The San Francisco call., 1905-06-03
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There will be reception and dancing
at the quarters of the San Francisco
Yacht Club in Sausalito at $50 o'clock to-
night. Tomorrow is an open date on the
schedule of the San Francisco and Corin-
THAN yacht clubs. As the tide runs flood
until 1:32 p. m. at Fort Point the condi-
tions are favorable for cruise to Para
disc Cove or McNears Landing. The tide
runs out until 5:55 p. m. at Fort Point.
The California Yacht Club will hold its
annual regatta for. class flags and the
race for the Owners cup on Sunday, the
uth inst. For the class flag race the
yachts of the feet are divided into three
classes, denoted A, B and C. Class A in
cludes the largest yachts and class c the
smallest in the fleet In this event each
yacht receives a time allowance based
upon its racing length. The race for the
Owners cup is a handicap event, in which
each yacht receives an allowance deter
mined by the regatta committee from its
known speed and previous performances
The two events are sailed at the same
time and over the same course. The re-
gatta committee chosen at the annual
election of the California Yacht Club
consisted of A NJ Clay, G. L. Wakeman
and w. 3. Beaizley. A. NJ. Clay's time is
so taken up that he has resigned his po-
sition on the committee. being unable to
fulfill the duties entailed by 1t.
The South Bay Yacht Club will hold a
regatta for eighteen-footers tomorrow.
the sailing time from Alviso being set at
2 p. m On Sunday the 11th. there Will
be a cruise in squadron, the starting time
from Alviso being a. m. On Wednesday.
the 18th, there Will be a ball at the club
house. On the 18th and 18th inst there
will be an overnight cruise. and the 18th
fC laG ha ir,o of Sfa rfi ipp
the clubhouse being 9:15 a. m On club
days members of the South Bay Yacht
Club may sail on any boat they wish, but
those who desire to join an overnight
cruise are required to notify the secre-
tary at least three days in advance, so
that berths may be assigned to them. The
fleet has sufficient accommodation TO en-
able members to sail on every scheduled
event, no special invitations from the
boat owners being required.
Westerfeld and Morrow's sloop Aeolus
had a walkover in the thirty-foo class
at the annual Decoration day regatta Of
the Corinthian Yacht Club. The owners
did not intend to take part in the race,
as during the holidays they had cruised
up to Army Point through Montezuma
Slough to Antioch and down to Paradise
Cove. On reaching the course, however.
they decided to sail round it and add an
The racing sloop Corinthian was out
for a spin on Decoration day, with Skip
per Frank Stone at the wheel, but few
of the regular crew were with him, Com
modore Jennings being on his own yacht,
Vice Commodore ]. C. Brickell having a
party out on the Genesta and Douglas
Erskine being on the regatta committees
steamer.
The regatta committees having the con-
test for the Challenge cup in charge have
arranged for the steamer Sunol to convey
spectators around the course and to keep
up with the racing sloops. The judges
and officials will be on another boat, as
they must be at the finishing line in good
season. The course is 131a nautical miles.
The racing length of the Challenger is
28.60 feet In last years contest the rae
ing length of the Corinthian was stated
in the letter of challenge as 29.91 feet. and
this measurement being taken as the
basis of time allowance she conceded 2.04
minutes to the San Francisco boat. The
actual measurement of the Corinthian
being $50, the Challenger will receive
small allowance in this years contest.