The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
YACHTSMEN TALK
OF CLUBHOUSE
IMPROVEMENTS
SausalitO Tars Pleased With
Standing of Organization,
as Shown at Annual Meeting
MORE ROOM REQUIRED
Locker Space Is Inadequate
and BOathouse May Be built
Adjoining Present Building

The annual meeting Of the San Fran
cisco Yacht Club proved long but an
interesting one. The minutes Of the
last annual meeting, containing many
amendments 10 the bylaws, were so
voluminous that Secretary Hillyer Deu-
prey became exhausted by reading
them and called on ex-Secretary w. NJ
EdgeH 10 finish the job.
The regular order of business having
been suspended the meeting proceeded
with the election Of officers to serve
for the coming twelve months. The
nominating committee had prepared
a list Of regular nominees for the seven
Offices Of the club, and there was also
& members ticket, four Of the NOM
inees on which were the same as those
on the regular ticket. Three tellers
were appointed and each member de-
posted his ballot when his name was
called from the roll. The total vote
cast was IA. H H. Jenness received
145 votes for vice commodore, F. Raisch
.1z6 for port captain, F. A. Robbins 147
for treasurer and A. G. A. Mueller 146
for financial secretary. W. G. Morrow
was elected commodore by SO votes to
So cast for Vice Commodore A c. Lee;
". W. Wilde received IS votes for re-
cOrding secretary. and J. Z. Gray. the
regular nominee. obtained Sc: for treas
urer. W. ". Farrar, the nominee on
the members ticket. was successful
While the tellers were performing
their task the retiring officers read
their reports. Commodore r. S. Bridge
mans report showed that the fleet of
the club consisted Of 80 craft. Of which
II are sloops. s yawls, 7 schooners and
the rest launches. Though the roll Of
mcmb bers lost several names by death.
resignation or expulsion for nOn-pay-
ment of dues. the club took in enough
new members to Offset these losses. and
has 225 active members on its roll.
The commodore suggested that an ad-
ditional float mo0red at the north end
of tho clubhouse would be useful ad-
junct
Secretary Hillyer Deuprey's report
suggested that a book containing the
constitution and bylaws. the racing
rules. table Of allowances and other
and that a supplement containing the
list cf members and the roll Of the
fleet should be issued annually. The
report Of the treasurer showed that
the gross receipts Of the club during
the past year were about $3.50, and
that balance is in hand.
The report Of Port Captain W. G.
Morrow commented on the use Of the
ways by members. and suggested
that an equitable distribution Of the
locker space Of the clubhouse was
much needed: that the lockers now
owned by members should be bought
by the club and allotted according to
the needs Of the members. AS things
now are some members who do not
own any yacht have lockers that are
large enough TO use as dressing rooms
while other members have lockers
about the size Of meat safe.
The question Of ways owned by the
club gave rise 20 much discussion. EX-
Commodore W. n Mccarthy stated
that in his opinion, the maintenance
Of ways for the use Of members is
not q function Of yacht club, and
that ways can always be found on
which boats may be hauled out. Such
wavs viii exist AT Sausalito. North
Beach and elsewhere as long as there
are yachts that want hauling out and
repairing. The club needs a bOathOuse
adiacent to its present building much
more than ways and q lot on which
10 erect boathouse may be obtained
from the town OF Sausalito on condi-
tion that a public landing stage be
maintained. EK-CommOdOre Cutie
having spoken in support of ex-Com-
uaodore W. \. Mccarthy. the members
present decided that the club should
not spend money in buying land on
which 10 set up ways, but should con-
tinue 10 lease the present y IS as long
as possible.
II was decided TO set aside not less
than per cent Of the income Of the
club 10 reduce the mortgage on the
club property
The new board Of directors Of the
Corinthian Yacht Club held its first
meeting on Thursday night. An own
ers' meeting win soon be called TO dis
cuss the schedule Of events for the
coming season.