The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
OFF SUNDAY TODAY
FOR YACHTSMEN
Most of Fleets Are Going to
Paradise Cove and Many
to McNear's
By HERBERT HAUsER

Today is an off Sunday in yachting
circles, as all the clubs about the bay
have open dates, and Paradise cove un-
majority Of the fleets. Members Of the
various yacht clubs are kind of giving
the cove the go by and heading more
for McNear's every month. where there
is more seclusion for their private
yachting parties Every Sunday finds
crowds of boisterous picknickers COM
ing on launches and scows and en-
croaching upon what waS once the sa-
cred rendezvous of the yachtsmen.
The Aeolian fleet has been enjoying
its clambakes at Bay View point and
San Mateo, where, though the anchor
age is not as good as the cove, yet the
beach is better. and the members and
their friends are more secluded. Last
Sunday the club held its most success
( full clambake at Bay View point. Eleven
yachts made the trip and hungry
crowd of yachtsmen enjoyed the baked
clans and corn that Commodore Louis
T. Ward and Vice Commodore Larry c.
Knight prepared. The auxiliary Ruth S
of the Aeolian yacht club is now at
Santa Cruz, where Captain Shattuck and
family are having an enjoyable time.
Yachtsmen about the bay today will
keep their eyes peeled for the new
Aeolian yawl Mollilou, which Commo-
dore Louis T. Ward will sail in the
ocean race to Honolulu. Stone & Van
Bergen, the boat builders, have been
rushing the handsome yawl to compile
tion and today will be it's first trial
trip. Ward will take out crew of
Aeolians TO try it out. Now that San
Francisco will be represented in the
race, interest among the local yachts
men in the long distance contest is on
the increase.
The yacht Hawaii, which will repre-
sent the Honolulu yacht club in the con-
test, arrived last week at San Diego
in command of Commodore Charles T.
Wilder, well known sportsman of the
islands, who in the days of the old mon
srchy was its representative in this
city. The crew consists of William
Stroud, who was the mate of the
schooner in the last race; Thomas V.
King, Harry C. Wilder, the commodore's
brother; Robert Hendry, son of the
United States marshal; Harry Buck,
member Of the old crew; Charles Lewis.
owner of the sloop Kamehameha, and
Harry Hamilton. the cook, who also
sailed in the last race.
This crew is prominently Identified
with yachting in the islands and is
thoroughly experienced. The Hawaii
was built in 1908 by public subscription.
1t is one OF the most beautifully fitted
up yachts in the world for it's size. The
cabins are lined with koa, a famous
island wood. 1t cost $4,000 to build
and in the last contest was a. disap-
pointment, the island yachtsmen coming
in last OF the four entries. This season
the crew feels confident of victory.
There Will be representative yachts
from Portland, Seattle. San Pedro and
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and Hawaii.
The Pacific interclub yachting asso-
citation is supposed to hold its annual
cruise to Vallejo with jinks at the
Vallejo clubhouse on the night of July
8, but as yet nothing has been done in
the matter. 1t is to be regretted that
this organization can not conduct it's
affairs in a more businesslike method,
though the fault is undoubtedly due to
the delegates chosen by the different
clubs. In years gone by these annual
cruises have been great successes, but
this years committee apparently has
let things slip and no preparations
have as yet been made. President Err
skine was to have called meeting to
take UP the matter, but as he has gone
to Reno it is probable that no one else
can be found to shoulder the respon-
sibflity.
The Corinthian club is making prep
arations for the Santa Cruz races and
regatta 1t is going to be the greatest
yachting event ever carried off in these
waters, and Director General Fred
Swanton of Santa Cruz is leaving no
stone unturned to make it
success. Commodore William J. Hogg
is lining up all the yachts around the
bay to make the trip. Twenty five
yachts are expected to make the trip,
and il will be gala week at Santa
Cruz. Dances, barbecues and races will
make up a week of sport and hilarity.
The Yankee cut short its river cruise
last week in order to be ready for the
Farallone race. only to find upon its
return that the contest is postponed
until August.
l. j. Secors sloop Comet now has a
power tender, with G. Irwin as It's
engineer. DIR. NJ. L. Simon and Dr.
=. II. Lacostc have returned from a
strenuous river trip on their auxiliary
Se,apcrvirena. When of Collinsyiile
they ran into stin blow. which
snapped both their gam and iibboom.
in addition 10 blowing the sails TO
ribbons. and had il not been for their
rac