The San Francisco call., 1906-06-23
YACHT SAILS
ARE UNFURLED
Youngest of the Clubs
on the Bay to Open
the Season.
First Formal Cruise of
Year Takes Place
Tomorrow.

The first aquatic organization on
San Francisco Bay to hold a formal
opening this season will be the Golden
Gate Yacht Club, the youngest OF them
all. The new clubhouse at Sausallto'
situated about 200 yards. to the south
of the San Francisco Yacht Club quar-
ters. will be decorated today with flags,
as also will the yachts lying at moor
ings off the wharf.
!, The fleet of yachts in commission in
cludes Commodore c. F. Meyers sloop
Thelma Vice Commodore w. w. Ha-
ley's sloop -Sappho, A. c. Lees sloop
Ariel; Port Captain Frank Maino's
sloop Minnetonka formerly w. Woods
Angela; G. j. McCormick's sloop
Thetis, Holm g. Rousseau's sloop Me-
rope: the yawl Ripple, chartered by
Daily and others; ]. loves yawl Arc
turus, formerly owned by W. S. Grover
and enrolled in the Cor-nthian Yacht
Club; b. Titles sioop Elsie. Harry
venn's sloop Edith; the big sloop Ivy,
owned by C. Kitterman Jr.; Walter Nc
Carthy's sloop Nibbio c. McCarthy's
sloop Flirt; the sloop Three OF Us,
owned by r. r. Sutton; r. Stevens
sloop Ruby. formerly on the roll of
the Corinthian Yacht Club; Upton
brothers sloop Ollie. F. Raymonds 8
sloop Kathleen, w. Finke's sloop Ell
AMIGO, Bruce Palmer's sloop Hazel S,
w F. Murthen's sloop Neptune and the
sloop Siren. The fleet of launches in
cludes w Jessens La Favorita, the
Brown brothers Restless, Frank Pisto-
lesi's Sequoia and Bear Flag. j. Ehren-
berg's Seal. ]. Falkenstein's Zulu. c.
Zellerbach's Claire, c. F. Meyers Mar
guerite, Augusta, May W and Hope
Captain Harry Goodalrs steam yacht
Lucero is also on the rolls of the
Golden Gate Yacht Club
During the afternoon the amateur
tars will visit the yachts lying at their
moorings and at Z p. m supper will
be served in the boatroom under the
direction of Port Captain Frank
Maino, who was always an active
worker at such events given by the
San Francisco Yacht Club. At $50 p. m
the jinks will begin in the reception
room on the upper floor of the club
house under the management OF Frank
Giannini and w. Daily.
On Saturday, the 30th inst, the San
Francisco Yacht Club will open for the
season.
Commodore Robert vincent's yawl
lola, flagship of the fleet of the Cali
fornia Yacht Club. is in commission,
and ex-Commodore George M Shaw,s
yawl Idler Is nearly ready to hoist
sail. The first event of the season for
the Oakland Creek tars will be the
cruise during the Independence day
holidays.
Though there has been no formal
opening of the season at the Valen-
tines Island clubhouse, several of the
Corinthian yachtsmen have enjoyed
cruises to Vallejo. Marin Islands, the
upper bay and in the channel. Among
the boats that have been under sail
are ex-Commodore t. Jennings sloop
Speedwell; Fulton G.. Berry's sloop
4.ixie in charge of W. r. Wright and
H. Anderson; w. Sharpe's sloop Har-
poon, w. F. Murthen's sloop Neptune,
the sloops Meteor, Dixie and Josie. The
sloop Josie is owned by George
Walker and Charles Grant, A. Hirsch
sailing as first mate. Commodore j. c.
Brickelrs sloop Genesta and E. F.
gar's sloop Edna, the Short broth
ers', sloop Emma and David Abecanis'
new sloop Yankee, built by Frank j.
Stone at his Harbor View yard, are
also in commission. The Yankee Is SO
feet over all, S6 feet on the water line.
with Is feet beam and feet inches
draught. She is strongly built and is
expected to show great speed. On her
trial trip the Yankee stood up well
under sail and handled easily. II her
owner can get racing sails he will
enter her for the annual regatta of the
Pacific Interclub Yacht Association
which viii take place on Monday, Sep
tember TO- J. NJ. Macdonough, though
he suffered heavy losses In the fire, will
present the Macdonough trophies as
usual