Charts Indicate
Navigation Aids
For Boat Skipper
What a road map is to an
auto driver, the government
chart is to the boatman, only
more so.
Charts not only show routes
from here to there, but also
indicate all the buoys, light
houses and other aids to nav
igation which will help the
skipper find his way from
place to place. At the same
time rocky shoals, sandbars,
submerged wrecks and other
obstructions to safe passage
are clearly depicted on these
official "road maps of the
waterways," as is the depth
of water every few yards
These charts are prepared
and kept up to date by official
agencies of the federal gov
ernment, depending on which
particular body you might be
navigating. The U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey, De
partment of the Interior, is
responsible for charting the
coastal salt waters and rivers
and harbors adjacent to the
sea. Their charts are sold at
all Coast and Geodetic Survey
offices and through author
ized official agencies in many
cities and towns.
Charting Responsibility
Inland, the U. S. Lake Siy-
vey of the Corps of Engineers,
U.S. Army, is responsible for
charting the waters of the
Great Lakes, the St. Law
rence River, The New York
State Barge Canal, Lake
Champlain and other lakes
connected with the canal. The
Lake Survey maintains offices
in Detroit, Mich., and Buf
falo, N.Y. Mississippi River
charts are available from the
Mississippi River Commission,
Vicksburg, Miss.
For offshore, international
waters on the high seas, a
listing of world waterways is
issued annually by the U. S.
Hydographic Office in Wash
ington, D. C. World charts,
pilot charts, weather summar
ies, current tables and wind
charts as well as supplement
al information on various
ports can all be obtained
from the Hydrographic office
or from . local authorized
agents.
The U. S. Coast Guard pub
lishes a very useful volume,
"Light Lists for United States
Waters," sold by the Superin
tendent of Documents, Gov
ernment Printing Office, also
available are annual tide and
current tables for coastal
waters.
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BOATING IS FUN The whole family can have fun with
a boat. Here a family enjoys a sandy beach after a trip in
their boat. Southern Oregon's many lakes offer excellent
facilities for almost every type of boating enthusiast. Many
models of boats for family pleasure will be on display, at the
Crater Lions club's Sportsfair at the Medford Armory Sat
urday and Sunday.
Trials Established For Challenge
The schedule of prelimi
nary and final trials among
the 12-Metre Class 70-foot
sailboats to select the Ameri
can boat to make the 17th de
fense since 1870 against a
British challenge for The
America's Cup has been estab
lished by the sponsoring New
York Yacht Club for the 1958
competition.
The Royal Yacht Squadron
of England has challenged for
the historic trophy with its
new 12-Metre craft "Sceptre"
and the match race between
the Britisher and the Ameri
can defender is listed to begin
off Newport, R. I., next Sept.
20. According to the rules, the
defender must be named by
Malaria Vanishing
In VA Hospitals
Chicago (IP) The Veterans
Administration says malaria
is a vanishing disease in -its
hospitals, although hundreds
of thousands of soldiers
caught it in World War II and
in the Korean conflict.
The VA said only nine cases
were treated in its 173 hos
pitals and 101 out-patient
clinics in the first three
months of 1957.
The decrease in malaria
among veterans, the VA said,
was due to two factors. The
drugs primaquine and chloro-
quine have given excellent re
sults in treating the disease,
and the malaria parasite tends
to "burn itself out" in the
human body.
the NYYC's American Cup
J Committee on or before Sept.
1 13, one week before the big
international event.
The first tests are expected
j to come in late May when sev
eral clubs on Long Island
races for the "12's." The first
competition under the spon
sorship of the NYYC for the
several boats vying for the
honor of being the defender
will take place during the
New York club's annual re
gatta June 7-8, also on Long
Island Sound.
The Preliminary Trials, the
first official test in the waters
off Newport are on the calen
dar for the week of July 12
19 to be followed by addi
tional comparisons on the
New York Yacht Club's an
nual cruise Aug. 1-9. Observa
tion Trials will be held off
Newport Aug. 16-23, and the
Final Trials are set to com
mence on September 1.
Selection of the Defender
will not be on the basis of
which boat wins the most trial
races. It will be up to The
America's Cup Committee
headed by W. A. W. Stewart
to choose the craft which in
its estimation will present the
best all-around defense to the
challenger. The trials will be
conducted by the New York
Yacht Club's regular Race
Committee headed by John,
Dickerson.
Wood Favorite
Boat Material
Though many new synthet
ics and .metals have gained in
use in boat-building, the basic
item is still the one used by
Noah in building the Ark
wood. It is especially impor
tant to home and kit builders,
and is still the favorite for
many types of professionally
built boats.
