Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19

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the season on Chesapeake Bay. |
CHESAPEAKE YACHT CLUE
On the West River. this club |
has about ITO slips and expects
a few vacancies. A restaurant
for members and guests opens
May is. Club cruises take place |
throughout the season, plus
Saturday night dances In the |
clubhouse during the summer
and a closing oyster roast In
MIDI october. Luther p. Warning
is commodore and Wilbur X.
Swaney GA. 5-606D, member
ship chairman.
COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB
One of the oldest In the area,
this club holds meetings the |
first Wednesday of each month
tat Capital Yacht Club. It spon-
sors a summer rendezvous and
get-together In February. Rus
sell Isaacson is the commodore. |
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB
Located at Second and vi
streets, S.W., the clubs COM
modore is George c. Baker.
The club also is one Of the
largest, having about 400 mem
bers. The piers have 200 slips
and a marine railway free to
members. A shad bake opens
the season in the spring and
an oyster roast closes 1t in
the fall. Rendezvous are held |
week ends with usually one
lengthy summer cruise planned.
d C. BOATING CLUB i
Mostly made up Of boatmen
who moor their craft at Co
lumbia Island Marina, this club |
leases property to which 1t
cruises on Aqua Greek. Peter |
Kerns is the commodore and |
Odom Stewart of Arlington
XXI. 9-572D, m m b ership
chairman. Meetings take place
the last Tuesday of each month
in the Jefferson Precinct fire
house on Route l at Twenty
fifth street, Arlington.
NATIONAL YACHT CLUB
Headed by Carl w. Tomlin, the
club sponsors eight to IL SUM-
days Of sailboat racing in two
summer series on the Potomac
off Hams Point. Mrs. Kathryn
Sunny Kierst GA. $4,000 Is
secretary and treasurer.
POTOMAC RIVER POWER
SQUADRON The squadron,
largest in the United States,
sponsors fall and winter courses
in basic plotting followed by
formal graduation exercises in
March. Registration for the
next course is scheduled Sep
TENDER IL. 1t also gives ad-
vanced courses, for members
only. in advanced plotting, sea-
manship, sail, junior naviga-
ton. navigation, engine main
tenance, the weather and ma
rine electronics. Navigation
contests are held on week ends
during the summer. Headed by
Chris Armacost of Lanham,
Nd, 1t meets the third Tues
day of each month at Corin-
THAN Yacht Club.
POTOMAC RIVER SAILING
ASSOCIATION-Like the Ma
tional Yacht Club, the associa-
ton sponsors sailing races on
the Potomac but in spring and
fall instead of summer. Edgar
A. Hoyt is commodore and
Arthur Birney (NA. 10000 |,
secretary and treasurer.
POTOMAC VALLEY BOAT
ING CLUB-The club sponsors
cruises throughout the sum-
mer in various parts Of the Bay
area. William Payne Of Silver
Spring is commodore and DR..
H. Mitchell GEM. S.
membership chairman.
ROSE HAVEN YACHT CLUB
by Richard Curtin
Of Lanham, this non-profit club
is based at Rose Haven, Just ,
off Herring Bay. 1t meets the
first Saturday of each month
and besides an extensive So
cial program conducts several
club cruises during the season. {
SELBY BAY YACHT CLUB
-ArmacoSt, Power Squadron
commander, also Is commodore
Of this club. On Selby Bay at
Edgewater, Md, 1t has q club 1
house and slips for members
only. 1t also has q heavy So !
cial program plus about five !
clubs cruises q season. Men, {
bership chairman is DR.. LYMAN
Newman (JE. 2-7673). {
SEVERN SAILING ASSO-
With q clubhouse 1
on the Annapolis waterfront, '
this club sponsors junior and 9
adult sailing races throughout
the season and frostbite re- q
yattas in the fall. I
SOLOMONS YACHT CLUE q
events plus Q mid