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8 JUNE 1965 PORTHOLE Page 3 Maritime College 4th in National Rowing Race (L to R ) First Row: Croaper, Savas, Sibbern, Piasecky, Thrandhardt, Flynn, Huvane, Second Row: Mellusji, Brennen, Seybold, Braun, Mercier, W einhauer, Yanazzo, VanBrunt, Huminitski, O’Brien, Elston, Leto, Auger, Carrol, Dalmer. On 20 May 1965, the Mari tim e College rowing team left for Washington D.C. to take part in the celebration of National M ari tim e Week. The team was to be one of five schools that would take part in the National M aritime Lifeboat Race at Haines Point, a bay on the Potomac River. Professor Sem bler, Cliff King and Jeff Thomas were our d r i vers as the caravan departed F o rt Schuyler at 1300. With an ample supply of sandwiches fur nished by C h a rlie Ray (they were suprisingly good), we settled down for our 300 mile trip. It was very evident that school finally supplied some money for expenses as the fam iliar words on the way down were \Can I have a receipt for that p lease.” The directions we received were perfect, well, for the first sixty m iles anyway. However, we be gan to have our doubts as signs for Columbus Ohio whizzed by. We managed to get back on the right trail and the Delaware Memorial Bridge was soon un der our feet. A quick stop at a Howard Johnsons proved very refreshing. Before we knew that six hours has passed, we were at the out skirts of Washington, D.C. and the Capitol became clearly v isi ble. A brief search of the town led us to the Naval base where the State of Maine was moored. Arrangements had been made to house most of the members of the team an the State of Maine. When everyone had arrived we were shown where mattresses could be obtained but not where to put them. After a long search, a few empty beds were found as well as much deck space. With everyone squared away, the team split up to find a place to eat and relax after the trip. The hospitality of Washington was impressive as the local po lice were the first to greet us as we emerged from the Naval base. It seem s that the unposted speed limit of 25 mph was in effect that night. While on the subject of criminal offenses, it would be wise to remember that tourists have a very easy time in picking up jaywalking tickets also. The cadets on the State of Maine knew that our Freshmen crew was representing the Maritime College but someone forgot to tell them that we were their guests. The mugs got an unexpected pre view of the cruise as class rates and the ugly word ‘‘brace’’ were M aritim e’s Crew- F irst row - Tony Savas, Roland Parent, Marion Swiatek, Danny Tucker and Matt Twomey. Second Row - Cmdr. Sem b ler, Denny DiSalvo, Tommy A llen, Andy Kirkland, Harry Thranhardt. Third Row - Greg R u ssell, Steve George, John Klepper, Wally Elston, Peter Maxson, and Cliff King. Nicholas Johnson, M aritime Adm inistrator delivers speech at Haines Point, Washington, D.C. Harry Thranhardt, coxswain of the number one boat shows sm ile after gaining revenge by com ing in first over the Champions, M ass. M aritime on 25 May. The w i n n i n g crew , M assachusetts M aritime Academ y, pause to absorb som e publicity. {Continued on Pnge 7)
