Apr 1966 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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in City Yacht Club Rated High
Circles: Sets Busy Season
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CUy Yacht Club one of
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world.
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lealan*. Switoeriaad, France. Belfhim,
England, We«t Germany,
aid a tew oOwr feiaign
The GUM CMy Yacht dabs
fleet af'saUboati ia taw targest
along tbe Atlantic seaboard. Week
aftar waeii these boats prarioe
goo* spwtator •port in a program
fsUUns three classes of
in age from eight to 40 year*.
The local Yacht dub could probably
be labM the Mothboat Capital
of the country. This is the largest
fleet at the Club, and is so
ponderous hi its numbers that it is
divided into two classes. Jtmior
and Senior, and further fragmented
by divisions tor girls and for
boys.
The International 110 is strictly
an adult boat, and it is a craft
which conjures in the mind's eye
all of tbe asdflog drama of a boat
in full flight befere tbe wind. With
its spectaular ant colorful spinnakers,
the 110 is an ideal sub-
feet tor the_ painter or the photo-
thrills It has few if any rivals.
and its devotees are increasing in
numbers with each passing sea-
The Comet fleet Is the smallest,
but one of the fastest species
of the sport to be found anywhere
TUs type boat is catching on
with the young adults of high
school and college age and aa a
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result is becoming more and
more interesting as a racing fleet.
The tune-up races for all mree
fleets start normally on the Last
two weekends in June. Thest* ram
enable the skipper* to shake the
winter kinks from their sailing
skills and their boats before the
•tart of fleet championaiup men
around July 4 ,
Also on the program an a number
of novelty race*, such u the
Rocking Chair rae«. In this vvoni
the young sailors turn the tiller
over to thtir parents or some other
"adult" member of the club far
WL "tfhpto^ ST snitnf tiKfits fftnl -
the "aid hands". At the end of
the season, the sUppers turn their
boats over to the crewmen who
assisted them all season and provide
for these faithful pSbnatej
an opportunity for the limelight in
the annual Crew Race,
The activities get started at the
Yacht Club on Memorial l».:ty
weekend when the dub's Flag Officers
gather un ttie dub wharf for
a traditional flag-raising ceremony
That is just afrxit as for-
mal as the season gets for the
Yacht Clutters. From Ihrn 1 on •••!!
to Sept«nbw its fun arel raring
Commodore Uwmw 1 E, P.lot.
Jr., annoum-rt that the &>u*h Jersey
110 District competition will bt>
on July 9 this yi>mr, and thi> (Xv bttichfront. Tht per
look for t?qual su«'i-i« tha
Th» fi»hlK pin- ii a familiar
landmark along the CkvHn Dity
beachfcwit, and in Marth 1KJ2 it
•aa Mly de«trny«t* by the'-ruh>
ous Atlantic Slorm wfnh ripped
the Southern New Jwwy btwch*
front.
The elub membprs the
y«r ranstrurtf4 a n^w
deck, running CO tort out
a new elubhoiKe was ctmed and
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U»al yen- the CUib took on a
projeet to extend the fishing pier
to me SO feat which wut it»
original length, and to revive the
membership which ugged somewhit
white me pier rebuilding Job
was in.progress.
The Ocean City Fishing Club was
orgaiawd in 1913 with the cxprcsned
purpose of eatabliihing a
surf flshing pier and etabnouse on
toe beachfront here in Ocean City,
•e chst> gained riparian rights.,
purehMed the property and In IMS
the pier was constructed. Membership
was limited to 300, and this
quota war middy filled.
The dub launched a program.
of social and sporting activities
which added to the gaiety of the
already full beachfront program
• * * that summer. .
to am revorts of tte
of rnoiv than 9MV
was the mat
dry official* provided a
trophy to fee
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Speedboats
RQOstertajls on the bay is not
to be interpreted as somrtfiing
akin to the barnyard. The highflying
spray nf water can uaualry
be found high over the transom
of a speeding hydroplaAe or rac-
ing runabout,
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nnz l^B^lll EBJI3 on \MtF OKJ IS
a steady diet for speed loivprs
along the bayfront where the
Occmn City Yaeht Club's power,
boat fleet hokis highiy-competitivp
races and regattas through the
summer months.
The slvek. speedy craft usually
hike to the wain* late m May to
work out the nwhanicaj kinks and
refresh the reflexes of the driven
for the racing season aht