The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-09
WILL SPREAD THEIR
WINGS TO THE WIND
PACIFIC INTERCLUB YACHT
ASSOCIATION RACES.
There Will Be Keen Struggle for
the Marlborough Cup Among
the Thirty-Footers.

The third annual regatta of the Pacific
Interclub Yacht Association will be sailed
to-day over the channel course. The
starting times and number of entries in
the various classes are as follows: Twen-
ty-foot special class, IL noon, four; spe-
cial yawl class, II noon, three; 25-foot
class, 1910 p. m, four; 30-foot class, 1920
p. m, six; 36-foot class, 1890 pm, three;
44-foot class, 12:40 p. m, three. OF the
% boats entered some are enrolled in
more than one club, but eleven at least
will fly the Corinthian flag, while the Cal
ifornia burgee will be displayed by nine
boats, the Encinals by two and the South
Bays by one.
There will be three courses, known as
the short" middle" and special" The
short course for yachts of the 20-foot
and 25-foot and special yawl classes is
thus described: Starting across an mag
mary line drawn from the foot of Powell
street to a stakeboat anchored 1910 feet
off shore and known as stakeboat 1,
thence to and around staKeboat 2, an
chored half a mile to the west of Pre-
sidio shoal buoy, leaving the boat on the
port hand; thence to and around Blossom
Rock buoy, leaving it on the port nand;
thence to and around stakeboat 8, an
chored two miles due north, leaving 1T on
the port hand; thence across the starting
line, leaving stakeboat. l on the star,
board hand Length of course estimated
at ten nautical miles.
The middle course, for yachts in the
S0-fOOt, 36-fOOt and 44-fOOt classes, is thus
described: After completing the short"
course the yachts continue on to and
around the windward stakeboat (No. q,
leaving it on the port hand; thence return
to the finish across the starting line, leav-
ing stakeboat 1 on the port hand. Course
reckoned as fourteen nautical miles.
The Special course for yachts not ex-
ceeding 20 feet racing length is to and
around the windward stakeboat, thence
home round stakeboat l. leaving it on the
starboard hand, and crossing the start
ing line, sailing to the west. 1t is .reck-
oned at five nautical miles.
The regatta committee of the associa-
ton consists of Alexander Swanson of
the Pacifcs, ]. H. Hops of the Corinth-
ians, II. NJ. Landsberger or the Encinals
]. Horner of the CALIFORNIA; and Curtis
Barker of the South Bays. The following
are the officers of the regatta: Referee,
w. Brooks judges-Dr. c. l.. Tisdale,
president of the association; Curtis Bar
ker,. and H. E. Law, ex-commodore of the
Pacifics and donor IT the Law cup;
timers-J. H. Hops and H. NJ. Lands
berger.
The sloop VIII O. the Wisp, owned by
Vice Commodore G. T. S. White of the
San Franciscos, will be the leeward stake
boat; the windward stakeboat will be
brought from Sausalito this morning.
The preparatory and starting signals
and other particulars with regard to the
regatta were given in The Call of
Wednesday.
In the 36-foot class the old rivals Edna
and Embla will meet the new sloop Oc-
cident, and in the 30-foot class the sloops
Truant, Fawn and Aeolus should have
close struggle for the Marlborough cup.