Of the hundreds of varieties
of wood, some are especially
good for special uses and oth
ers are to be avoided at all
costs, as just any old wood
won't do when it comes to
boat-building.
Poplas, birch and gum are
very poor woods for any kind
of boat use. They make a
nice finish and look pretty be
fore launching, but they will
soak up water, discolor and
rot very quickly. So be care
ful of plans that call for any
of these in a boat.
The standbys are, of course,
white oak for frames, keel
and other structural mem
bers, and cedar for planing.
Yellow pine does about as
well as oak in the same fields,
and there are other woods
that vie with cedar for the
job it does, especially mahoganies.
Plywood, of course, is of
vital boatbuilding importance
and the main thing here is
to make certain it is exterior
grade. Knots, which give the
wood its letter grading, are
a sign of strength actually,
and are only a problem in
painting and finishing. Fir
plywood is the most popular
for boat use, and dealers warn
against using plywoods of the
woods that are not suitable
for boats. Bonding and pro
tecting plywood -with some
sort of filler before painting
is very lmrjortant.
Fir plywood, oak, yellow
pine, cedar and mahogany are
the major boat woods, with
teak, spruce, ash and hick
ory used for specialities like
desks, spars, tillers, etc. Met
als and synthetics continue
to gain in popularity, but it
will be a long time before
wood is replaced as the num
ber one boat material.
Tips Given for Driving Boat
When it comes to driving
a boat, it is not the same as
driving a car, though most
power boats are now set up
to give a similar feeling.
Some newcomers seem to
think they are alike, but
more forces are at work on
a boat than an automobile.
Driving your boat can be
great fun and more so if they
work for you rather than
against you, and following are
a few tips to accomplish this:
In moving your boat around
the docks and in cramped
quarters, it is better to use
short bursts of power than
Bags, whether big or small,
are bright and bold for spring.
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stripes blossom forth in bril
liant colors.
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Boys' Camp Files
Business Name
Grants Pass A certificate
of assumed business name has
been filed with the Josephine
county clerk for the R-bar-E
ranch, a boys' vacation camp,
5728 South Side rd., Grants
Pass.
It was formerly known as
the "A pplegate Vacation
Ranch."
Operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Ern Ellsworth and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Lott, the ranch
was started last summer with
an average of 17 boys each
camp session.
The name was changed be
cause many people confused
the location with the com
munity of Applegate. The
ranch, eight miles from
Grants Pass, is open to visi
tors on Sundays, according to
the owners.
Pictures Feature
Winter Evenings
During the long winter
months when boat club ac
tivity centers around hot
stove discussion of , past and
future cruises, races and other
summer functions spice up
lagging membership interest
and enthusiasm with frequent
evening programs of motion
pictures about the many dif
ferent aspects of boating.
Thrilling films of hydro
plane races, ocean sail pas
sages, battles with 600 pound
gamefish and lightning fast
trout or aquatic adventures
in exotic foreign lands make
for a lively evening of re
laxation. For the more serious-minded
boatman, such in
structive topics as weather
and navigation, construction
and maintenance, water safe
ty, knot tying and sailing
tactics could form the key
note of an interesting film
program followed by discussion.
To help the entertainment
chairman arrange his boating
film nights through the "haul-ed-out"
months, the National
Association of Engine and
Boat Manufacturers is offer
ing free of charge a 34-page
catalog including 207 films on
most phases of boating. The
most complete listing of nau
ticalfilms available to boat
clubs, civic and church
groups, schools and se-"ice
clubs, this booklet gives the
running time, whether color
or black and white, sound or
silent and give a short de
scription of each film. Ad
dresses for obtaining each
film are included and those
cleared for television are es
pecially marked. Copies of
the catalog may be ordered
from the National Association
at Room 1657, 420 Lexington
Avenue, N.Y.
. longer, timider ones. Within
J reason, real power, smoothly
I applied and controlled, makes
j your boat behave better
i more water flowing by the
rudder, more definite its ac
tion. Single screw boats can be
turned in a short area by ap
plying rudder control for one
direction, along with power
to make it take, while the
boat is still moving in the op
posite direction. Twin screw
boats can be handled more
easily in a tight spot by put
ting one engine ahead and
the other astern.
Single screw boats will
back to one side more easily
than the other, depending on
the direction the propellor
turns remember this fac
tor when docking, if other
forces aren't involved which
usually are wind and current.
