Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06

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Squadron, West River Sail
Club. and Severn River Sailing
Association. have extensive
junior programs.
No. ] in point Of members,
boats engaged and participa-
ton is the Gibson Island
Junior Fleet. which is one Of
the largest in the United
States.
Under Charles j. Owens,
Junior Fleet chairman. Gibson
Island had 50 junior members,
with 40 to so Penguins and
LIS In operation. Last season
only about Is boats were in
use and an even larger fleet
is expected next year.
SchoOlhouse Also Clubhouse
Gibson Island has q paid in
structor. James c. johnson Of
Cambridge. Junior Fleet head
quarters are In the schoolhouse
at the end Of q long pier Just
west Of the gatehouse.
Wednesday night meetings
were held there, including
blackboard studies Of rules,
starts and lufiing, Q Race Conn
mittee meeting to handle pro-
tests and movies on sailing,
lboat maintenance, water safety.
weather and tides. A record
hop" closed the program.
The Junior Fleet is divided
Unto three classes: Class A PEN
guin sailors. Class B Penguin
sailors, and Class G, all other
IsmaIl boat sailors.
/ Championship races were
. sailed on Wednesdays. 10 in all,
with the season divided in two
halves. Saturday programs were
devoted to instruction and prac-
tice in hitting" the starting
line. novelty and team races
and demonstrations by Class A
sailors in "going about" "sail-
ing without rudder" and "hik-
ing out"
'PrOtege" System Used
i A ''protege" system was EN-.
4 ployed for the ilrst time this
summer. A Class A skipper was
assigned Is an instructor for
the races to q Class B Penguin.
The Class B boat retained its
regular skipper and crew and
did all the tiIler and sheet work.
Other highlights Of the sea-
son were an invitation race for
other bay juniors in the Mago-
thy River, Q Capt. Kenney race
Gin honor Of the founder Of
Gibson Islands Junior Elect IS
years agoJ. Commodore.s Re-
view and q costumed Ma and
PA race. In addition, Gibson
Island juniors raced Ct Oxford.
Nd Cambridge. and on. the
Corsica and Potapskut Rivers.
Trophies were awarded at the
concluding banquet Labor Day.
/ Season winners were: First
Half - Glass A. Charles c.
Owens, Jonathan Parker.
Pierce Flanagan III; Glass B,
Mary Lou Flanagan, Candy
Sherwood. Anne Poole. Second
Half-Class A. Pierce Flanagan
III. II. Clay Primrose ~, Becky
Tippens; Class B, Doc Michel,
Bart Owens. Mary Lou Flani-
gan.
H. Clay Primrose w, Doc
Michel and Becky Tippens won
the seamanship award while
Becky was given the prize for
the best junior instructor.
West River Has Increase
The West River Club also
noted q vast increase in junior
activities, Commodore WI
Hartge Fifer estimating it vt
so per cent. There the fleet also
uses the "protege" system with
Glass A or advanced sailors
helping. to teach the funda-
mentals to the beginners in
Glass B.
Only Class A sailors were
privileged to sail their Penguins
in the summer series Of races,
the Labor Day regatta and the
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Rae
ing Association Junior cham
pionship.
On Saturday mornings there
were classes on the river at
Galesville. One Glass A sailor
was put in a boat with two
Class B youngsters. After some
work on fundamentals. they
were on to such commands as
stop luffing." point higher"
and watch the jibe."
The Class B sailors big
chance to graduate to A ranks
came in the special meet for
them on Labor Day. It con-
sisted Of two events, q test Of
boat handling and races for
those who qualified in the FIRST
event.
Winners Of the combined