The San Francisco call., 1904-04-04
YACHTS EMERGE
FROM LAGOON
Drawbridge at Belvedere Is
Raised and Vessels TOwed
Out to Summer MOorings
NO MISHAP MARS EVENT
Cup Challenger Corinthian
Sails From North Beach
Under Canvas of Presto

At 1880 D. m. yesterday the bridge
over the entrance TO Tiburon lagoon
was raised and the yachts of the Cor
inthian fleet began to pass out into
Belvedere cove. The whole affair
went through without a hitch and with
only one delay. Owing to the strong
tide that was running, however, the
task of towing the yachts out against
it proved a longer one than usual, so
that il was nearly O'Clock before the
last yacht left the lagoon.
Port Captain John II. Keefe, as
sisted by John Norby, managed the
details of the bridge raising. Almost
as soon as the draw had been taken
up, f. E. Bakers sloop Emile, with
her owner, Frank A. Bartlett, and
some friends on board, was warped
through. The little sloop Rambler
was in tow of the Emile. Next came
the sloop Wave, towed by the launch
Leonie; the sloop Mischief, towed by
T. Jennings launch; the sloops Tru-
ant and Discovery towed by T. Jen-
nings' launch; the big ..yawl Frolic,
with c. Swain at the wheel, towed by
Forests launch Gazelle; the sloops
Meteor and Hiawatha, towed by 7.
Jennings launch; the sloop Emma,
towed by the launch Leonie; the
sloop Clara, towed by a launch.
Fishers yawl Nereid then came UP
to the draw in tow of a small launch,
which could hardly make headway
against the tide and wind. Before
she had got through I. jennings
launch, towing a yacht, overlook the
Nereid and il became necessary for
both launches to cast off their tows
and for the yachts to drop their an
chors. Percy Burr's launch Cub
towed the sloop May, with ex-Com-
modore II. ID. Hawks at the wheel.
Then came the SloopS NeVa, Neptune,
Merope and Mignon, each in tow of
launch. These were followed by the
sloop Amigo and the yawl Nereid,
each in tow of a launch. Westerfeld
and MOrrow's sloop Aeolus came out
i'm tow of T. Jennings launch.
The rest of the fleet. each yacht in
tow of a launch, passed out in the fol-
lowing order: The sloops Fleetwing.
Elsie, Beaver, Wawona, Juanita and
Genesta. j. r. Savory's sloop juan
ita. in tow of the launch Gazelle, went
over to Sausalito. The rest of the
yachts went to their moCrings in Bel
Vedere cove.
The sloops Edna, Sans Souci, Freda
and Speedwell had previously taken
up moorings in the cove. The sloops
IItSlO anu f1dfpOOll anu lHe ydWl
Seven Bells are at Stones yard at
Harbor View. The sloop Phoenicia is
at Bodies yard. in Oakland Creek, un-
dergoing repairs. She was greatly
damaged in the recent heavy storm.
At l o'clock the new cup challenger
Corinthian started from the Fulton
Iron Works and sailed over to Belve-
dere cove, where she took up moor
ings near the clubhouse.
The mainsail of the sloop Presto
was bent onto the Corinthians main
boom and gaff, which also car
ried the Presto's storm jib.
She started out with a reef, the
wind blowing freshly, but stood up so
well under her canvas that the reef
was shaken out. On board the Cor
inthian were eX-Commodore J. w.
Pew, Frank Stone, Dave Dean, Doug
las Erskine and George Storey. Those
who were aboard of her said the chal-
Ienger handles well and gives high
promise of great speed. The weather
looked threatening yesterday and it
was feared the Corinthians own sails
might get a wetting. Next Sunday the
challenger will go out for a spin un-
der her own canvas.