, from Annapolis,
and the Fun, a 45-foot sloop
owned by Thomas A. Gloss of
Towson, Md.
In addition. the Naval Acad-
envy has q feet Of six yawls-
two class A and four class c.
in the race. The Naval Academy
also has loaned the Merchant
Marine Academy another Of its
yawls for the 635-mile race.
It's a whopping fleet which
will hit the starting line OF
Newport starting at l pm.
washington time) a week from
tomorrow. There are % sail
boats now entered, the largest
number ever to engage in this
biennial race. Several times
similar West Coast races have
attracted more than 100 boats,
but SO is the largest number
ever to sign up for an East
Coast race.
In Warmup Races
The Washington entry, Lap
wing, is engaging in warmup
races today and tomorrow be-
fore starting the Bermuda VEN
ture. Wilcox has her in the on
Soundings contest out of New
London, Conn.
Immediately after she was de-
livered, the Lapwing was sailed
in a series of ocean races con-
Quoted by the Royal Ocean Sail
ing Club Of England. Wilcox
said his craft performed adj
mirably, although she did not
win any prizes. After those
races Lapwing shipped from
Dublin to the United States and
Wilcox sailed her several week
ends on the Chesapeake.
Her last race was a 200-miler
May Is on Long Island Sound in
which she was sixth in class c
and seventh in a feet of 70.
In all Of Lapwing's races so
far. a member of the crew has
been Attorney r. B. Owen from
the same law firm with which
Wilcox is associated. Other
prospective members Of the crew
for the Bermuda race are 1t.
(1g) Stanton Cook, USNR, now
stationed at the Pentagon, John
Ross Of Boston and John Schafer
Of Washington.
Highland Light Holds Record
One Of the Naval Academy's
boats. the Highland Light, holds
the elapsed time record for the
trip. set almost a quarter Of a
century ago.
The Highland Light, a 62-foot
cutter, in 1882 covered the course
in II hours, IS minutes, 43 Sec
onds with a strong quartering
breeze all the way. She aver
aged SIT knots. Highland Light
will be under command Of Prof.
Alden r. Heller Of the Naval
Academy faculty.
Capt. Rollin Westholm is COM
mander Of the Naval Academy
squadron in the race and he will
use the 7l-foot yawl Royono, an
other Bermuda-race veteran, as
his flag ship. The Royono will
be Skippered by 1t. Comdr. Frank
Siatkowski. She will have a crew
of three newly commissioned en-
signs and nine midshipmen.
The four class c yawls are the
4S-foot Resolute. skippered by
1t. c. @. Robertson, jr., USN; the
44-foot Dandy. commanded by
1t. Comdr. Alloys d. Heyen, USN;
the Swift, a 44-footer, with 1t.
t1g) William r. Maclay, USNR,
as commander and the vigilant,
another A footer. skippered by
Comdr. Charles Philip, USN.
The Merchant Marine Acad-
envy craft in the race is the
Frolic. another 44-foot yawl
loaned for the occasion by the
Naval Academy. She will be
skippered by 1t. Robert B. May,
USMS.
There are four former winners
Of the coveted Bermuda trophy in
che race. One Of these is the
Malay. the 3o-foot concordia
%wl owned by Daniel D. Stroh-
meier, scarsdale. N. Y, the