The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
YACHTSMEN turn
TOWARD VALLEJO
Several Clubs Plan Cruises to
Upper Bay and Races VIII
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By HERBERT HAUSER

The bow of nearly every yacht upon
the bay was turned Vallejowards early
yesterday afternoon and today the up
per bays will be dotted with white
wings. Volante is the objective point
of the San Francisco yacht club. VAL
lejo will be the anchorage tonight,
while tomorrow the various boats will
race home in two classes.
fhe Aeolian and Corinthian fleets
nave the same cruises upon their
schedule. Army point was last night S
anchorage and today the boats will
proceed through Montezuma slough
with Vallejo as the destination. The
Sausal1to yacht club made Vallejo its
headquarters last night and will race
home tomorrow
The California club will have open
mouse today and its annual high jinks
tonight.
The citizens of Vallejo are to be the
hosts OF the various yachting organiza-
tions that are visiting Vallejo and the
clubhouse of the Vallejo yacht club
Will be thrown open to the visitors.
The dilatory tactics of the Pacific
lnterelub yachting association have
caused some sharp criticisms from the
actlVe yachting men about the bay.
Every year the association seems to
become mere of a farce. The members
OF the Aeolian yacht club are talking
about withdrawing from the associa-
tlon unless 1T assumes more active
steps toward boosting the game. The
annual cruise which was scheduled for
today has fallen through just through
the rank carelessness of the officers.
President Erskine has let everything
slip by unattended and the absolute
failure of this years cruise is to be re-
GREETED by every lover of the yachting
game.
The new yawl Mollilou is well on its
way south and from now on until the
ocean race has been finished the local
yachting fraternity will watch with
anxious eyes for news of the Aeolian
clubs entry. Commodore Louis r.
Ward is confident of victory and If the
Aeolian burgee is not the first one
sighted off Diamond head it will be
great disappointment to the Alameda
tars. The Mollilou will probably be
the smallest of the four yachts entered
and consequently will receive a pretty
good handicap. Ward is thoroughly
familiar with the course, having spent
many years at sea on all sorts of craft.
The Corinthian yacht club has ap-
piled to the federal government for the
use of the revenue cutter Mccullough
as a convoy for its fleet in the ap-
preaching race to Santa Cruz.
Entries for the race close on the
18th with William Barlage, 240 Bran
nan street.
The sloop Harpoon of the Corinthian
yacht club has been sold to E. A.
Ticker, a former Honolulu yachtsman.
who is now located here. The boat will
still fly the Corinthian flag.
The Aeolian yacht club held an en-
joyable smoker on Friday night at it's
monthly meeting. The club member
ship is rapidly increasing.
The Santa Barbara yachtsmen
through the Hotel Potter country club
have issued invitations to the Aeolian,
San Francisco, Corinthian and Califor-
MIA clubs to send entries for their an
nual regatta, which will be started
on August with race from San
Pedro to Santa Barbara. A power boat
race has been added TO the program. A
number of new prizes have been re-
ceived, among which are first for
yawls and six second place cups.