The morning call., 1893-08-21
ON WHITE WINGS.
The Yacht Clubs Cruise
to Goat Island.
Haps and Mishaps of an Enjoyable
Outing-DifficuIties in Keep
ing the Tryst.

hO ~ VI tHO IuCludl,
San Francisco Yacht and Oakland Canoe
clubs to Goat Island, which took place on
Saturday and lasted until yesterday after
noon, was decided success and one of the
most enjoyable courses in the history of
yachting here.
The first to arrive in the cove we're the
yachts Of the san Francisco Club, followed
by those of the Encinals and Corinthians.
Last. but not least, were the canoe men.
The wind from Sausalitn over as moder-
ate, from Tiburon hardly any at ALL
which caused most of the yachts from
there to be late in arriving.
From Alameda IL was very different
The EncinalS had more wind than was
good for pleasant sailing, and those who
reeted before starting out had the advan-
tage OF the others on the beat down The
wind kicked up nasty sea that wet
everybody aboard. But those to suffer
most from that side were the canoeistS
When they got down the creek as far as
the lighthouse they found tiderip which
soaked them to the skin
The FIRST to come out was Billy Gump.
who was lucky in meeting the yacht Edna.
The yachtsmen kindly passed towline
ana OTonght him Into the cove. The next
canoeist to be heard from was Norris, who
did not know for while if be would be
lucky enough to ever reach land again.
Berler, who had the safest canoe for a
bad sea, also had very exciting expert
ence. His craft is self-bailing. and he was
going merrily along in company with the
schooner Dolphin when he noticed that
Doc" Hackett was having trouble with
his Canoe. Boarding the schooner he got
the use of the skff and left his canoe to be
towed over. The next thing TO do was to
was to reach Doc in time. fer 1t could
easily be seen that his craft was found
ering. Luckily Berier did not have far to
go and shortly was alongside. Doc had
hardly stepped into the skiff before his
canoe went under. They managed to tow
her back into the creek and bail her out
and then continued on their journey.
The sight Oil board the yacht Mascot.
which came over for The benefit of the
canoeists yesterday morning was anus
ing. Those on board were wrapped in
blankets while their clothes were hanging
to the halyards in the sun to dry.
As soon as the yachts came to anchor
the meal pennant was displayed, after which
the water in the cove was dotted with the
yachts boats, whose owners were calIng
on one another Commodore Cutie enter
tanned Comm Odore Pew and The crew of
the yacht Truant on board the Chispa.
Ex-Commodore Mccarthy had several
prominent yachtsmen TO dinner, and Com
Lapwing as his guest. BY 10 o'clock most
Of the cabin lamps were "doused," except
on the Dawn and Mascot, whose crews
could not resist staying up and en-
JOying the pleasant moonlight evening.
They WED with each other in singing, AID
those who had turned in were luled to
sleep by songs from the rival yachts.
During the night, at the turn of the tide.
tine yachts Thetis. Little Annie, Freda and
Florence became badly mixed up, and it
was not until the first Signs of morning
that they had cleared their anchor lines.
After "colors" on Sunday morning the
small boa:s were called into use again, as
most of the yachtsmen went fishing
around the island. and some very good
catches were reported. The crew of the
Ramona carried off the palm, as they had
the longest string.
Later in the day the yachts Clara and
White Wings hove in sight. The Clara
dropped anchor with the boys, but the
White Wings passed by, saluting with her
cannon.
At about o'clock the yachts began to
set sail. The first club to leave was the
Encinals. They made the water front.
then to Hunters Point and straight run
home. The Corinthians and San Fran
clscos spent the rest of the day in the
channel and in going out to the heads,
While the canoe boys had to wait until
late in the afternoon for their clothes to
dry before they could return home.
The crafts that were anchored in the
COF0 NClCs vi VIC OdU GEdDClScO-i1o
Chlspa Commodore |. Gntte), the Ramona
Captain William n. Mccarthy, the Oracle
DIR. Thomas ii. HID. the Pinta Captain
Rodgers; of the oriGthian-The Truapt
Commodore j. w. Pew, Seven Bells Cap
tain Emmons), the F,eda Captain j. w.
Lyons). Dawn Captain Frank Bartlett y
Thetis Captain +. R. Cook. Ella Captain
Ames). Cornelia Captain Brown;
OF the Encinals - the Little Annie,
Commodore j. A. Leonard; the Florence.
Captain George E. Pummer; Edna, Cap.
tain Jack Lancaster; Lapwing, Captain
Edwin Holmes; Caprice, DR.. Tisdale,
Fearless, Captain Charles Thorn; Dulce,
Captain Landsberger. OF the unattachpd-
The Rover. Captain Bruce. OF the Oak
land navy-The Dolphin. Captain Smith.
ana Stranger, Captain Peterson. or the
Oakland Canoe Club-The yacht Mascott,
Captain j. Hartman, and the canoes
Bonita, w. G. Gump; the Idyler, Captain
Norris; Valkyrie. Frank Bevier; WhIm.
DR.. Hackett; Pirate. Captain Williams.