The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22
YACHTS WE'RE IN DANGER.
The Recent Storm Alarmed the Own
ers Of Craft Located at
Sausalito

At a meeting of the directors and stock
holders of the Encinal Yacht Club, held
recently to discuss the course to be pur-
sued with regard to the loss of the annex
and its contents by fire, it was decided
to apply the money collected from the
insurance companies to the reduction of
the Indebtedness now taken up by some
of the members, and to defraying the cost
of certain proposed improvements. The
boat house will be enlarged and the bowl
ing alley built alongside it; the bath
houses and plank walks will be restored,
but the annex in its original form will
not be reconstructed. Work will shortly
be begun on the club buildings.
A meeting of the officers of the Cali
fornia Yacht Club was held last week in
the Office of ]. R. Wilson in the Mac
donough building, Oakland, at which the
financial position of the club was dis
cussed. R. L. Eames, who had been elect
ed secretary, but had declined the office,
treasurer, E. N. Walter, in sending out
circulars Aand performing other routine
duties.
The recent southeasterly gale at Sau-
salito washed away portions of the sea-
wall and of the roadway in front of the
San Francisco Yacht Club house, but did
not carry away the float. as has been
stated, for that had been taken high up
the club boat keeper.
DR.. A. w. McKenZie's launch Alberta
and the yawl Ripple were moored in
Richardson's Bay. The yawl broke from
her mornings, collided with the launch
and smashed some of it's Windows and
did other damage. The launch Alberta
is now on the beach at Smiths new boat
building yard in Hurricane Gulch and will
be put into thorough repair. The Suth-
erland brothers sloop Catherine was
hauled high up on the beach at Old Sau-
salito, but the waves driven by the storm
came up far enough to knock her rudder
hire at Sausalito take them out of the
water during the winter and put them in
vacant lots out of harms way.
The nominating committee of the San
Francisco Yacht Club, consisting of ex-
Commodore George E. Billings, II. Madi
son and DR.. " P. Buckley, has nominated
the Following torserve as officers during
the coming season: Commodore. DR.. T.
l.. Hill; vice commodore DR.. V. p Buck
ley; port captain, ]. Kitterman; recording
secretary, E. C. Bartlett; financial sec
rotary, w. G. Morrow; treasurer. r. B.
Hogue; measurer, j. NJ. Punnett. The
election at the meeting of the club on
Wednesday. February s.
The Pacific Yacht Club owns a good
deal of personal property in the shape of
marine pictures, crockery and glass ware.
hags, brass saluting cannon, models of
yachts, etc, most of which is of little use
except TO yacht club. The directors of
the San Francisco Yacht Club have made
an offer for this property
The first regatta for the season of 1899
of the Oakland Navy, which was set for
January Is, but was postponed from that
date on account of bad weather. will be
sailed on Sunday, January 20, on Oakland
Creek, over course beginning from SEES
sions Basin.
The election of officers of the Oakland
Canoe Club for the coming year took
place last night.
AT recent meeting of the Corinthian
Yacht Club the following resolutions were
unanimously approved and adopted in
memory Of their late secretary, E. B. La
throp:
Whereas, 1t has pleased Divine Providence to
summon from our midst in the prime of his
life our friend and brother yachtsman, Edward
Baxter Lathrop for two years the secretary OF
our association; and
Whereas. 1t is fitting that token of our
esteem be recorded be 1t s't..
Resolved, That the Corlnthian Yacht Club
testifies to the good will and friendship enter
tanned by its members toward the deceased,
who possessed the rare attributes of gentleness
and sterling friendship. winning all with whom
he came in contact. and whom we shall sadly
miss In all of our gatherings. To his bereaved
family the club tenders its sincere sympathy;
and. be it further a,
Resolved. That the foregoing preamble and
resolutions be entered at length upon the min
utes of this club, and an engrossed CODY be de-
ivered to the family of our late comrade
CARL WESTERFELD, President
OHIO EASTWOOD. Secretary.
San Francisco, December 20, 1898.
LUCY BAKER JEROME