Tarpon Tournament Features Women Anglers in Boca Grande
The second annual International Women's Fishing Tournament runs June 17 to 19 with a Boca Grande event limited to women on June 18 19. Notables include last year’s top finishers Mrs Thomas T Sherwood and Mrs Marion Shank and world record holders Mrs Dorothea Lincoln Dean and Mrs A L Mathers.
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Sarasota County
Boca Grande
Gasparilla Inn
Thomas T. Sherwood
Lantana
Marion Shank
Fort Lauderdale
Robert Boomhower
Palm Beach
Montauk Point
N.Y
Charles Stevenson
Dorothea Lincoln Dean
Cohasset
Mass
A. L. Mathers
Coral Gables
Dean
IGFA
IWFA
Mathers
Sherwood
Alfred Williams
Boomhower
Orton Dale Jr
West Palm Beach
LaMont Albertson
Roland Garnsey
W. Palm Beach
Lew Parkinson
Palm Beach Shores
Rose Stearns
Lake Worth
J.L. Webb
Richard Wilson
Delray Beach
William Fitts
Vero Beach
James Ingram
Tampa
Buelah Laidlaw
Islamorada
Wilbert Harborn
Miami
Gar Wood Jr
Miami Beach
R.C.H. Mathews
Nashville
Tenn
J. E. Stickney
Jacksonville
Huge Field To Vie For Bermuda Cup
Newport Rhode Island hosts the 21st Bermuda Race with 123 boats from 34 to 72 feet, the largest blue water fleet on the Atlantic coast. The four class fleet starts Saturday at Brenton Reed Light ship at 1 00 p m, with handicaps set for a 675 mile course. Notable entrants include Ticonderoga skippered by Cadets from Fort Schuyler and four Bermuda Trophy winners such as Finisterre Malay Argyll Gesture.
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Newport
R. I
Atlantic
Bermuda
Daniel D. Strohmeier
Scarsable
N. Y
Cruising Club of America
Gulf Stream
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
Brenton Reed
Here
Ticonderoga
New York State Maritime Academy
Fort Schuyler
Bronx
Maud S
Henry M. Bonner
Great Neck
Carleton Mitchell
Annapolis
Boat testing history links Leonardo to modern hull research
The article ties Leonardo da Vinci to hull testing using scale models in a tow tank, noting his early tank experiments. It credits American painter inventors Fulton and Morse with advancing marine tech: rope spinning, the Clermont steamboat, and the telegraph, founding modern propulsion and communication.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Fulton
Robert Fulton
Seine River
France
Clermont
Hudson River
Fresh Water Licenses Go On Sale June 15 in Florida
Florida fresh water fishing licenses go on sale June 15 at county judge offices statewide. The 1957-58 license is honored until July 1 alongside the new 1958-50 license. afterward only the new license is valid. Exemptions apply for residents 65 and over, children under 15, and servicemen. Resident annual license costs 2.00. non-resident annual license 10.50.
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State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Tallahassee
Russell Thomas
Florida
A. D. Aldrich
Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Tarpon Tournament Sees Multiple Big Catches At Sarasota
Six tarpon catches reported in the Sarasota International Tarpon Tournament this week. Frank Woodruff of Sarasota registered a 74 lb tarpon, while Dr Jess Pennington of Pittsburgh hauled in a 91 1 2 lb fish. City Pier entries by locals included Jack Collins 109 lb and 98 lb tarpon, Jack Gilbert 55 lb and 84 lb plus 34 lb catches, and Ed Witte 84 lb and 34 lb.
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Frank Woodruff
Sarasota
Jess Pennington
Pittsburgh
City Pier
Jack Collins
Jack Gilbert
Ed Witte
Entrop Sets US Outboard Speed Record at 107.821 mph
Seattle pilot Hugh Entrop steered a Mercury 60 HP six cylinder outboard hydro over Lake Washington to 107.821 mph on a one kilometer course. The record, observed by the American Power Boat Association, marks the first US return of the UIM Class X Outboard Hydro mark since 1937 and surpasses the prior 100.3 mph Italian record.
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Hugh Entrop
Seattle
Wash
Massimo Leto di Priolo
Italy
Lake
Washington
Union of International Motorboating
UIM
United States
Idroscale Lake
Milan
di Priolo
Lesco
Entrop
Assa
AIM
Ghent
Belgium
Jack Leek
Ted Jones
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Swalm
Allan Eckert
Dayton
Ohio
Charlotte County
Punta Gorda
Internal Improvement Fund
Finley T. Smith
The
Game Commission
O. Erle Frye
Commission
Smith
J.kenneth Whitteker
American Academy of Design
Samuel F. B. Morse
Kauffman
H.P. Johnson
Phillippi Shores Trailer Colony
Jensen's
Discount O
Tamiami Trail
Thompson
Custom
Osprey Ave
Joe Cash
Ringling Causeway
Ber & Bill
Mercury
Sarasota Marine Sales
Washington Ri
Barkley's
Redfish Lodge
Lemon Bay
Stump Pass
BOATS
Motors
Englewood
Sarasota Point
Venice Inlet
Placida
Spoor Eee
PSOE
Ather
1St St
Florida Theatre
Ike
Johnson
Evinrude
Ytboa . Motors Ever
Marine Flag Service
Payne Terminal
U.S. 41
City Auditorium
10Th. Avenue
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