The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-03
CORINTHIANS ENJOY
A CHOWDER CRUISE
SAUSALITo TARS PICNIC AT
MARIN ISLANDS.
Early on Sunday q Southeasterly
Gale Made Things Lively for the
San Francisco Yachtsmen.

The chief yachting events OF saturday
and Sunday were the chowder cruise of
the Corinthians to Paradise Cove, and
the picnic and clambake Of the San
Franciscos at Marin Islands.
Between and o'clock on Saturday
evening the following yachts OF the san
Francisco feet left their moorfngs at
sausalito on the beginning of the flood
tide and set sail for the upper bay: Vice
Commodore G. T. S. Whites sloop VIII O
the Wisp, Commodore T. /. Hills sloop
Cygnus, A Sutherland's sloop Catherine,
]. r. Savory's sloop Juanita, and l.. O.
Ravens sloop Sappho. The wind was
light, but at various times between 10 and
II the yachts dropped anchor of the
larger island of the Marin group Visits
were paid to the flagship and then the
crews of all the yachts went on board the
sloop Sappho, where a good time was en-
ioyed until after l on Sunday morning.
Somewhere between 3 and in the
morning the wind, which had been from
the north on Saturday night, chopped
round to the southwest. and soon the
yachts were rolling and tossing IN a
heavy sea. Commodore Hill got up sail,
intending to seek calmer anchorage: put
after nearly losing his yawl and getting
himself and his crew drenched in the
pouring rain he abandoned the attempt
The Sappho left her first anchorage and
dropped her hook again at considerable
distance from the shore.
After a few hours, however, the sky
cleared and the yachtsmen went ashore
green corn and sweet potatoes were sat
isfactorily cooked in an improvised oven,
and all set to with good appetites. Later
the crew Of the Corinthian yacht Cupid
Joined their brethren Of the San Fran
cisco Yacht Club.
After the feast an early start was made
for home and Sausalito was reached
about in the afternoon
The Corinthians started from Tiburon
Cove on Saturday evening and anchored
~ fro 20 G
built and hot chowder prepared; Oscar
Franks. Frank Thompson and others en-
tertained the party by their singing and
the Nouman brothers by their guitar
early hour on Sunday morning. About
noon the yachts got under way and
A good breeze brought the boats home in
good time. The cruise was very success
Yul and well attended, the following
Yachts accompanying Ing So ens o aIl
Commodore joe Tracy's sloop Secret,
Secretary E.. B; Lathrep's Pride 5,,a ea a
ex-Conmodore George Billings Mike,
Frank Bartlett's sloop Queen, r w.
Hurndall's slooP Merope' B 5,r,s srnll
Nereid and Arcturus, and the sloops
Edna, Emile. Freds. Lapwing, Wave,
Rover, Amigo, Migno1; Th isd h,i Emma ma
Frank Stone of Tiburon for Hebron of
Honolulu WAS also out.
only one mishap attended the cruise.
The yawl Arcturus collided with the
sloop Truant, the yawrs tigger boom was
broken, but no serious injury was done;
The closing days Of the various yacht
clubs occur during the present month,
but up to date the yachtsmen show no
signs Of lack of enthusiasm. Indeed, the
San Franciscos follow their commodore
better than they did earlier in the season.
The San FranCfscos are about to lose
one enthusiastic member and good
yachtsman. A. D. Naylor of the sloop
Twilight is about to leave for the Port
land branch of Balfour, Guthrie q Co. AS
he is one of the delegates TO the Inter-
club Association, the San Franciscos will
have TO appoint new delegate to take
his place.