The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1900, Page 8

7 NELLIE Club afterward bullt. cepted the majority report and'the a “split’” and the The club ac- ual vicissitudes of such organiza. tlons, being several times heav in debt, owing to frequc to the clubhouse i depleted its n house at Old the original club bullt New Sausalito thing for the e bay, since achts enough to ; the energy of the of- , however, was such that the in a prosperous condition with a ve the sport large member The Pacifics made h n sfif-protec- » Guit coming to t efreshments s f The furpiture of th d and in some W and furnish room for them all, The first cammodore t ed In a yacht ¢ life members “Hurricane Gulc for yacht moor- ings was finally proven, as most of the vachts except the very largest off the San Fran- vachtsmen met club, incorporating it of new vachts cailed the Amelia, judges’ boat in the regatta of 1 tock mooring: 1 cruises were frequent. was finally decided to build an an- other clubhouse, this time Club was reorganized Richard L. Ogden was el that time this gentleman four yachts—the sloop Restless yvears after its zatior. the San Francisco b contained a most en- - set of yachtsmen and it the foremost the United States, gaining a well-earned rep- utation as a progressive organiza- good sailing plenty of regattas and cruises. Aside from its own regattas it inaugurated on this bay, kept up some years and were so carried on that all sorts of craft, shipsboats, whitehalls, bay craft, etc., could In one of these races there were 127 entrics. The club pagsed tbrough the us- e 4 . il e way from the sciooner Peerle: tee of five was appointed to select a site ohiy one liv- ecretary of about a dozen small sail and row boats, as well as the first pleasure houseboat on the bay. cisco‘and still enjoy water.sports, though in a quiet w It was at first attempted to obtain a site at Lyford’'s lagoon, in but no suitable agreement could be made the owner of the land. committee divided on the question of site on the Sausalito shore. the committee—Messrs. Ogden, Uhler and myself—reported favorably on the present 'w Sausalito, and the minority— Messrs. Mepzics and Langley—on a site Old Sausalito, where the Pacifig. ¥Yacht, and for many years was Raccobn: Straits 11 the yachts were kept at moorings in Mission Bay, but now none are to be founa there, the elubs having anchorages which were there were several re- i cruises, the first of the latter apa creek, where there were t the rendezvous. Long Bridge had to be abandon- rch of progress, the rail- The majority of Creek and Alameda. Yacht races do not attract the attention they formerly dld when there were fewer vachts and fewer In those times when "he“\chm(efl all this acd {ook In goly yachis «d before Lhe was a match race between the boats thousands went to the ra though the spectators nowadays are con. sted friends of the con- 1bs, and smaller yachts fined to the intes testants or the « are entered. When the Chispa, Con O'Connor, Co Consueib, Nellie, Emerald and other noted yachts made matches there we: tors and dezens the boats At the time Club started yachting 1876—the following was a list of yachts and owrers: Schooners—J. C. Cousins owned by Stewsrt Menzies and friends; Azalene, M. Roberts; Minnie. J. ( Tucker United States Govern- ment; Consuelo, Matthew Turn Spreck els Brothe Governor Pachec Pearl John I. kley: Virgin, J. S. Blakis and Lotus, Edwin Moody. Sloops- tlec wn (now Seven Bells), E. O. Wiener; Emerald, J. Clem Uhler and W. Letts Oli- ver; General Morgan, United States Gov- ernment; Sappho. Charles Chittenden, and " Ariel, H. B. Underhill, Frank Bangs, jeorge Story and James Thompson. Yawls—Frolic, C. H. Harrison, and Enid, Charles G. Yale. Steamers—Quickstep and Hi Yah, R. L. Ogden, and Cuyamaca, John Bermingham. This was considered a big yacht fleet in those days, but there are now ten to one of that number. When the Corinthian Yacht Club was organized it was in deference to the wishes of the “smalil yacht” men. In the regattas of the San Francisco Club~ the big yachts always won. The main interest of the committee and spectators was in them, and the man with the little sloop or schooner was ignored. The Corinthians larger thousands of specta- of steamers accompanied An Tnteresting Account From the Pen of Me. Sharles G. Yale, Whe Sailed in the First ReGztta Ever Helc Here. The ( of Oakland parading © name. There are five vacht clubs on ba 1 a dozen or o yachting clebs. A yach 1b is com- posed of people Wi a ya or plunger for a y or a season and go & ing, fishing or pienic e ba have po inter: n club, on the co men who own its a common flag and wi set of rules for rac clubs. which misname clubs,” haue lttle i true yacht club, The ¢volution of acht here is the same as ¢ ' e United We comme type of low ut soon for the strong the lower &iv being eep lecal yachtsmen m to the win v the E to be loeal winds sails are m days. T speaking. w pose. It is m have a bree: twenty to twenty the big sails used not be wdled ft 1 fterno. an hov stances. > rather “‘stumpy man until he has had an gx channel some windy aft thinks we carry sail enot Keel boats not much in fas bay except with a few larger ¢ wund the bay ) up-river cruis: cause the bights all shallow 1 made witl ats. mos craft have though some quite small its The large yvachts are built with keels. centerboard type is, however, the general favorite. At the same tinte the more mod- ern yachts are of de: formerly and have outsid