Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
BY CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor

by CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor
1t Is fun to do your boating
with Just your immediate fam
lily or a few friends but 1t is
much more fun to join a club.
There you will have the COM
panionshop Of others with the
same interests plus their valu-
able advice and help.
Some of the clubs have hand
some clubhouses. well kept
docks and good restaurants.
Two sailing groups. the Ma
tional Yacht Club and Poto-
mac River Sailing Association,
keep their boats at Washing
ton Sailing Marina and have
no other homes.
One club, the Columbia Yacht
Club, was recently dispossessed
In the redevelopment of the
Maine avenue waterfront. It
hopes to come back. Some, like
the District Yacht Club, East
ern Power Boat Club and WASH
ington Yacht Club, all on the
Anacostia River, are small with
limited facilities.
Soon the season will be be-
ginning. One Of the first acts
Of the major yacht clubs will
be to pick a princess to repre-
sent them in the annual Queen
Of the Chesapeake contest early
in June at Maryland Yacht
Club.
Here is a rundown on the
nearby clubs with what they
have to offer:
ALMAS YACHT CLUB-Lim-
tied to Shriners, male members
meet every Tuesday for lunch
at Almas Temple. Monthly
meetings take place the fourth
Thursday. Members keep their
boats at various places along
the Bay and hold weekend rem
devious plus an annual week.
long cruise to the lower Bay.
Commodore is j. Roy Crockett
and membership chairman,
Charles T. Stuart, 1912 Forty
first street, NV. CFE. 7-2646O
ANNAPOLIS YACHT CLUB
LIN temporary quarters now,
the club expects to occupy its
new 100000 clubhouse on the
Annapolis waterfront next
month. An active junior fleet
program is sponsored plus jun
Tor sailing races. Spring and fall
sailing series are held and pow
erboats have two to three rem
devious during the summer.
Commodore is Kendell E. Read
and secretary, w. Morris Shan
non. Box 90S, Annapolis. (Tele-
phone 263-9279.)
AQUALAND YACHT CLUB
A nonprofit organization Of
boatmen who berth at the ma
rina near the Route 30l bridge
on the Potomac, it is headed
by James Philips Of Waldorf.
Meetings are held once a
month.
CANOE CRUISERS ASSOCI-
ATION-Headed by Dick Bridge
OF Greenblet. the Canoe Cruis-
ers sponsor an annual white
water race on the Potomac in
the spring, novice courses for
beginning canoeists during the
summer and canoe camping
trips on nearby waterways
throughout the season. Men,
bership chairman is Miss Mar
ian Hardy, 1920 Fleming ave-
nue., Bethesda. GEM. 5-3061.)
CAPITAL POWER BOAT AS
SOCIATION-If you would like
to race a hydroplane, this is the
club. 1t takes part in weekend
races throughout the summer
in Region 4 of the American
Power Boat Association, spon-
sors an annual midsummer re-
gatta on the Potomac
and takes part in the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta in Septem-
Der off Hams Point. The club
meets at 8 pm. the third Thurs
day of each month at Capital
Yacht Club, 1920 Maine avenue,
S.W. Jack Simons of Arlington
Is commodore and Mrs. Clare
Simons Ger. 3-ll4D, secretary.
CAPITAL YACHT CLUB i
This club has about 100 slips,
Of which few are available for
big boats and a large number
for those up to 20 feet. Meetings
take place the second Tuesday
Of each month. Cruises and rem
devious are held throughout
the summer preceded by a flag
raising party the first Sunday
in May. Commodore is Charles
Prick, jr., and membership
chairman. Joseph d. Malloy.
CKE. 7-l26lD
CHESAPEAKE CRUISER AS
ISOLATION - Headed by H.
Warren Crawford Of A Balti-
Annapolis boulevard, Sew
erna Park, Nd. it conducts pre-