The San Francisco call., 1907-01-27
AMATEUR SAILORS
TO ELECT NEW
OFFICERS

The annual meeting of the Corin-
THAN Yacht Club will be held next
wednesday evening in Naval Hall, 925
Golden Gate avenue, when officers to
serve during the coming year will be
elected The annual dinner will be
given by the ingoing officers at the
same place.
The ticket selected by the nominat-
ing committee consists OF John Z.
BrickeIl. owner sloop Genesta. commo-
dore; b. Frank Stone. owner sloop
Presto, vice commodore; DR.. Mcmahon,
secretary; Arthur Stringer. treasurer;
John H Keefe, port captain; Robert
Dean and Clarkson Swain are the other
directors The regatta committee will
consist of T. J. Kavnagh, Douglass
Erskine and George Harold.
The California Yacht Club has elect
ed the following officers: e. ]. Kane,
owner of the schooner Francisco, COM
modore; John J. Sherry, owner of the
sioop Perhaps, vice commodore; z. 8.
Broadwater, secretary; Frederick Du
Brutz, treasurer. The other members
Of the board of directors are: A. G..
Byxbee, Thomas M. Kendell. owner of
the sloop Clara; George M. Shaw, own
er Of the yacht Idler, and former Com
modore Robert Vincent, owner Of the
yawl lola. The regatta committee con-
sfsts of August r. F. Brandes, q. Nc
manus and H l. Horny. The measurer
is w. r. c.. Chamberlain.
The clubhouse site at the end OF the
Key Route pier, where foundation or
piles had been put down, has been sold
TO the railroad The club has been
notified by the Southern Pacific Com
pany to move from it's present location
on Oakland Creek. 1t Is expected that
club quarters will be changed within
the next sixty days.
The flags on the yachts and the club
house are at half-mast in respect to
the memory of ]. Mcintyre, deceased
member, who was engineer on the
launch Oneonta, owned by Captain
Wilson.
The nominating committee of the
San Francisco Yacht Club has reported
the following tickets 8. G. Phillips,
owner of the sloop White Heather,
commodore; DR.. Emmett Rixford, own
er of the sloop Annie of Bill Tweed
fame, vice commodore; William Harrt-
son, secretary; Roy G, Ward, treasurer;
John Marshall owner of the sloop
yacht Phoenicia, port captain; J. Din
ming, measurer. The other member OF
the board of directors Is William
Spencer.
The annual meeting OF the club will
take place February 1S.
There is a great deal of activity
around the clubhouse of the Encinal
Yacht Club. Joe Durney has ordered
15-foot racing single-hander from a
local builder She will be completed
for the first race on opening day.
The officers of the club are consider
ing the matter of giving a series OF
dances before the regular yachting sea-
son opens The first will be given in
February.
The annual meeting of the club will
take place in March.
The annual meeting of the Golden
Gate Yacht Club will be held on Feb
ruary IL. Since Commodore Charles
Meyer has resigned from the club 1t
now looks as if A. G. Lee of the yacht
Ariel would be the senior flag officer.
w. H. Haley, owner of the sloop Sappho,
will more than likely be the vice COM
modore
The club will give dance on Feb
ruary Z.
The Pacific Interclub Yacht Associa-
tion. which includes in It's membership
all the yacht. clubs on the bay, will hold
it's annual meeting in March.
The AeoIian Yacht Club, new or
ganization formed on the Alameda side
of the bay, is in a fiourishing condition
The officers of the club are now looking
for a site for a clubhouse in the neigh
borhood of the High-street bridge. This
will give the fleet sheltered harbor
and a good channel to get into deep
water Senator E. X. Taylor, who is
an enthusiastic member of the club.
has been empowered to purchase the
site.
The nominating committee has named
the following ticket: For president,
Herbert Hauser and t. Bailey; for vice
president, A. j. Riding and A. j.
Roebke; for secretary. e. f. Evans; for
treasurer, Carl Strom and c. Mcconnell;
for directors. w. L. Woodward, G. Pos
tel, E. K Taylor. q. c. Hill, q. A.
Kober and r. Bailey; for commodore,
L. c. Knight and Carl Strom; for vice
commodore, F. ]. Mayors. Lee Ellis and
B. Roebke; for port captain, George
William Bell and A q. T. Wehner.
The annual meeting will take place
February 7.