The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08
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ELECT OFFICERS
FOR THE
COMING SEASON
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Though the stormy weather somewhat
diminished the number of Corinthians
who were present at the annual New
Years day dinner at the Tiburon club
house, there was quite large party. The
whole affair was, as on former occasions
under the general superintendent Of
Port Captain John A. Keefe, and was ex-
cellently managed. The large room was
decorated with flags won in various re-
gattas by Corinthian yachts, and hand
some array of silver cups decorated the
mantelpiece, including the Macdonougn
cups for 1885, 1896 and 1897, the Perpetual
Challenge cup, the Wallace, Law and Del
egates cups:
The California Yacht Club at it's an
nual meeting elected officers for 1899. AL
len NJ Clay, secretary of the Bank of
California, and owner of the sloop Pac-
toluS, was chosen commodore; A. c. Lee
of the sloop Surprise is vice commodore;
E. n. Walter of the First National Bank
of Oakland will continue to fulfill the du-
ties of treasurer; r. l.. Games of the
slOop Surf was elected secretary; G. E.
Clark, port captain; and j. j. Sherry of
the yaWl GypSie, meaSurer. In addition
to the commodore, vice commodore, sec
rotary and treasurer, who are eX-officiO
members, the board of directors includes
L. S. Sherman of the sloop Royal; Carl A.
Tanberg of the yawl Verona, j. A. Burn
ham, A. r. Wilson of the yawl Pilgrim
and c. L. Lancaster, formerly of the
SlOOp luna. the regatta committee COLI
sists of B. w. Robson of the sloop Volan-
te George tum SUDDEN of the slOop Re-
gina and r. r. PHOmmedieu. The dele
gates to the Pacific Interclub Yacht As
Sociation are G. j. Lancaster, r. r.
IHommedieu and E. n. Walter. In the
hope of increasing the membership of the
club no initiation fee will be charged dur
ing the first six months of 1899. 1t is eX-
pected that more than a dozen new MEM
bers will be added to the club roll at
the next meeting.
The Encinal Yacht Club suffered a seri-
Gus loss by fire on the morning of Janu-
airy 2. The whole of the annex including
the billiard room and tables, the bowl
ing alley, card tables and SWITCHBOARD,
was destroyed; also about forty of the
bath houses. The main boat house, which
was about fifty feet distant from the
annex, was unframed 1t is believed that
the fire must have started from burning
Goals left in the CRATE, and that it must
have smoldered all night until it was
discovered, at about s o'clock a. m. on
Tuesday. The fire was difficult to reach
on account of the distance of the club
buildings from the shore, but after about
two thousand feet of hose had been OBJ
tanned good work was done in Subduing
the flames. The plank walk leading to
the club house and the bath houses were
fully covered by insurance. On the an
mex and contents, valued at about $4,000,
there is $4,000 insurance. A meeting of the
directors and stockholders was held Fri
day night to discuss the course to be pur-
sued by the club
A good deal of work has been done on
the n-Morgan cup defender at Bris-
toll, Rhode Island. The wooden mold for
the lead keel is nearly ready. 1t is six
feet deep In the clear, and so is somewhat
deeper than the mold made for the keel
of the Defender in 1895, which was five
feet eight inches in the clear. The lead
Keel or the new cup, defender will not
it will extend further forward; the lead
will be more concentrated.