The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
TARs PUT CRAFT
IN COMMISSION
Fast Steam Launch Imp
to Be Fitted With
Gas Engine.
Golden Gate Yachtsmen
Prepare for First
Opening.


Club is being put into commission
rapidIv and nearly every craft will be
ready for the opening next Saturday.
Among the yachts that have been un-
der sail already are Commodore Z r
Meyers sIoop Thelma, formerly owned
| by S. Marshall and others, which VIII
be the flagship of the new organlza-
ton this season; Vice Commodore w.
w. Haley's sloop Sappho. formerly
owned by II T. Law when he was
commodore of the Pacific Yacht Club:
the sloop Ariel. owned by A c. Lee,
who has been vice commodore of the
California Yacht Club and also of the
San Francisco Yacht Club; the slOop
Merope. formerly owned by Holm and
Rousseau and enrolled in the San Fran
cisco Yacht Club and Franklin's yawl
Ripple.
The yacht Nibbio, owned by Walter
Mccarthy, and the yacht Flirt. former
Iy the property of DIR. G. F. Millar.
/ er,ergency surgeon, but now owned by
/ c. Mccarthy. are at present moored at
I Greenbrae- They will be ready for the
/ opening of the season at Sausalito
next Saturday. The new yacht Moon
light. under construction for Vincent
Biasoli. will be in commission soon
after the opening OF the season. Harry
venna's sIoop Belle. formerly on the
roll Of the COrinthian Yacht Club, has
been moored at Harbor View, but viii
take up permanent mooringS for the
season near the house of the Golden
Gate Yacht Club. The sloop Three Of
Us. built. by F. r. sutton and two
/ friends. will be ready for the opening
I of the Golden Gate Yacht Club on Sat
urday. She has an overall length OF
forty-two feet. AdOiph Traeger and F.
C. Pieger are new members OF the
Golden Gate Yacht Club.
/ The schooner Aggie, the largest
/ pleasure sailing craft on San Francisco
Bay since the departure Of the Spreck-'
els Brothers schooner Lurline, now
racing to Honolulu for the trophy Of
fered by the Hawaiian Yacht Club, is
on the ways at Anderson's yard, South
/ san Francisco. where also Is the
/ schooner Pastime- The barkentins
/ Archer. commanded by j. Lancaster.
/ formerly owner Of the s1OOp Edna and
commodore of the California Yacht
! Club. started from San Francisco two
DAYS later than the schooners La
/ PaIona and Lurlfns and the Ketch
Anemone from San Pedro, and will try
to beat the pleasure craft into Homo
I lulu.
The yawI Frolic, owned by F. Swain
and enrolled in the COrinthian Yacht
| Club, will be in commission as soon as
Il
| s1oops Elsie and Kathleen and the
yacht Ivy are at South San Francisco.
/ The pleasure craft Ollie is at the same
| place. having repairs made to her cen
| terboard.
| The following yachts OF the San
Francisco Yacht Club are already in
/ commission: Commodore j. M. Pun
nett's sloop Curlew; DIR. t. l. Hilfs
sIoop Queen; IsidOr Gutte's schooner
/ Chispa; J. r Hanify's schooner Mar
\ tha; C. II. Morrelfs schooner White
/ Wings; DR.. Emmett Clay's yawl Royal;
j. MarshalPs sloop Phoenicia; ex-Com-
modore W. G. Morrow's sloop Chal-
\ lenger; financial secretary Roy Bar
/ ney's yawl Jester. formerly Nereid:
DIR. Emmett Rixford's sloop Annie The
/ yawl Wave. owned by ex-Vice-Cou-
modore II. Fl. Jenness, the sloops White
Heather and Surprise, will be in COM
mission at the opening of the season.
N. Neustatter's sloop Amigo will re-
main on the ways at Frank stones
/ yard during the season, as her owner
/ is in oregon and will remain there dur
/ ing the summer Some yachts. such as
the sloops Sappho and Ariel. still re-
tain their moOringS in front OF the San
Francisco Yacht Clubs house. though
they are on the rolls OF the Golden Gate
Yacht Club. The sloop Nautilus. for
merly Espey, owned by Herman Gingg
and r. NJ Welch of the San Francisco
Savings Union. is for sale. as also is
H. r. Simpkins fine yawl Tramontana-
/ Nearly the whole feet Of power boats
I on the roll of the San Francisco Yacht
I Club is in commission, including White
and Zellerbach's launch Claire. Frank
/ Johl.son Jr's launch Sulu, DIR. Vincent
/ P. Euckley's launch Sprig; the launch
/ Pennington and unnamed craft owned
! by F. King and j. Garrissere. F. A.
Hyde's power boat Olive has gone up
/ to Sacramento. where she will remain
/ two or three months.
/ F. A. Robbins of Sausalito. formerly
/ owner of the launch Rob Roy and Port
/ Captain of the San Francisco Yacht
| Club, has bought the power boat Imp
/ from +. A. Hickmott of Bouldin Island.
She is SO feet long and is equipped with
a steam engine. which will be taken
out and a Buffalo gas engine installed
in its place. She is Of the same model
| as the launch Aquila and can make
/ eighteen knots an hour. She beat the
/ ferry boat San Rafael pa minutes on
the trip from San Francisco to Sausa-
Tito.
The well known launch Edwinna.
owned by Raisch Brothers. is not yet
! in commission. The handsome and
powerful launch Chipmunk owned BY
Gordon BlandingA had party on board
Tor bay cruise on sunday. Several
of the party landed at the float a the