The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
READY NOW FOR
WIND AND WAVE
The Opening of the Tiburon
Draw Took Place
Yesterday.
The Yacht Fleet Came Out and
Immediately Went Into
Commission.
Arrival of the T Oakes, en- Which
o5 Per Cent Reinsurance
Was Paid.

The opening of the draw" at Tiburon
and the burning of the clubhouse at
Sausalito were almost simultaneous yes
terday. The yachts that had wintered in
the lagoon back of Belvidere came out
about noon Yesterday, while those that
were at anchor in Richardson's Bay wit
messed the confagration. A boats crew
was sent ashore from the yacht Lurline
and did considerable service, while the
men on the Rover did gallant work.
As the yachts left the basin they made a
pretty picture, as can be seen from Coul-
ter's reproduction of the scene.
There was trouble at the Folsom street
landing yesterday The launch Amy was
carrying passengers to and from the battle
ship Oregon and a great many were taking
passage. At 2 P. NJ. about eight men
sought to go out On the launch, but as
they had liquor secreted about their per-
sons Henry Peterson would not allow
them 10 go out to the man-of-Nar. Every
one of the eight had to unload his TASKS
and Peterson's boathouse looked like a
ginshop before the Amy started on the
$3.50 P. NJ. trip.
A new ark Is to be added to The feet
next summer. ommodore Boechke of
the New California boarding-house on
East street has one almost ready for
launching. AS he is a married man and
has bakers dozen in his family the ark
is OF no small proportions. She will be
launched from the ways at Sausalito, and
as the commodore expects many visitors
during his cruise he has constructed a
tender, which Is now almost completed
and which will be launched from the loot
of Folsom street next Wednesday.
The George Skoifeld got away from
Howard 1 yesterday on her annual cruise
TO the canneries. Chinese and whites in
termingled as the big vessel left the dock,
and the question is which made the big
gest demonstration as the vessel was
towed into the stream. The men on the
Skolfeld are bound for a new fishing
ground and one and all anticipate big
each Of salmon.
The scow schooner Tar and Tartar had
narrow escape yesterday. She was
loaded with ballast and capsized during a
squall at the bulkhead. between Green
and Union streets. She was rIghtei, how
ever, during the afternoon and will be in
commission again tomorrow.
The Wilt r. Hume that was put in
quarantine last week on account of the
crew being afflicted with Asiatic boils and
also from having come from an infected
port, was released yesterday and docked
at Folsom 2. The stories about her being
in filthy CONDITION were grossly exag-
gerated and the barkentine showed up as,
well if not better than nine-tenths of the
vessels that came in from long sea voy-
age.
a surprise came over the wires to the
Merchants Exchange yesterday. The
well-known trader, I. F. OakeY, from
Hon kong for New York, has long been
given up as lost, and 95 per cent reinsur-
ance has been paid on her. She was out
262 days, and the next longest trip was
that OF the British ship Somali, which
took 147 days to come from Hongkong to
San Francisco. Both vessels came around
the Cape of Good Hope. and both had
very hard luck, but the Oakes evidently
got the worst of it,