Always try to head into the
wind or current in making
landings, as it is easier to
keep the boat under control
with a lower relative speed,
by aiming upwind or upcur
rent. Light, shallow boats will
feel more effect from the
wind, and heavier, deeper
ones from the current.
It can be embarrassing to
miss a perfect landing be
cause the reverse gear fails
to take over, so test your con
trols to make sure they
respond before making maneuvers.
When towing a boat on a
trailer remember the addition
al feet added behind the car.
It takes more room to park,
more room to pass and a
greater . distance to stop. Al
ways drive at slow speeds.
while a small boat is under
way. If a change is neces
sary, stop the boat and in
struct passengers to keep low
in the center, using their
hands on the gunwales to
steady themselves.
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General Electric Motors
Jenkins Valves
Allegheny Steel Strapping and Tools
Air Cylinders & Valves
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Banks Financing
Boat Purchases
Bringing recreational boat
in to more budget-minded
American families than ever
before, banks from coast to
coast are making a specialty
of financing consumer pur
chases of pleasure craft, equip
ment and maintenance serv
ices. In a special survey con
ducted recently among 135
member banks in the Sixth
Federal Reserve District in
cluding; Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and parts of Louisi
ana, Mississippi and Tennes
see 91 cut of the 129 banks
replying said they now fi
nance boats. The survey was
conducted by Dr. Leon T.
Kendall, trade economist with
the Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta, Ga.
Sixth District bankers re
ported that at the time of the
study they had an estimated
$6,000,000 outstanding in sup
port of recreational boating.
Seventy-six per cent of the
respondents said they had ab
solutely no loss experience
while another 20 per cent said
losses had been "very small"
or less than auto financing
losses.
In addition to consumer '
boat financing, banks also as
sist the marine dealer to
maintain a sound inventory
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by arranging special floor
plan finance programs. Deal
ers making use of this type of
plan assure themselves of a
good stock with which to
work, even in the normally
slower autumn selling season.
The National Association of
Engine and Boat Manufac
turers has a list of banks in
many sections of the country
which have expressed a defi
nite interest in boat financing
and invite inquiries from
would-be boat owners. Copies
of the list may be obtained by
writing: N.A.E.B.M., 420 Lex
ington Avenue, New York
20, N. Y.
NEWSMAN DIES
New burgh, N.Y. OR Ed
ward T. Hayden. 60, a promi
nent newspaperman in th
Hudson .Valley, died Thurs
day. Hayden's journalistic ca
reer spanned a 30-year pe
riod. He was a political re
porter for The Newburgh
News until three years ago,
when he retired after being
stricken with cancer. i
ENTERTAINER DIES
Atlanta OP) Harold
(Chuck) Willis, 31, Negro en
tertainer who composed more
than 100 songs, succumbed to
a brief illness Thursday. 7
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And While You're Here
A A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE ROGUE
w RIVER VALLEY. (Driving time 20
minutes.) For a short drive to obtain a
panorama of the valley, we recommend a
trip to Prescott Park. An 18-mile round
trip that offers you a breath-taking vista
of the West's most beautiful valley from
atop Roxy Ann Peak.
A' JACKSONVILLE, THE SITE OF
w GOLD DISCOVERIES IN THE 1850's.
(Driving time 15 minutes.) The old court
house has been converted by the County
into a historical museum, with admission
FREE. Filled with relics of the pioneer
gold-mining era and the Indian War days.
A TOUVELLE PARK ON THE ROGUE
w (Driving time 20 minutes.) And we
must not overlook mentioning this entic
ing public park alongside the turbulent
Rogue.
LITHIA . PARK IN ASHLAND.
(Driving time 35 minutes.) Cool and
restful, this natural park, constructed and
landscaped by John McLaren, the man re
sponsible for the famed Golden Gate Park,
features a zoo with many fascinating ani
mals and birds. The kids will love it.
VALLEY VIEW DRIVE. (Driving time
1 hour.) Follow the old Military
Road from Gold Hill through Jacksonville
and into Medford. A pleasant drive. This
scenic tour skirts the western rim of the
valley and grants spectacular views of
the valley and the mountain ranges in the
distance.
LOTS of other WONDERFUL attractions. See the
Pear Orchards in Full Bloom See the Lumber
Mills in Production Visit the Rogue Valley Coun
try Club for Golf Enjoy good Fishing and Picnick
ing. Come for the SPORTSFAIR Come OFTEN this
Summer for REAL FUN!
MEDFORD CRATER LAKE LIONS CLUB
816 S. Riverside.
Phone SP 2-5458
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